The National Executive Members &
The Secretaries of the Affiliates.
Dear Comrades,
Resist the Arrogance, Rebuff the dishonesty; Ensure total strike on 20th August 2008
After a wait of nearly five months, the government has finally decided to implement the 6 CPC recommendations with effect from 1st September 2008, with some minor modifications. In this era of scientific discovery and technological advancement; various tools have been created to facilitate the delivery of news materials within the country. But unfortunately our Government have found ways of abusing such facilities to spread rumours with libel intent to reduce our fighting potential. Now the government has presented before people the acceptance of pay commission recommendations itself as an act of benevolence.
The fact is that as on 1.1.2006 the employees were drawing DA at 86%. The 6 CPC did not consider the DP factor and denied the benefit of 12%, an element that is already part of the pay. This 12% that was snatched away has now been restored. This is not a bonanza; it is not at all an additional increase. It is only restoration of what is due to the employees.
But what had the Staff Side, JCM and Confederation of officers demanded with Committee of Secretaries?
Re-computation of Minimum wages based on the actual prices that existed on 1.1.2006 and on the Supreme Court ruling on minimum wages and consequential reconstruction of Pay Bands.
The Gr D entry level (the minimum wage) remains unchanged at Rs 5740. Rs 7000/- is the entry level for Gr C. Squaring it off to 7000/- means an increase of Rs 80/- after applying the multiplying factor of 1.86. (2750x1.86 +1800=6915 ie Rs 6920/-)
What we have demanded was RS 10000 for Gr D at entry level and our demand with Committee of Secretaries was (as rock bottom) application of the principle applied by
5 th CPC (increase in the net national product for 10 years) i.e. an increase of 56.2% over the pay drawn on 1.1.2006 – 4743x156.2%= 7408 adjusted to Rs 7400- with consequential changes in all stages and pay bands.
PB-1 will now start at 5200 (instead of 4860) and PB2 will start at 9300 (in place of 8700) with no change in the Grade pay – as result of increasing the fitment to 1.86 in place of 1.74. This change will no way benefit an existing employee.
Fitment formula of 2.625:
The change from 1.74 to 1.86 will bring in a marginal increase, but that is what we are drawing, nothing new in it. This only gives a benefit of another DA merger, not of a Pay Revision.
A Pay Revision would be felt actually if a uniform fitment formula is made available universally. Fitment factor of 2.625 would give uniform benefit of 41% to all up to the scale of 8000-13500. (Gr A is already granted a higher rate).
No abolition of Gr D posts, No contractorisation :
The worst type of deception is shown here. Though the statement issued by the Government states that GR D in ministerial offices and Porters in Railways would continue to be recruited, their pay scale has not been revised.
Minimum benefit of 10% on promotion& Pension:
The demand for minimum increase of 10% in pay on promotion has not been accepted by the Government. The incremental benefit of 3% is paltry. The communiqué issued by Government is silent on the recommendations of 6 CPC on Pension, parity in pension of pre-1996 and post 1996 retirees, discrimination in the grant of family pension, minimum pension and revision in ex gratia to SRPF/CPF retirees, and especially on outsourcing (i.e. doing away with) Pension Commutation.
In the nutshell, a very big fraud has been committed on us. Government is using its propaganda machinery in such a manner that reminds one of Goebel (propaganda Secretary of Adolph Hitler) – repeat a lie hundred times, it will be accepted as the truth.
When we speak of Pay, the government speaks of pay and allowances (saying that it will be more than 10,000 pm) at the minimum level up to Group B level. But while speaking of maximum pay it speaks of only Pay (80,000).
It speaks of average hike of 21%. But it would not say how much at the lower level and how much for Group A Officers. The change of Base year for DA from 1982 to 2001 would affect the quantum of DA. The move to introduce separate Consumer Price Index for Government employees is an attempt to take away the existing compensation on price rise available to us and it has to be resisted with great vigour.
The Government’s eagerness to push through the PFRDA bill in the forthcoming session of Parliament commencing on 20th September 2008 is the gravest threat to social security available to every employee in the Central Government.
The unprecedented inflation and rise in prices of the essential commodities and its accelerating trend caused due to the pursuance of the anti-people economic policies of globalization, liberalization and privatization followed by the present Government has made the life of Central Government Employees, workers and poor people miserable and unbearable. The raging inflation nullifies whatever increase in DA is granted by the Central and State Governments and will wipe out any financial benefit that might accrue to the employees because of the implementation of much awaited VI-CPC modified recommendations.
We need to rise to the occasion and give a big rebuff to Government on its neglect and denial of our genuine demands. We have to put up a strong resistance to passage of PFRDA Bill.
Ensure Total Strike on 20th August as a mark of protest against the Arrogance & Dishonesty and Fraud on us.
With greetings,
Yours Fraternally,
S.Mohan.
Secretary General
