Sunday 24 February 2013


ENGAGEMENT OF WORKERS THROUGH CONTRACTORS BY THE MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
O.M.  No. 14(113) Misc. RLC (Coord)/2012 Dated:- January 23, 2013 from Ministry of Labour and Employment

Subject: Engagement of workers through Contractors by the Ministries and Departments of Central Government.
It has been noticed in the recent past that a large number of workers are being engaged on contract by various central Government Ministries and Departments. Parliament Questions have been received in this regard apart from various complaints relating to non-compliance of various provisions of law. These include wages and social security benefits flowing out of various legislations.
Similarly in cases where the workmen employed by the contractor perform the same or similar kind of work as the workmen directly employed by the principal employer of the establishment, the wage rates, holidays, hours of work and other conditions of service of the workmen of the shall be the same as applicable to the workmen directly employed by the principal employer of the establishment on the same or similar kind of work.
You may be aware that Government has enacted. the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 and central rules made
Section 24 Other offences.—If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder for which no other penalty is elsewhere provided, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. .provide penalty for contravention of other offences shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
It is also noticed that some establishments are engaging contract workers in the employments which have been prohibited under section 10 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. Some principal employers and contractors are violating the provisions of Act & Rules.
In view of above, the employing departments are hereby notified to ensure the compliance of the provisions of the Act & Rules in all establishments including PSUs under them.
sd/-
(B.K Sanwariya)
Chief Labour Commissioner (C)

Wednesday 20 February 2013


STRIKE TOTAL IN POSTAL AND RMS OFFICES


Central JCA (NFPE & FNPO) congratulates all the Postal and RMS employees including Gramin Dak Sevaks who participated in the two days strike commenced on 20th Feb and made it an All TIME HISTORIC SUCCESS. Please keep up this tempo till 21st evening and ensure cent percent success


M. Krishnan                                                           D. Theagarajan
Secretary General                                               Secretary General
NFPE                                                                      FNPO   

CONGRATULATIONS     &     RED SALUTE

TO ALL CASUAL,PART TIME CONTINGENT & CONTRACT WORKER COMRADES FOR THEIR MASSIVE PARTICIPATION IN STRIKE FOR THE FIRST DAY  IN ALL CIRCLE

ENCOURAGING AND ENTHUSIASTIC INFORMATION REACHED CHQ THAT THE RESPONSE TO THE 48 HOURS STRIKE FROM ALL CORNERS OF COUNTRY IS ACTION PACKED BY STAGE DHARNA, PROTEST RALLY, MEETINGS ETC.

REPORT ON CLOSING OF ALL POST OFFICES & RMS OFFICES IS AMAZING AND THE UPROAR OF  RESENTMENT OVER ANTI- WORKING CLASS POLICIES OF THE GOVT. AND EXPLOITATION OF THE DOWN TRODDEN SECTION OF EMPLOYEES SHOWN WELL AND WITH  EVERY HOPE THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE A RESULT ORIENTED HISTORIC STRUGGLE

THANKING ONE AND ALL

THE SAME SPIRIT MAY BE CONTINUED FOR SECOND DAYALSO WITH MORE AND MORE EXPRESSIONS AND MAKE IT A HISTORICAL ONE.

Tuesday 19 February 2013

Photo


February 20, 21 General Strike

Discussion with Government again failed

Central Trade Unions rejected the Government’s, appeal to call off the strike.

10 Crores workers will participate in the strike.

13 lakhs Central Government employees including 5.5 lakhs Postal employees joining historic two days strike. Entire Postal and RMS offices including Branch Post offices will be completely closed for two days. Ensure cent per cent success.

M. Krishnan
Secretary General
NFPE

February 20, 21 Strike


Against the exploitation of the virtual capitalism,
It’s the expression of our inner tumult.
Against the commodifying everything,
It’s for changing everything.
Against the apolitical disintegration,
It’s the moulding of the common man and working class of India.
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
Let us join the mass upsurge on Feb 20, 21 and continue the fight
to change the capitalist-oriented Imperialist globalization policies


