Saturday, November 18, 2017

DOPT : Items proposed by the Staff-Side, NC(JCM) for discussion in the National Anomaly Committee

F.No.11/2/2016-JCA-I(Pt.)
Government of IndiaMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances & PensionsDepartment of Personnel Training
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 30th October, 2017
To
Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra
Secretary, Staff-Side National Council,
JCM 13-C, Ferozshah Road,
New Delhi-110001
Subject:— Items proposed by the Staff-Side, NC(JCM) for discussion in the National Anomaly Committee — Comments of DoPT regarding.
Sir,
I am directed to refer to your letters no. NC-JCM-2017/7th CPC Anomaly dated 16th August, 2017 and 31th August, 2017 with which a total of 18 items have been sent to DoPT for discussion in the NAC meetings. These 18 items are about various issues over which, the Staff-Side has opined, anomaly has arisen as a result of the 7th CPC’s recommendations or absence of them.
2. On the other hand, DoPT after examining them in the light of the three postulates which, as described in DoPT’s OM. No. 11/2/2016-JCA dated 16th August, 2016 and 20th February, 2017, would constitute anomaly is of the view that there are certain items in the lists sent which are not in accord with them and hence cannot be called anomalies as such notwithstanding the merit that they may have otherwise. There are also certain items which should be taken up at the Departmental Anomaly Committees of the other administrative Ministries concerned. A few items are those which, for a detailed examination, need more relevant documents/papers etc. These have been briefly described below: 
Si. No

DescriptionAnomaly     
Comments
1.      
Anomaly     in computation          of Minimum Wage
As against the Minimum Wage decided to be Rs. 18000/- by the Govt. w.e.f. 01.01.2016, the Staff-Side has said that this should be not less than Rs. 26,000/-and the multiplication factor ought to have been 3.714 and not 2.57.

 They have further asked for the pay matrix to be changed. Objecting to the methodology adopted by the 7th CPC in computing the Minimum Wage, they have given a number of reasons like the retail prices of the commodities quoted by the Labour Bureau being irrational, adoption of the 12 monthly average of the retail price being contents to the Dr. Avkrovd f ormula, the website of the Agriculture Ministry giving the retail prices of commodities forming the basis of computation of minimum wage provides a different picture, so on and so forth.

However, when one compares this item with the three situations given in DoPT’s OM. No. 11/2/2016-jCA dated 16th August, 2016 and 20th February, 2017, it does not appear that this satisfies any of them to be treated as an anomaly.

2.      
3% Increment in all stages
The Staff-Side argues that in spite of the foreword to the Report making it clear in para 1.19 that the prevailing rate of increment is considered quite satisfactory and has been retained, an illustrative list appended by them shows instances where the pay, gone up after the addition of annual increment by 3%, falls short of what it would have been. They have quoted para-5.1.38 of the report also which states that the rate of annual increment would be 3%.

While what the Staff-Side has stated has its own merits, the fact of the matter is that the principle followed here is whenever a stage of pay, after addition of an increment, falls short of the nearest hundred by less than 50, the employee would be entitled to get the amount mentioned in the immediately next cell in the Pay-Matrix. However, when the gap is that of more than 50, the pay, on addition of an increment, is rounded off to the nearest hundred which travels backward.

For instance, if staying at Rs. 46,100/- one gets an increment @ 3%, instead of having his/her pay fixed at Rs. 47,483/- (which is the exact figure), it will be Rs. 47,500/- (thus gaining by Rs. 13/-). Thus it is not a case of permanent loss as the loss in one year is made good in the second/third year. Considering this to he a situation of swings and roundabouts, this may not be treated as a case of anomaly.

3.      
Anomaly due to index rationalization
The Staff-Side has taken exception to the index rationalization followed by the 7th CPC while formulating its views as per which the fitment factor varies and moves upward as one goes up the hierarchical ladder with the level of responsibility and accountability also steadily climbing up commensurately. The Staff-Side argues that the multiplication factor should be one, i.e. 2.81.
Although the Staff-Side has remonstrated that
the vertical relativity will suffer distortion in the process, it has to be stated that it is a policy decision about by the Staff-Side comes to be distorted when the pay of a feeder-cadre post and that of a promotional post becomes same. In this case it is not
so. Hence it does not appear to qualify for being called an anomaly.

4.      
Minimum Pension
The Staff-Side says the minimum pension fixed after 7th CPC should be corrected and revised orders issued. From the brief explanatory note recorded under this point, it appears that the CPC had sounded out D/o pension on what the latter thought what the minimum pension should be.

