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National Federation of Atomic Energy
Employees
NFAEE
DEPARTMENT
OF ATOMIC ENERGY
Regn.No.17/9615
Recognised by DAE vide DAE OM No. 8/1/2007 – IR&W/95 dated 13th
June 2007
NFAEE Office, Opp. NIYAMAK BHAVAN, Anusaktinagar,
Mumbai 400 094
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Ref. No: nfaee/sg/16/139 29.06.2016
To
All Affiliates
NFAEE
Dear Comrades,
At last the Cabinet approved the
recommendations of 7th CPC without any changes. It has been noticed
that:
·
No increase in Minimum Pay
recommended by CPC
·
No increase in Fitment Formula
·
No increase in increment rate
·
In short Government rejected all the
modifications sought by NJCA/ CONFEDERATION/NFAEE
It is quite unfortunate that the
demand raised by the entire central government employees for improvement in the
report of the VII CPC has not been considered by the government.
What was the celebration of the
media – print, visual and social media – during the last few days? Higher
minimum pay, increase in fitment formula etc were spread like anything to
misguide the employees and create confusion even among the organisations and
its leadership.
It
would be appropriate without any confusion and hesitation should go ahead with
the preparation for INDEFINITE STRIKE slated to be commenced from 06.00 hours
on 11th July 2016.
All
Affiliates are requested to HOLD PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS & RALLY IN FRONT OF
ALL OFFICES on 30th June & 1st July 2016.
With fraternal greetings.
Comradely Yours,
(Jayaraj KV)
Secretary General
Address for
Correspondence: Jayaraj. KV, Secretary General, NFAEE
PESS/UED; BARC, Trombay,
Mumbai 400 085
Tel. No: (O): 022 – 25596519; (Res): 022 – 25554179; (Mobile): 9869501189
Annexure:
Press Information Bureau
communique on 7th CPC recommendations:
Cabinet
approves Implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission
The Union Cabinet
chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the
implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay
Commission (CPC) on pay and pensionary benefits. It will come into
effect from 01.01.2016.
In
the past, the employees had to wait for 19 months for the implementation of the
Commission’s recommendations at the time of 5th CPC, and for 32
months at the time of implementation of 6th CPC. However,
this time, 7th CPC recommendations are being implemented within
6 months from the due date.
The
Cabinet has also decided that arrears of pay and pensionary benefits will be
paid during the current financial year (2016-17) itself, unlike in the past
when parts of arrears were paid in the next financial year.
The
recommendations will benefit over 1 crore employees. This includes over 47 lakh
central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners, of which 14 lakh employees
and 18 lakh pensioners are from the defence forces.
Highlights:
1. The present system of Pay Bands and Grade Pay
has been dispensed with and a new Pay Matrix as recommended by the Commission
has been approved. The status of the employee, hitherto determined by grade
pay, will now be determined by the level in the Pay Matrix. Separate Pay
Matrices have been drawn up for Civilians, Defence Personnel and for Military
Nursing Service. The principle and rationale behind these matrices are the
same.
2. All existing levels have been subsumed in the
new structure; no new levels have been introduced nor has any level been
dispensed with. Index of Rationalisation has been approved for arriving at
minimum pay in each Level of the Pay Matrix depending upon the increasing role,
responsibility and accountability at each step in the hierarchy.
3. The minimum pay has been increased from Rs. 7000
to 18000 p.m. Starting salary of a newly recruited employee at lowest
level will now be Rs. 18000 whereas for a freshly recruited
Class I officer, it will be Rs. 56100. This reflects a
compression ratio of 1:3.12 signifying that pay of a Class I officer on direct
recruitment will be three times the pay of an entrant at lowest level.
4. For the purpose of revision of pay and pension,
a fitment factor of 2.57 will be applied across all Levels in the Pay Matrices.
5. Rate of increment has been retained at 3 %. This
will benefit the employees in future on account of higher basic pay as the annual increments that they earn in future
will be 2.57 times than at present.
