ALL INDIA CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION: 2015

Monday, 28 December 2015

NEW YEAR GREETINGS - 2016

WISH YOU A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR - 2016 TO ALL THE COMRADES

Tuesday, 24 November 2015

IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS OF 7^TH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION

1. DATE OF EFFECT – 01.01.2016

JCM Staff Side demand – 01.01.2014 - Rejected

2. MINIMUM PAY – 18000

JCM (SS) demand – 26000 – Rejected

Dr. Aykroyd Formula of 15^th Indian Labour Conference for calculation of Minimum wage distorted by 7^th CPC to deny the eligible minimum pay.

3. FITMENT FORMULA – 2.57 TIMES

JCM (SS) demand – multiplication factor 3.7 (26000/7000)

4. FIXATION ON PROMOTION – NO CHANGE – ONLY ONE INCREMENT IN THE OLD SCALE

JCM (SS) demand – Minimum two increments fixation.

5. ANNUAL INCREMENT – 3% NO CHANGE

JCM (SS) demand – 5%

6. MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION – NO CHANGE – 10, 20, 30

Conditions made more stringent. Bench mark “Very Good” required instead of “good”. Examination for MACP proposed. Hierarchial promotion restored.

JCM (SS) demand: Five promotion – 8,7,6,5,4 (30 years)

7. PAY BAND, GRADE PAY SYSTEM ABOLISHED

New Pension Structure called “Matrix based open ended pay structure” recommended. Total span of the scale 40 years.

JCM (SS) demand: Abolish pay band, Grade Pay system and open ended pay scales should be introduced.

8. MAXIMUM PAY INCREASE – 14.29%

JCM (SS) demand – Minimum 40% increase for all employees.

9. COMPARISON BETWEEN MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PAY – 1:11.4 (18000 : 205400)

Demand of the JCM (SS) – 1:8

10. NUMBER OF PAY SCALES – NOT REDUCED - NO DELAYERING

JCM(SS) demand – pay scales with grade pay 1900, 2000, 4600, 8700 and the pay scale 75500-80000 to be abolished.

11. ALLOWANCES – NO IMPROVEMENT

Commission recommended abolition of 52 existing allowances such as Assisting Cashier Allowance, Cash Handling Allowance, Treasury Allowance, Handicapped Allowance, Risk Allowance, Savings Bank Allowance, Special compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance, Cycle Allowance, Family Planning Allowance etc.

12. HRA REDUCED TO 24%, 16% AND 8% FOR X, Y AND Z CITIES

JCM (SS) demand – Existing HRA of 30% (for X class cities with population 50 lakhs and above), 20% (for Y class cities with population of 5 lakhs to 50 lakhs) and 10% (for Z class cities with less than 5 lakhs population) may be increased to 60%, 40% and 20%.

13. DRIVERS – HIGHER PAY SCALE REJECTED

14. DA FORMULA – NO CHANGE

15. HBA – NO CHANGE – CEILING RAISED TO 25 LAKHS

16. CASUAL LEAVE – NO INCREASE

17. CHILD Care Leave

1^st 365 days – Full pay (100%)

Next 365 days – 80% Pay only.

18. MATERNITY LEAVE – NO CHANGE

19. LEAVE ENCASHMENT AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT – NO INCREASE MAXIMUM 300 DAYS ONLY

20. MEDICAL

Medical Insurance Scheme for serving and retired employees recommended.

21. TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE - NO HIKE - ONLY 125% MERGER

Pay Level	Higher Transport Allowance cities (A, AI)	Other places
9 and above	7200 + DA	3600 + DA
3 to 8	3600 + DA	1800 + DA
1 and 2	1350 + DA	900 + DA

22. LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION (LTC) – NO CHANGE

One time LTC to Foreign Country during the service rejected. Splitting of Home Town LTC for employees Posted in North East, Laddakh, Andaman & Nicobars and Lakshdweep allowed.

23. ACCOUNTS STAFF BELONGING TO UNORGANIZED ACCOUNTS – PARITY WITH ORGANISED ACCOUNTS REJECTED.

24. PERIODICAL REVIEW OF WAGES (NOT TEN YEARS) RECOMMENDED. NO PAY COMMISSION REQUIRED

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25. PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND ALL BONUS PAYMENT SHOULD BE LINKED TO PRODUCTIVITY.

JCM (SS) demand – No Performance related Pay. Productivity Linked Bonus for all.

26. COMPULSORY RETIREMENT AND EFFICIENCY BAR REINTRODUCED

Failure to get required bench mark for promotion within the first 20 years of service will result in stoppage of increment. Such employees who have out lived their ability, their services need not be continued and the continuance of such persons in the service should be discouraged.

27. PROMOTEE AND DIRECT RECRUITS – ENTRY LEVEL PAY ANOMALY IS REMOVED

JCM (SS) demand – the differential entry pay between new recruits and promoted employees should be done away with.

28. CADRE REVIEW TO BE COMPLETED IN A TIME BOUND MANNER.

Commission recommended to hasten the process of cadre review and reduced the time taken in inter-ministerial consultations.

29. NEW PENSION SCHEME – WILL CONTINUE

30. CEA & HOSTEL SUBSIDY

Rate

CEA per month 2250 - 25% increase when DA crosses 50%

Hostel subsidy 6750 – 25% increase when DA crosses 50%

31. GROUP INSURANCE SCHEME

Level Monthly Contribution Insurance Amount

1 to 5 1500 15 Lakhs

6 to 9 2500 25 lakhs

10 and above 5000 50 lakhs

Sunday, 6 September 2015

Div. II - Ambala

NER - Guwahati

NR - Lucknow

Div. XIII - Raipur

My Revolutionary thanks to all comrades of AICGWBEA, who took active participation in 1 day nation-wide strike on 2nd September 2015, on the call of confederation of CG Employees and Workers, New Delhi, in support of Trade Unions, and made this strike a grand success.

In this regard, any feedback letter may please be sent to my mail ID : kusheeudit@gmail.com.

(R.N. CHOUDHARY) (N. KUMAR)
President Secretary General

My heartfelt thanks to one and all for large participation in 1 day nation-wide strike on 02.09.2015 called by Secretary General, AICGWBEA, CEC and Confederation of CG Employees and Workers, New Delhi.

(N. PREMKUMAR)
Organising Secretary