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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.  

Preliminary meeting with 7th CPC on 23.7.2014 - BPS The below information is published as breaking new in the official blog of Bharat Pensioners Samaj... Breaking news-meeting with 7th CPC I wish to share with all friends, supporters & well wishers that I have been invited by 7th CPC for a preliminary meeting on 23rd July 2014 from 11.00-11.45 AM. Regards S.C.Maheshwari Secy. Genl. Bharat Pensioners Samaj Source: www.scm-bps.blogspot.in [http://scm-bps.blogspot.in/2014/07/breaking-news-meeting-with-7th-cpc.html]

Centre made a discretionary decision on 7th CPC Terms of Reference – National Council JCM In its foreword of the 7th CPC Memorandum prepared by the National Council JCM Staff Side, the National Council has said that the Centre has made a discretionary decision regarding the 7th CPC Terms of Reference. The writeup also adds that the Centre did not consult with them prior to formulating the Terms of Reference for the 7th Pay Commission. The Prime Minister has given his approval to the composition of the 7th CPC on 4th February 2014 and the Union Cabinet gave its approval to the 7th CPC Terms of Reference on 28.02.2014. On 01.01.2011, when the Dearness Allowance touched 50%, the Central Government employees started to strengthen their demand to add it to the Basic Pay. Some of them demanded setting up of the 7th CPC on the plea that the residency period of any wage structure must not exceed 5 years, especially in the background that the pay revision in most of the PSUs takes place at th...

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.

Unions and Associations are seriously involved in filling up the questionnaires prepared and sent by the 7th CPC   The sheer pace of the 7th CPC has impressed the central Government employees so much that their expectations have started to grow.   It has come to our knowledge that a number of unions and associations are seriously involved in filling up the questionnaires prepared and sent by the 7th CPC. It is also well known that on behalf of the National Council JCM Staff Side, the questionnaire had already been filled with the approval of all members and has been sent. ( Click here to view the reply )

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.

BPMS published answers to the Questionnaire of 7th Pay Commission BPMS today published the answers to the questionnaire of 7th Central Pay Commission... ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF 7TH CPC 1 SALARIES 1.1 The considerations on which the minimum salary in case of the lowest Group ‘C’ functionary and the maximum salary in case of a Secretary level officer may be determined and what should be the reasonable ratio between the two.   Answer 1.1:- We are of the opinion that the consideration on which the minimum salary in case of lowest Group ‘C’ functionary should be based on the norms set by the 15th International Labour Conference (ILC) with certain amendments. Earlier Central Pay Commissions have kept in the mind that the minimum salary is applicable at the time a person joins the Government which will usually be at a young age when a person may be married and may not have responsibility of parents or many children and accordingly, the family unit for minimum salary can only b...

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.

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...

7th CPC Report - When is it going to be submitted? 7th Pay Commission Report and the Need for Timeliness Background of the 7th Pay Commission The 7th pay commission report - when is it going to be submitted? The announcement about the 7th pay commission report came out on September the 25th of 2013. This pay commission unlike the 6th pay commission was set up well in advance. This became possible due to significant efforts of various organisations, union lists and the finance commission report. Announcements say that the 7th pay commission will be implemented from 1.1.2016 and it will take approximately 18 months time for the report to be submitted. Recently, the 7th pay commission Chairman and the members gave out a public statement on 4.2.2014 and after that on 22.2.2014 the important 7th cpc terms and references were released. Now, the thought that floats on everyone’s mind is whether the 7th pay commission report will be submitted within the 18 months time period and will the...

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.

5th CPC had ACP, 6th CPC had MACP; what does 7th CPC have? Assured Career Progression (ACP) is a boon to employees who have been suffering without promotions for years. Employees who got their jobs towards the end of 1960s had to face countless hurdles. One of them was the problem with promotions. There were many who didn't get any promotions for 30 years. Countless others retired without getting a single promotion in their careers.

Child Care Leave, introduced by the 6th CPC, was a boon for women employees. Women employees have for long, been entitled to Maternity Leave. The 90 days paid leave granted as maternity leave was extended to 135 days by the 5th CPC. The 6th CPC further increased it to 180 days. Based on the very reasonable request presented by ATMAJA (Association of Adoptive Parents), the Government announced ‘Child Adoption Leave’ for female employees in 2006. Orders were issued to grant 135 days leave for female employees who adopt child upto one year of age. The 6th CPC introduced a family welfare privilege for female employees. Consequent upon the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of the 6th CPC relating to Maternity Leave and Child Care Leave, the Central Govt decided that the existing provisions of Maternity Leave enhanced to 180 days.

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 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.

NFIR WANTS TO MAKE AMENDMENTS IN THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF 7TH CPC NFIR ALSO DEMANDS TO THE SECRETARY OF DOPT TO ARRANGE A MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL COUNCIL (JCM) TO DISCUSS VARIOUS ISSUE OF INTERIM RELIEF, MERGER OF DA, PARITY IN PENSION, DEFINED BENEFITTED PENSION SCHEME, DATE OF EFFECT OF 7TH CPC AND PLB ect.,

AIRF raised strong objections against the Terms of Reference of 7th CPC Com. Shiva Gopal Mishra GS/AIRF, Member Staff Side raised strong objections against the ToR of 7th Pay Commission Tele :13382286 NATIONAL COUNCIL (Staff Side) Joint Consultative Machinery for Central Government Employees 13-C. Ferozshah Road, New DelhI-110001 No.NC-JCM/2014/VII CPC Dated: March 3, 2014 The Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, North Block, New Delhi Dear Sir, Sub: Terms of Reference of the 7 Central Pay Commission It is reported that, the Union Cabinet in its meeting, held on 28th February, 2014, has approved the Terms of Reference of the 7th Central Pay Commission. We have gone through the same. We find that the Terms of Reference finalized by the Government is at variance in many respects to the Draft Terms of Reference the Staff Side had submitted to you on 25.10.2013 after holding in-house discussion on 24.10.2013.