NFPE Zindabad
Working Class Unity Zindabad



M. Krishnan
Secretary General
NFPE

Sunday 17 February 2013


7TH CPC EXPECTED PAY SCALES AND A BRIEF

 ON PREVIOUS PAY COMMISSIONS

                                 FIRST PAY COMMISSION

The first pay commission was constituted in 1946 and the government appointed Srinivasa Varadacharia as Chairman of this commission. The first pay commission was based upon the idea of “living wages” to the employees, this idea was taken from the Islington Commission and the commission observed that “the test formulated by the Islington Commission is only to be liberally interpreted to suit the conditions of the present day and to be qualified by the condition that in no case should be a man’s pay be less than a living wage.
The minimum basic pay for Class IV staff has been raised from Rs. 10/- to Rs. 30/- and for Class III from Rs. 35/- to Rs. 60/- per month.
The Commission had fixed Rs. 55/- as minimum wage (Rs. 30 plus Rs. 25 as Dearness Allowance). The recommendations were accepted and implemented in 1946.

                             SECOND PAY COMMISSION

10 years after independence, the second pay commission was set up in August 1957. Shri Jaganath Das was appointed as Chairman of this Commission. The second pay commission finished its report within two years and submitted it to the Government. The recommendations of the second pay commission had a financial impact of Rs 396 million.The second pay commission reiterated the principle on which the salarieshave to be determined. It stated that the pay structure and the working conditions of the government employee should be crafted in a way so as to ensure efficient functioning of the system by recruiting persons with a minimum qualification. The Commission revised the pay scalesby merging 50% of the Dearness Allowance with basic Pay and it recommended Rs. 80 as the minimum remuneration(Basic Pay Rs. 70plus DA Rs.10/-) payable to a Government employee.

                             THIRD PAY COMMISSION

Shri. Raghubir Dayal was appointed as Chairman of the third pay commission. It was set up in April 1970 and gave its report in March 1973. The commission took almost 3 years to submit the report,. The main demand of employees for a need based minimum wage as per the norms of 15th Indian Labour Conference was accepted in principle even though Commission evolved its own concept of need based wage.
The Third Pay Commission recommended Minimum remuneration of Rs. 185 per month.
By taking into the consideration  of employee’s views Government modified some of the recommendations of the Commission and minimum wage was raised from Rs. 185 per month to Rs. 196/- per month.
The pay scales of group ‘D’, ‘C’ and ‘B’ of Third Pay commission and IV pay commission given below. In the case of minimum basic pay of each scale of Pay in the two pay commissions recommended scales given below , it is to be kept in mind that 4th CPC pay was increased by 2.8 to 3.8 times from 3rd CPC.
III PAY COMMISSION VS IV PAY COMMISSION GROUP D,C and B
S.NIII PAY COMMISSION PAY SCALESIV PAY COMMISSION PAY SCALEINCREASE (X) TIMES
1.a) 196-3-220-EB-3-232750-12-870-EB-14- 9403.8
b) 200-3-212-4-232-EB-4-240(SG)
2.a) 200-3-212-4-232-EB-4-240775-12-955-EB-14-10253.8
b) 200-3-206-4-234-EB-4-250
3.a).210-4-250-EB-5-270800-15-1010-EB-20-11503.8
b) 210-4-226-EB-4-250-EB-5290
4.225-5-260-6-EB-6-308825-15-900-EB-20-12003.7
5.260-326-EB-8-350950-20-1150-EB-25-14003.7
6.a) 290-6-326-EB-8-350950-20-1150-EB-25-15003.4
b) 260-6-290-EB-6-326-8-366-EB-8-390-10-400
7.260-8-300-EB-8-340-10-380-EB-10-430975-25-1150–EB-30-15403.7
8.330-8-370-10-400-EB-10-4801200-30-1440–EB-30-1803.6
9.a) 330-10-380-EB-12-500-EB-15-5601200-30-1560-EB-40-20403.6
10.a) 380-12-500-15-5301320-30-1560-EB-40-20403.5
b) 380-12-500-EB-15-560
11.a)380-12-440-EB-14-560-EB-20-6401350-30-1440-40-1800-EB-50-22003.5
b) 425-15-530-EB-15-560-20-600
12.c) 425-15-560–EB-20-6401400-40-1800-EB-50-23003.3
b) 425-15-500-EB-15-560-20-700
c) 455-15-560-20-700
13.a) 425-15-500-EB-15-560-20-640-EB-20-700-25-7501400-40-1600-50-2300-EB-60-26003.3
b) 425-15-500-EB-15-560-20-700-EB-25-800
c)  470-15-530-EB-20650-EB-25-750
14.a)  550-20-650-257501600-50-2300-EB-60-26602.9
b) 550-20-650-25-800
15.a) 500-20-700-EB-25-9001640-60-2600-EB-75-29003.1
b) 550-25-750-EB-30-900
16.a) 650-30-74035-800-EB-40-9602000-60-2300-EB-75-32002.8
b) 650-30-740-35-880-EB-40-1040
c) 700-30-760-35-900
d) 775-35-880-40-1000
17.650-30-740-35-810-EB-880-40-1000-EB-40-12002000-60-2300-EB-75-3200-100-35003.0
18.a) 840-40-10402375-75-3200-EB-100-35002.8
b) 840-40-1000-EB-40-1200
19.a) 650-30-740-35-880-EB-40-10402000-60-2300-EB-3200-100-35003.0
b) 650-30-740-35-810-EB-35-880-40-1000-EB-40-1200