This is an exclusively pension-related issue on which, as informed by the Staff-Side, D/o Pension was asked for their views by the 7t1 CPC. Moreover, as will be evident, the basic focus of DoPT’s Q.M. No. 11/2/2016-JCA dated 16th August, 2016 and 20th February, 2017 is on taking on board those anomalies which are pay-related. Hence, this item may be taken up separately by the Staff-Side with the D/o Pension. Thus, instead of treating this as a case of anomaly, the Staff-Side is requested to take it up with the D/o Pension separately.

5.      
Date of effect of allowances HRA, Transport Allowance, CEA etc.
The Staff-Side has demanded that the grant of the allowances (revised) mentioned alongside should be made effective from 01.01.2016 and not from 01.07.2017.

This is a demand and cannot be treated as an anomaly. Moreover, the date from which a benefit is to be made effective is something which can be decided only by the Government. Hence, this may not be taken up at the NAC.

6.      
Anomaly in the grant of D.A instalment w.e.f 01.01.2016.
Here the Staff-Side has questioned the methodology adopted by the Government in computing the DA instalment w.e.f. 01.01.2016.

It has, however, to be pointed out that even if there is merit in the contention of the Staff-Side involving this item, it does not qualify being called an anomaly when it is examined in the light of the three situations which, as per DoPT’s Q.M. No. 11/2/2016-JCA dated 16th August, 2016 and 20th February, 2017, would constitute anomalies. 


3. Items to be taken up at the Departmental Anomaly Committees.
Si. No

DescriptionAnomaly     
Comments
1.
Implement  the recommendation on Parity in Pay Scale between Sr. Auditor/Sr. Accountant of IA&AD and organized Accounts with Assistant Section Officer of CSS.
The Staff-Side says that although the 5th, 6th and now 7th CPC’s have recommended that the pay-scales of different cadres/categories/grades requiring the same recruitment qualifications should be the same, denial of the same benefit to the Statistical Assistants (SA’s) who are otherwise at par with Assistant Section Officers (erstwhile ‘Assistant’) is a violation of the principle. While ASO’s are placed in the Pay-Matrix of 7, SA’s are in the Pay-Matrix of 6. This arrangement is stated to have disturbed the horizontal relativity between the pay-scales of the SA’s in the Organized Accounts and IA&AD Cadre and ASO’s in the CSS cadre. In conclusion, it has been requested that SA’s should also be placed in Pay-Matrix no. 7.
Even if, the present case comes across as one of anomaly, it appears that the interests of the Statistical Assistants only are involved. ASO’s of CCS are coming into the question; but only as a reference point, by way of comparison. Hence the Staff-Side is requested to take up this issue at the Departmental Anomaly Committee concerned.

2.
Technical Supervisors    of Railways
This particular item is exclusively Railways-specific. The Staff-Side, NC OCM) is requested to take it up at the Departmental Anomaly Committee of MR) Railways.

3.
Anomaly     in       the assignment  of replacement of Levels of pay in the Ministry of Defence, Railways, Mines etc in the case of Store Keepers     .

Staff-Side says that although ‘Store keeper’ is one such category of posts which is common to various Departments like Defence, Mines, Railways etc and in spite of the nature of job, responsibilities being similar, the pay-scale of storekeepers across all the Departments is not the same. It is still less in the M/o Defence even after the entry-level qualifications which were different before the 7th CPC stage, have been revised.
If what the Staff-Side remonstrates that even after the requisite changes had been carried out in the R/Rules, the 7th CPC did not take any cognizance of it is true, it has to be assumed that it is a policy decision of the Government. Moreover, the issue appears to be M/o Defence-specific. The Staff-Side is requested to take it up at the Departmental Anomaly Committee meeting of the M/o Defence.
          

4.       Item to be taken up separately with the Department of Pension.

Si. No

DescriptionAnomaly     
Comments
1.
Anomaly     arising from the decision to reject option-1 in pension fixation
As per the ToR of the NAC, anomalies are basically pay-centric. Under this point, the contention of the Staff-Side is pension-centric. Furthermore, the Staff-Side has themselves clarified that post-7th CPC, Government had set up a CoS headed by Secretary(Pension) to look into the first option recommended by the 7th CPC. Eventually, this was not found feasible to be implemented. With such a decision having been taken at the CoS level, it cannot be called an anomaly. In view of this, we may inform the Staff-Side to separately take it up with D/0 Pension without treating it as an anomaly that can be taken up at the NAC.

                             
5.       More details required to examine the following item.

Si. No

DescriptionAnomaly     
Comments
1.
Parity in Pay Scales between      Assistants /Stenographers      in field / subordinate officers and assistant Section Officer and stenographers in CSS.
Although the         heading of this item is          self-explanatory, the relevant text given in the paper sent is not complete as the pay-scales of Assistants and stenos posted in field have not been mentioned therein. Until their pay-scales are known
they cannot be compared to check whether there is indeed any anomaly. The Staff-Side is requested to provide more information that is relevant so that it can be properly examined to find out whether an anomaly arises here or not.

