7th Pay Commission: NJCA may call for strike if Committee on Allowances further delays report

The NJCA is leading the negotiation over 7th Pay Commission on behalf of central government employees.

The National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), aggrieved over the delay on higher allowances under the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, may call for nationwide strike if the Committee on Allowance fails to submit its final report. According to media reports, the Committee on Allowances is likely to submit its report on higher allowances under the 7th Pay Commission to the Finance Ministry this week. But there is no official confirmation in this regard. It’s been almost nine months since the formation of the Committee on Allowances, but it is yet to submit its report. Meanwhile, the National Council Staff Side has called a meeting on May 2 of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) to discuss the next course of action if the Committee on Allowance further delays report. (ALSO READ: Half week passed; suspense continues on Committee on Allowance report)

National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) convenor Shiv Gopal Mishra, while speaking to India.com, said the central government employees might go on strike if the Committee on Allowances delays the report further or rejected their demands. The NJCA is leading the negotiation over 7th Pay Commission on behalf of central government employees. Shiv Gopal Mishra also informed that the issues of abolition of ‘option 1’ for pensioners will be discussed at the JCM meet too. Option 1 allowed pensioners to avail their pension hike as per the pay band in which they were enrolled at the time of retirement. Pensioners were forced to accept option 2 as option 1 had been rejected.

“The JCM meeting is called on May 2. Whether the Lavasa Committee submits it report or not (by the end of the month), the meet would be held. If the report on allowances is not tabled, then we will plan the next step of action. I cannot rule out the option of reviving the call for strike. After all, how long should the employees wait?” said Shiv Gopal Mishra. The issue of hike in minimum pay would also be discussed at the JCM meet. “It is the centrifugal issue. All pay commission so far had kept the issue of minimum salary at the centre. We will negotiate with the government and attempt to persuade them,” he said.

The 7th Pay Commission had also recommended abolition of 52 allowances and subsuming 37 others out of 196 allowances, which triggered resentment among central government employees. Central government employees are unhappy because of the reduction in housing rent allowance (HRA) and want the government to increase basic pay from from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000.

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DoPT denies Media News about extension of working hours of Central Government employees

DoPT denies Media News about extension of working hours of Central Government employees

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18-April-2017 16:06 IST

DoPT denies Media News about extension of working hours of Central Government employees 

The attention is drawn to the media news about extension of working hours of Central Government employees by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. It has been stated in the news item that Central Government employees’ working hours will be changed from 09.00 AM to 07.00 PM. It was also stated that the holiday of Saturday will also be done away with for the Central Government employees.

In this regard, the DoPT clarifies that there is no such proposal under consideration of the Central Government. The media news regarding the extension of working hours and abolition of holiday on Saturday for Central Government employees is false and baseless. There is no oral or unwritten order issued in this regard.

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7th Pay Commission: Lavasa committee likely to take more time to submit report on allowances

The allowance hike was deferred owing to the anomalies raised by employee unions over the abolition of 53 allowances and subsumption of 36 others into larger ones.

 New Delhi, April 12: Central government employees may have to further await the higher allowances as per as the high-level committee led by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa is yet to submit its report. Although the National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) expects the committee to submit its report to the government by this week, a top employee union official, while speaking to NDTV, claimed that the Lavasa committee could further delay its report.

The hike in allowances is awaited since July 2016, when Centre raised only the basic component of the salaries of central government employees. The allowance hike was deferred owing to the anomalies raised by employee unions over the abolition of 53 allowances and subsumption of 36 others into larger ones.

The Lavasa committee was initially provided a time period of four months to submit its report to Centre. Since it failed to submit its report, the Finance Ministry provided the committee an extension till February. Due to the five-state assembly elections and the imposition of model code of conduct, the report was not tabled.

While it was expected that the Lavasa committee would submit its report immediately following the elections, central government employees were disappointed as no decision was taken yet regarding the allowances.

“As per the information we have, the committee is expected to submit its report to the government in next 4-5 days. Now, it is up to the Cabinet to take a swift call and approve the report at the earliest,” NJCA convenor Shiv Gopal Mishra said while speaking to India.com.

