7th PAY COMMISSION NEWS - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NEWS

DRAFT MEMORANDUM TO BE SUBMITTED TO 7TH CPC - TKR PILLAI SECRETARY ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF (NON GAZETTED) SUGGESTIONS MAY BE SENT TO THIS ASSOCIATION BY 15TH OF THIS MONTH DRAFT MEMORANDUM TO BE SUBMITTED TO 7TH CPC   Dear members, The draft memorandum to be submitted to the 7th Pay Commission on the side of our Association, incorporating the issues of Administrative Staff, including LDC & UDC, Stenographers, Official language Staff and other common cadre have been prepared and placed below: Since this memorandum has been prepared by me single hand, there may be mistake. I request you to please discuss each and every suggestion of this memorandum in our units and inform me the change wherever needed by 15th of this month so that this Memorandum may be sent to the 7th CPC by 16th of this month.  

Proposed Pay Scale of 7th Pay Commission for CG Employees – Published by NFIR National Federation of Indian Railwaymen published a draft pay structure for 7th Pay Commission, which is under consideration of all staff members of JCM National Council. After getting conclusion a final draft of 7th Pay Commission Pay Structure will be published… New Pay Scale for 7th Pay Commission with the ratio of 1:8 New Minimum Pay Scale for 7th Pay Commission is 26,000 New Maximum Pay Scale for 7th Pay Commission is 2,40,000

LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF MEMORANDUM TO 7TH CPC EXTENDED As per the request of the JCM National Council Staff side, 7th Central Pay Commission has granted extension of time upto 15.07.2014 (15th July 2014) for submission of memorandum by individual organizations other than JCM staff side. The following is the revised time schedule (Last date). 1.  JCM National Council Staff side                           :    30.06.2014 2.  All other Federations/Unions/Associations  :    15.07.2014 JCM National Council Staff side will be submitting a common memorandum before 30.06.2014 on the common demands of the Central Government Employees. The Copy of the JCM Staff side memorandum will be placed in the website.

7th Pay Commission Ready for Online Survey   Intends to Gather Suggestions via Web Survey: The 7th Pay Commission is all set to utilize the power of the internet. The decision, to not confine itself to just the opinions of the Central Government officials and various employees federations and instead gather feedback from all employees, is a very appreciable one.   The Central Government appointed the 7th Central Pay Commission on February 28, 2014, comprising Justice Shri Ashok Kumar Mathur as Chairman, Shri Vivek Rae as full time Member, Dr. Ratin Roy as part time Member and Smt. Meena Agarwal as Secretary and enumerated a list of tasks for the Commission. To examine various issues relating to emoluments’ structure, retirement benefits and other service conditions of Central Government employees and to make recommendations on the changes required.

National Council JCM Meeting about 7th CPC on 6th May 2014 As per the press release of Confederation, the staff side meeting of the National Council on 6th May, 2014.  The final version as formulated by the Staff Side will also be published on 7th May. 2014.

Confederation is preparing reply to 7th CPC Questionnaire... REPLY TO 7 CPC QUESTIONNAIRE Reply to be submitted to 7CPC on Questionnaire is being prepared by Confederation CHQ under the able and experienced guidance and leadership of Com.S.K.Vyasji (Advisor, Confederation) and Com.KKN.Kutty ( National President, Confederation). Suggestions if any, by the C-O-C s and Affiliated Organisations may be sent by e-mail to Confederation CHQ (e-mail-ID confederationhq@gmail.com ormkrishnan6854@gmail.com ).

Date of Effect of 7th Central Pay Commission - Minister replied in Parliament In Parliament the Minister of Finance Shri.Chidambaram informed in a written reply to a question on 2nd Febrauary 2014 that the date of effect of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission will be decided once the Report is submitted. And he also said, the composition of the 7th Central Pay Commission is broadly in line with the composition of the previous Central Pay Commissions.