                                  FOURTH PAY COMMISSION


There was a huge difference in basic pay between lowest grade and highest grade in IV pay commission pay scales. The basic pay of lowest grade was Rs.750, where as highest grade was Rs.9000. The pay of top most grade was 12 times higher than the pay of Group D employee. The Fourth CPC had recommended the government to constitute permanent machinery to undertake periodical review of pay and allowances of Central Government employees, but which got never implemented.The Fourth Pay Commission was constituted in June 1983 and its Chairman was Shri. P N Singhal. But the report of 4th CPC was submitted to government in three phases within the period of fouyears. There from it was started maintaining huge gap between lowest grade andhighest grade as for as pay is concerned. 

                                     FIFTH PAY COMMISSION

The Fifth Pay Commission was set up in 1994. The chairman of fifth pay commission was Justice S. Ratnavel Pandian. The commission gave its report in January 1997. Government accepted most of the recommendations and issued appropriate order in July 1997. The recommendations were implemented with effect from 1-1-1996. It recommended to reduce the number of pay scale from 51 to 34. It is noted that about 93% of the employees were in Group 3 and Group 4
The minimum Starting Pay has been revised from Rs. 750/ to Rs. 2550/-. In this, the pay of 5th CPC scale were about 3 times higher than the pay of IV CPC pay Scale. The pay scale starts from Rs.2550 and ends up with Rs.30000. The hike of 12 times between low level and top level was also maintained in V pay commission.
The pay scale of IV pay commission and V pay commission are given below. we need all this reference for working out to reach a formula to infer what would be the increase in VII pay commission.
IV CPC PAY SCALES   VS V CPC PAY SCALES
FOURTH PAY COMMISSION PAY SCALESFIFTH PAY COMMISSION PAY SCALESINCREASE X TIMES
1750-12-870-14-940S-12550-55-2660-60-32003.4
2775-12-871-14-1025S-22610-60-3150-65-35403.3
3800-15-1010-20-1150S-32650-65-3300-70-40003.3
4825-15-900-20-1200S-42750-70-3800-75-44003.3
5950-20-1150-25-1400 950-20-1150-25-15001150-25-1500S-53050-75-3950-80-45903.2
6975-25-1150-30-1540 975-25-1150-30-1660S-63200-85-49003.3
71200-30-1440-30-18001200-30-1560-40-2040 1320-30-1560-40-2040S-74000-100-60003.3
81350-30-1440-40-1800-50-2200 1400-40-1800-50-2300S-84500-125-70003.3
91400-40-1600-50-2300-60-2600 1600-50-2300-60-2660S-95000-150-80003.5
101640-60-2600-75-2900S-105500-175-90003.35
112000-60-2120S-116500-200-69003.25
122000-60-2300-75-3200 2000-60-2300-75-3200-3500S-126500-200-105003.25
132375-75-3200-100-3500 2375-75-3200-100-3500-125-3750S-137450-225-115003.13
142500-4000 (proposed new pre-revised scale)S-147500-250-120003
152200-75-2800-100-4000 2300-100-2800S-158000-275-135003.5
162630/- FIXEDS-169000/- FIXED3.42
172630-75-2780S-179000-275-95503.42
183150-100-3350S-1810325-325-109753.2
193000-125-3625 3000-100-3500-125-4500 3000-100-3500-125-5000S-1910000-325-152003.3
203200-100-3700-125-4700S-2010650-325-158503.32
213700-150-4450 3700-125-4700-150-5000S-2112000-375-165003.24
223950-125-4700-150-5000S-2212750-375-165003.22
233700-125-4950-150-5700S-2312000-375-180003.24
244100-125-4850-150-5300 4500-150-5700S-2414300-400-183003.4
254800-150-5700S-2515100-400-183003.1
265100-150-5700 5100-150-6150 5100-150-5700-200-6300S-2616400-450-200003.2
275100-150-6300-200-6700S-2716400-450-209003.2
284500-150-5700-200-7300S-2814300-450-224003.1
295900-200-6700 5900-200-7300S-2918400-500-224003.1
307300-100-7600S-3022400-525-245003
317300-200-7500-250-8000S-3122400-600-260003
327600/- FIXED7600-100-8000S-3224050-650-260003.1
338000/- FIXEDS-3326000/- FIXED3.2
349000/- FIXEDS-3430000/- FIXED3.3