The implementation of allowance report would benefit a total of 47 lakh central government employees. So far, the workforce received only 14.3 per cent effective pay hike, despite being promised 23.5 per cent in the 7th Pay Commission report submitted by Justice (retd) AK Mathur. The implementation of higher allowance would allow them to realise the full pay hike

source : India.com

7th Pay Commission: After higher allowances and pensions, NJCA to negotiate minimum salary of Central Govt employees

"Minimum salary is an important issue. We will surely negotiate it with the Government. Once the matter pertaining to allowances and pensions gets settled, the NJCA will raise it," Shiv Gopal Mishra said while speaking to India.com.

New Delhi, April 11: The National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), which is leading the negotiation over 7th Pay Commission on behalf of Central Government employees, has not boycotted the issue of minimum salaries. Speaking to India.com, NJCA convenor Shiv Gopal Mishra reiterated that the issue would be raised by National Council (staff side) after the anomalies related to allowances and pensions get settled.

“Minimum salary is an important issue. We will surely negotiate it with the Government. Once the matter pertaining to allowances and pensions gets settled, the NJCA will raise it,” Shiv Gopal Mishra said.

As per the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission, the minimum salaries of Central Government employees was hiked from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000. The fitment factor used by Justice AK Mathur-led 7th pay panel was 2.57. The NJCA has demanded the Government to upgrade the fitment factor to at least 3.68, in order to revise the minimum salaries to Rs 26,000.

The Confederation of Central Government employees has also demanded the Government to raise the minimum salaries to Rs 26,000, along with the regularisation of contractual employees.

The issue of minimum salary was one of the key agenda laid before NJCA before the Government in July 2016, when they had threatened a mass strike. Nearly 33 lakh Central Government employees were expected to participate in the indefinite strike which was scheduled to begin from July 11. However, after receiving assurance from Centre, the NJCA was compelled to retract their mass agitation.

No indication has been given from the Government so far regarding the upgradation of minimum salary using a fitment factor of 3.68. According to experts, Centre could adopt a middle road by using a fitment factor of anything between 2.86 to 3.15. The minimum salary, thereby, could be increased between Rs 19,000 to 22,020. However, no official confirmation regarding the same has been received.

The utmost target for NJCA, before the hike in minimum salary, is the implementation of higher allowances. Due to anomalies raised by unions in July, only the basic component of salary was raised for Central Government employees. The hike in allowances was awaited as Centre formed a committee under Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa to review the demands raised by unions.

source : India.com

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7th Pay Commission: Allowance Committee Report On HRA Likely In A Week

At its previous meeting on March 28, the allowance committee had sought comments from the ministries of defence, railways and posts on treatment of 14 allowances.

The allowance committee examining 7th pay commission recommendations on Thursday held a crucial meeting and is likely to submit its report in a week's time, said Shiv Gopal Mishra, the convenor of National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), a joint body of unions representing central government employees. On HRA, the 7th pay commission had recommended that it be paid at the rate of 24 per cent, 16 per cent and 8 per cent of the new basic pay, depending on type of cities. With regard to allowances, employee unions have demanded HRA (house rent allowance) at the rate of 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent.

At its previous meeting on March 28, the allowance committee had sought comments from the ministries of defence, railways and posts on treatment of 14 allowances. The 7th pay commission had also recommended that the rate of HRA be revised to 27 per cent, 18 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively when DA crosses 50 per cent, and further revised to 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent when DA crosses 100 per cent.

The government had in June accepted the recommendation of Justice AK Mathur-headed 7th pay commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension. But the 7th pay commission's recommendations relating to allowances were referred to the Ashok Lavasa committee. The 7th pay commission had examined a total of 196 existing allowances and recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming of 37 allowances.

Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal on March 24 clarified that the allowance committee is now in the process of finalising its report. The minister also explained why the allowance committee has taken more time to finalise its report. The allowance committee related to 7th pay commission awards "has taken more time than was initially prescribed in view of large number of demands received," he clarified.

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