6. The Cabinet approved further improvements in the
Defence Pay Matrix by enhancing Index of Rationalisation for Level 13A
(Brigadier) and providing for additional stages in Level 12A (Lieutenant
Colonel), 13 (Colonel) and 13A (Brigadier) in order to bring parity with
Combined Armed Police Forces (CAPF) counterparts at the maximum of the
respective Levels.
7. Some other decisions impacting the employees
including Defence & Combined Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel include :
· Gratuity ceiling enhanced from Rs. 10
to 20 lakh. The ceiling on gratuity will increase by 25 % whenever DA rises by
50 %.
· A common regime for payment of Ex-gratia lump
sum compensation for civil and defence forces personnel payable to Next of Kin
with the existing rates enhanced from Rs. 10-20 lakh to 25-45 lakh
for different categories.
· Rates of Military Service Pay revised from Rs. 1000,
2000, 4200 & 6000 to 3600, 5200, 10800 & 15500 respectively for various
categories of Defence Forces personnel.
· Terminal gratuity equivalent of 10.5 months of
reckonable emoluments for Short Service Commissioned Officers who will be
allowed to exit Armed Forces any time between 7 and 10 years of service.
· Hospital Leave, Special Disability Leave and
Sick Leave subsumed into a composite new Leave named ‘Work Related Illness and
Injury Leave’ (WRIIL). Full pay and allowances will be granted to all employees
during the entire period of hospitalization on account of WRIIL.
8. The Cabinet also approved the recommendation of
the Commission to enhance the ceiling of House Building Advance from Rs.
7.50 lakh to 25 lakh. In order to ensure that no hardship is caused to
employees, four interest free advances namely Advances for Medical Treatment,
TA on tour/transfer, TA for family of deceased employees and LTC have been
retained. All other interest free advances have been abolished.
9. The Cabinet also decided not to accept the steep
hike in monthly contribution towards Central Government Employees Group
Insurance Scheme (CGEGIS) recommended by the Commission. The existing rates of
monthly contribution will continue. This will increase the take home salary of
employees at lower levels by Rs. 1470. However, considering the need for social
security of employees, the Cabinet has asked Ministry of Finance to work out a
customized group insurance scheme for Central Government Employees with low
premium and high risk cover.
10. The general recommendations of the Commission on
pension and related benefits have been approved by the Cabinet. Both the
options recommended by the Commission as regards pension revision have been
accepted subject to feasibility of their implementation. Revision of pension
using the second option based on fitment factor of 2.57 shall be implemented
immediately. A Committee is being constituted to address the implementation
issues anticipated in the first formulation. The first formulation may be made
applicable if its implementation is found feasible after examination by
proposed Committee which is to submit its Report within 4 months.
11. The Commission examined a total of 196 existing
Allowances and, by way of rationalization, recommended abolition of 51
Allowances and subsuming of 37 Allowances. Given the significant changes in the
existing provisions for Allowances which may have wide ranging implications,
the Cabinet decided to constitute a Committee headed by Finance Secretary for
further examination of the recommendations of 7th CPC on Allowances. The
Committee will complete its work in a time bound manner and submit its reports
within a period of 4 months. Till a final decision, all existing Allowances
will continue to be paid at the existing rates.
12. The Cabinet also decided to constitute two
separate Committees (i) to suggest measures for streamlining the implementation
of National Pension System (NPS) and (ii) to look into anomalies likely to
arise out of implementation of the Commission’s Report.
13. Apart from the pay, pension and other
recommendations approved by the Cabinet, it was decided that the concerned
Ministries may examine the issues that are administrative in nature, individual
post/ cadre specific and issues in which the Commission has not been able to
arrive at a consensus.
14. As estimated by the 7th CPC, the additional
financial impact on account of implementation of all its recommendations in
2016-17 will be Rs. 1,02,100 crore. There will be an additional implication of
Rs. 12,133 crore on account of payments of arrears of pay and pension for two
months of 2015-16.
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