7th Pay Commission is seeking the considered views of all stakeholders 7th Pay Commission is seeking for suggestions on various issues The 7th Pay Commission compiled a list of questions and sent it along with a circular to all the Ministries/Departments of Indian Government, inviting their suggestions. It has come to our knowledge that the circular was also sent to all the Central Government employee federations. This could be treated as a irrefutable proof of the fact that the 7th Pay Commission has already started its work! Although this is part of the usual procedure, it is a well known fact that Central Government employees treat certain questions as an indication of the mindset of the 7th Pay Commission. Let’s see the questions…

7th Central Pay Commission Questionnaire – Details of Questions about Salary, Pay Scale, Increment, Allowances and Pension… GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION NEW DELHI-110001 Meena Agarwal Secretary D.O No. 7CPC/15/Questionnaire 9th April, 2014 Dear ……….., As you may be aware the Seventh Central Pay Commissions has been constituted by the Government on 28 February 2014 with a view to go into various issues of emoluments’ structure, retirement benefits and other service conditions of Central Government employees and to make recommendations on the changes required. The terms of reference of the Seventh Central Pay Commission are available on the http://7cpc.india.gov.in . 2. A Questionnaire seeking the considered views of all stakeholders is enclosed. The response of your Ministry to this Questionnaire is sought. I shall be grateful if the replies are furnished to the Commission on or before 10th May, 2014, so as to enable the Commission to take them into accoun...

Did you know how the 6th CPC’s Multiplication Factor of 1.86 was derived? The 6th Pay Commission had recommended a Multiplication Factor of 1.74, but the Central Government chose to change it to 1.86. One of the reasons for this modification was the intense pressure from various Federations of Central Government Employees. It has to be mentioned at this point that all the federations had presented demands to the Government to raise the minimum basic pay to Rs. 10,000. Exactly how did the Government arrive at 1.86? Here is an explanation how -

EXPECTED PAY STRUCTURE OF 7TH CPC – 90PAISA EXPECTED PAY STRUCTURE OF 7TH CPC EXPECTED 7TH CPC PAY SCALE :- 7th CPC Pay Scale is fast becoming the most mesmerizing phrase among Central Government employees these days.   Every Central Govt Employee is waiting to find out the changes in their pay scale that the 7th CPC would recommend to the pay structure. Sensing this eagerness, Bloggers have been regularly coming up with their own versions of what the pay structure could be. Do not take those writings seriously sand authentically.

Report of  7th CPC : It is not possible to indicate the exact time by which the Report of the 7th CPC will be submitted. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF  FINANCE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2057 ANSWERED ON-11.02.2014 Seventh Pay Commission

7th CPC requires Central Staff on Deputation Basis Vacancy Circular for 7th CPC office GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION NEW DELHI – 110001 Meena Agarwal Secretary Camp Office : Room No.169-B, North Block, New Delhi D.O No. 7CPC/2/Staff 27th March,  2014 Dear Shri Sarkar, Government of India has notified constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) vide Gazette notification No.1/1/2013-E.III(A) dated 28th February, 2014. You may also be kindly aware that Seventh CPC is mandated to submit its report to the Government within 18 months of its constitution. Further the Commission has been mandated to appoint such Advisors, Institutional Consultants and Experts as deemed necessary for any particular purpose.

Why 9:1 Ratio between maximum & minimum Salary/Pension being demanded by ‘BHARAT PENSIONERS SAMAJ’ Ironically in India where the poor are struggling to breath with just Rs  27.2 a day in rural areas and 33.3 in cities.  The net worth of the billionaire community increased 12-fold in 15 years, enough to eliminate absolute poverty in this country twice over. In a telling comment, the International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde warned that income inequality is increasing dangerously. Inequality is a sociological construct. Larger income/wealth Inequality breeds discontent, inefficiency, corruption & finally the revolt which is now creeping up   in the shape of Maoism & Naxalism. India can ignore this only at its own peril. What is worrying is that the monthly per capita consumption expenditure of the top 5% of the rural population is nearly nine times that of the bottom 5%. Where as In cities and towns, the average consumption by the to...