  
Yours faithfully,
 S/d,
(D.K. Sengupta)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India



(Source : Govt Emp diary)


LATEST POSITION REGARDING MINIMUM PAY AND FITMENT FORMULA — GOVT INFORMED STAFFSIDE NATIONAL COUNCIL JCM THAT INCREASE IN MINIMUM PAY AND FITMENT FORMULA WILL NOT COME UNDER ANOMALY COMMITTEE ITEM

During the last 2 – 3 months both print and electronic media are continuously reporting that increase in 7th CPC Minimum Pay and Fitment Factor is under serious consideration of the Govt. and National Anomaly Committee will give its recommendation to Govt. and orders for increased Minimum Pay and Fitment Formula will be given effect from April 2018. 
We are reproducing below a letter from Govt. dated 30.10.2017 addressed to Secretary, Staff Side , National Council JCM stating that the demand for increase in Minimum Pay and Fitment Formula will not come under the purview of National Anomaly Committee. 
Further Govt. has not yet constituted the HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE for increasing Minimum Pay and Fitment Formula as assured by the Group of Ministers including Home Minister Sri Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley on 30.06.2016. 
The so-called Senior Officers Committee has also not discussed this agenda even though staff Side has repeatedly demanded discussion and settlement as per the assurance given by Senior Cabinet Ministers. Now 17 months are over. 
32 lakhs Central Govt. Employees and 33 lakhs Pensioners are being continuously betrayed by the NDA Govt.
M. Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation
Mob. & Whats App: 09447068125
Email: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com


(Source – http://confederationhq.blogspot.in )

Thursday, November 16, 2017

One Request! ....Kindly have patience!

The DAV had advised all Air Force pensioners to forward their option forms for reopening of their pension cases subsequent to the issue of the letter about the implementation of the recommendations of the 7PCC. 

Many of you have already already sent these through the emails, while others have sent their forms through India post along with the required attachments. The DAV has published lists of the people whose forms have been received and this can be seen on their website. These lists are being revised every Friday.

Once posted, most of you have been calling up the DAV telephone number to confirm the receipt thus literally jamming up all their numbers.

All the mails/ the emails, received are being processed and hard copies getting placed in individual files. Some cases cannot be processed for lack of correct documents.

Please ensure that you have actually sent these documents (hard copies) as enclosures (self attested photo copies) with the signed option form:-

-Your own and your spouse's Aadhar cards (both sides),

- the PAN cards for both of you,

-a crossed out blank cheque leaf connected with your pension bank account ,

- your initial PPO where the name of your wife is duly appended or a corrigendum PPO which you may have received incorporating any corrections that you may have asked for post your retirement,


This whole exercise is a massive task and the pensioners are requested to have patience.

The AFA is closely monitoring the progress and and further development will be duly reported through these pages.

(SOURCE : AFA FACEBOOK POST)

7th CPC Revision of Pension/Family pension on the bases of pay Matrix in respect of Pre-1990 - Application Format for All Pre-2016 Pensioners


No. A-38020/2/2017-Adm.I
Government of India/Bharat Sarkar
Ministry of Labour & Employment/Shram Aur Rozgar Mantralaya
Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 110001

Shram Shakti Bhavan, Room No.315
Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001

Dated:31.10.2017

To

As per list enclosed.

Subject: Revision of Pension/Family pension in respect of Pre-1990-reg.

Sir/Madam,

Central Pension Account Office(CPAO) has provided a list (annexed) of 441 pensioners/family pensioners of pre-1990 pensioners. All the concerned pensioners/family pensioners are requested to contact their respective offices from where they had retired alongwith duly filled up enclosed proforma With supporting documents for further necessary action.

Yours faithfully,
(Narendra Mohan Gupta)
Section Officer
Adm.I


Date:

To

(Name & address Head of Office- from where retired)
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Subject: Revision of pension /family pension pre-2016 pensioners/ family pensioners on the basis of pay Matrix prescribed by 7th CPC.

Ref: Deptt. Of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare OM No.38/37/2016-P&PW(A) dt. 12/05/2017 Ministry of Finance (Deptt. Of Expenditure) O.M.No.1/13/EV/2017 dated 23rd May,2017.