6th CPC INTRODUCED NEW METHOD OF CALCULATION FOR INCREMENTS 6th CPC has the honour of introducing a number of new changes. Some of the most important changes introduced by the 6th CPC are GRADE PAY STRUCTURE, 3% INCREMENT, CHILDREN’S EDUCATION ALLOWANCE, and announcing July 1 as INCREMENT DAY FOR ALL. In addition, it also created new regulations to avoid smaller calculations – the method of “ROUNDED OFF TO THE NEXT MULTIPLE OF TEN.” Even as the 7th CPC is fast approaching, doubts about the Increment Calculation on the basis of the 6th CPC persists, especially about the “ROUNDED OFF TO THE NEXT MULTIPLE OF TEN” method. It is obvious that doubts persist.

Common main demands for inclusion in the Memorandum to 7th CPC as identified by BPS 1.Bring down the Ratio between maximum & Minimum of Salary to  9:1 ensuring complete equality by adopting uniformly common multiplication factor for revision of Pension: 4th CPC had determined the ratio between minimum & maximum of salary to be 10.7(Chapter 41 & 43) Vth cpc   maintained it to be 10.97 (Appendix ‘I’ summary of recommendations para19) in their recommendations which while implementation was raised to 1:11.76 Pay commissions up-to 5th CPC adopted a multiplication factor of 3.2 to 3.8 to arrive at the new scales compared to earlier scales but VI CPC adopted conversion factor of  1.86 to arrive at the minimum of lowest pay Band, where as it adopted  3.37 for arriving at the highest scale.

7th PAY COMMISSION - CENTRAL GOVT EMPLOYEES 7th CPC – STEP 1 The Prime Minister of India gave consent to the formation of 7th CPC on 25-09-2013. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram announced that the Prime Minister has formally given his consent to the formation of the 7th CPC. Announcement was also made that it would be implemented on 01.01.2016. Usually, not only employees, news agencies also would start guessing when the announcement would be declared. But this time, there were no such speculations. It has become clear that the Government’s decision and the date of announcement of 7th CPC are being kept secret. The sudden announcement had caught everybody by surprise. There is no doubt about the fact that it was a pleasant surprise to all Central Govt Employees...!

Should the GRADE PAY STRUCTURE continue in the 7th CPC too? Once every 10 years, the Central Government revises the pay grades of its employees. It is common knowledge that the Cabinet had ordered the formation of the 7th CPC (CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION) and has also given its approval to the TERMS OF REFERENCE. The Central Government has, until now, constituted six CPCs. The 6th CPC has the distinction of having introduced the GRADE PAY STRUCTURE. Until then, there was only the PAY SCALE. It was the 6th CPC that changed it to PAY BAND, GRADE PAY and PAY IN THE PAY BAND. It was then said that the reconstitution was made to reduce the number of categories in the PAY SCALE. They also explained how GRADE PAY was calculated.

7th CPC- Ratio between Minimum & maximum of Salary /Pension 4th CPC had determined the ratio between minimum & maximum of salary to be 10.7(Chapter 41 & 43) Vth cpc   maintained it to be 10.97 (Appendix ‘I’ summary of recommendations para19) in their recommendations which while implementation was raised to 1:11.76 by the Bureaucrats for their own advantage.

Can the govt servants get 30% Salary hike on account of 50% DA Merger? - An analysis It is observed that recently Public Medias are interested to publish the news about pay hike of central government employees. We all know the Federations of Central Government employees have been holding demonstrations and Struggles to invite the attention of govt to settle their many demands for the past few months. As a result of this Centre has accepted to settle some demands. One of the main demands laid down before the Central Government by Federations is 50% DA Merger. A Sensational News was spread across the country that a decision on 50% DA merger will be announced in the Cabinet Meeting held last week. But, though there was no any formal announcement in this regard, the approval of 7th CPC Terms of reference by Government made everyone to think that it will be considered sooner or later. A Popular English daily published a tabloid news last week, in which The daily claim...