Sir/Madam,

I am the Central Government Pensioner/my spouse retired from the above cited Central Government Department. I hereby apply for revision of my pension/family pension in terms of the Government orders cited above. My details are as under:

1. Name

2. Designation on retirement

3. Date of Retirement

4. Pay & Pay Scale on retirement:

5. PPO No.(Photo copy of PPO Book enclosed):

6. Bank Account details(Name of Bank/Account No./lFSC code:)


7.Present Address:


8.Contact No.(Land Line/Moblile No./Email ID):


Yours faithfully,


(Signature)
Name & Address

Moble No.________
7th+cpc+pension+revision+application+format


FLASH NEWS. .OROP...AND A BREAK THROUGH..TALKS WITH GOVT..HOPEFULLY THE STALEMATE OVER AND SOLUTIONS FOUND..RGDS CDR SHARAN AHUJA SJA

MAJ GEN SATBIR SINGH (RETD) CHAIRMAN IESM MEETS RM TODAY 15 NOV 2017 IN HER OFFICE IN SOUTH BLOCK ...IN A CORDIAL AND POSTIVE.. ATMOSPHERE.  MEETING LASTED ABOUT 30 MIN.. GEN SATBÄ°R BROUGHT THE FOLLOWING. TO THE NOTICE OF THE RM..

*   Actual OROP as approved by Two Parliaments.

* As per Approved Definition again By Two Parliaments. MOS Def gave out the same Definition on 02 Dec 2014 in Parliament.

*  Implemented OROP has four Anomalies which need to be corrected.

*   Mr Parikar worked out 8300 cr to implement full OROP. What has been implemented is Average Model of 5500 cr.The gap is only 2800 cr.

*  Other issues briefly touched were
    @  Widows pensions
    @   Reservists  "
    @Martyr's Memorial
    @ ECHS
    @ Veterans Hospitals
    @  Covenent Act
  @ Disability Pensions..........

  JUSTICE REDDY'S REPORT PENDING FOR OVER 13 MONTHS.

THE RM ASSURED OF NECESSARY ACTION AT THE EARLIEST.

IESM LOOKS FORWARD FOR A POSITIVE ACTION SOON.

RGDS. 

Maj Gen Satbir Singh (Retd) Chairman IESM


Col  NK Balakrishnan (Retd)

(SOURCE- VIA GROUP E-MAIL)

A VERY POSITIVE AND HEARTENING VIEWS FROM A SOON TO BE A VETERAN WHO ATTENDED RETIRING OFFICERS SEMINAR HELD AT SOUTH BLOCK..13 NOV 2017.


*Douglas McArthur once said*:
“ A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.”

I am Col. V.S. who will be leaving this great army after a fortnight with pride on my chest and praise for my Army on my lips. While today, actually, neither am I too happy nor disgruntled  at the state of affairs of our great army . But sitting in South Block, I realised that things are not that bad either. I am sure the likes of Gen Bam will endorse my views which I am going to share now.

*Rank parity or the Equivalence Issue.* I must confess that the chief clearly brought out that certain oversights/ anomalies/ mistakes done by the service headquarters in the past are being addressed in the right earnest now and amended in the present time frame. Letters of 2006 and 2008 vintage have already been cancelled. The issue of JCO being a gazetted officer has also been clarified and letter cancelled. Things are being looked into at the highest level and even the RM has assured full support in this regard.

*NFU.* The chief talked in great detail about Gp A , Gp I and all India Services and mentioned vehemently that, we are a different service and no comparison with any of  these are warranted and will not be in our favour. Ours is a pyramidical structure and we should therefore not try to compare and group ourselves with them. Our terms and conditions of service are very challenging and difficult . This fact is very clear to all and therefore we should not unnecessarily bother about it as we deserve the NFU more than anyone else.

*Pay Commission and MSP .* Our habit of categorising JCOs and ORs together and calling them as JCO/OR in our daily parlance has landed the JCO with same MSP as Jawans. He felt that JCOs MSP in any case should be much more than Jawans. We should therefore, desist from using loosely coined terms as they have a major ramification. He also said that there was a need to address the issue of lesser Pay and Pension accrued due to MSP of Maj Gens & Lt Gens in comparison with Brigadiers. This anomaly needs to be addressed  and steps are already underway to address these important issues.

*Restoration of rations*. The chief categorically mentioned that the government is saving just about Rs.4 crores only after stopping rations in kind for officers in peace stations. In all probability the government will take a decision and reconsider to restore ration for officers in times to come in peace stations. This would dispel all rumours in the environment.

*Personal weapons for Infantry.* He said that if we analyze, just about 2 lakh personal assault weapons are required for Infantry and Mechanised Infantry, the rest may do good with weapons like AK 47 which is as it is most effectively being used by us and other forces for specialised purposes all over the world.

It's truly heartening to see that todays retiring officer have taken an informed and measured view of factual data and exuded a lot of positivity. 

I think would be highly inappropriate on my part to not share such positive vibes among brothers  in uniform who are being snogged by a lot if vicious rumours and misgivings  by means of great doses if misinformation.

The spreading rumours and bashing the hierarchy must stop (which more often than not is based on rhetorics and vitiated emotions than facts and logic). Thanks .”_* 

Recd from friends in South Block
 
Col NK Balakrishnan (Retd)

(SOURCE-VIA GROUP E-MAIL)