                                       SIXTH PAY COMMISSION

Initially the then government refused to set up sixth pay commission to review the pay and allowances of central government employees. The then finance minister told that there was no need to constitute next pay commission since 50 % dearness allowance was already merged with the basic pay. The employees had threatened to go on a nationwide strike if the government failed to set up 6th pay commission. In July 2006, the Cabinet approved setting up of the sixth pay commission. This commission has been set up under the Chairmanship of Justice B.N.Srikrishna with a timeframe of 18 months to submit the report. The cost of hikes in salaries is anticipated to be about Rs. 20,000 crore for a total of 3.5 million government employees. The commission submitted the Report to the Government on March, 24, 2008.
The Sixth Pay Commission mainly focused on removing ambiguity in respect of various pay scales and mainly focused on reducing number of pay scales .It recommended for removal of Group-D cadre.
The Fifth CPC had compressed many scales. The number of pay scales was reduced from 51 pay scales as on 31.12.1995 to 34 pay scales by the Fifth CPC. In many cases, this led to the promotion and feeder cadres being placed in an identical pay scale. Although Department of Expenditure issued orders that existence of the feeder and promotion posts in the same pay scale will not constitute an anomaly, however, these orders have consistently been rejected by the various courts of this country. The sixth pay Commission, therefore, decided to evolve a new system of pay scales that would effectively address most of the existing anomalies.
To remove stagnation, introduction of running pay bands for all posts in the Government presently existing in scales below that of Rs.26,000 (fixed).
The total number of grades reduced to 20 spread across four distinct running pay bands; one Apex Scale and another grade for the post of Cabinet Secretary/equivalent as against 35 standard pay scales existing earlier.
Four distinct running pay bands being recommended – one running band each for all categories of employees in groups ‘B ’and ‘C ’with 2 running pay bands for Group A posts.
Annual increments to be paid in form of three percent of the total of pay in the Pay Band and the corresponding grade pay. The date of annual increments, in all cases, is first of July. Employees completing six months and above in the scale as on July 1 will be eligible.
The revised pay bands have been implemented retrospectively from 1.1.2006. The Fifth CPC also had recommended implementation of the next Pay Commission’s revised pay scales from 1.1.2006. This was also in consonance with demands of a majority of the Associations of Government employees that had sought implementation of Sixth CPC revised pay scales from 1.1.2006.
Minimum salary at the entry level of PB-1 pay band is Rs.7000 (Rs.5200 as pay in the pay band plus Rs.1800 as grade pay). Maximum salary at the level of Secretary/equivalent is Rs.80000. The minimum: maximum ratio 1:12. The increase from V CPC to VI CPC in all grades starts from 2.4 times to 3.7 times. The increase ratio between 5th pay commission and 6th pay commission is 1:3
FIFTH PAY COMMISSION PAY SCALE Vs SIXTH PAY COMMISSION PAY STRUCURE
V CPC Pay Scale
Sixth CPC Pay Structure
Increase
(X)Times
Sl. No.
Post/ Grade
 Scale of Pay
Name of Pay Band/ Scale
Corresponding Pay Bands
Corresponding Grade Pay
Entry Grade +band pay
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
1
S-1
2550-55-2660-60-3200
-1S
4440-7440
1300
2
S-2
2610-60-3150-65-3540
-1S
4440-7440
1400
3
S-2A
2610-60-2910-65-3300-70-4000
-1S
4440-7440
1600
4
S-3
2650-65-3300-70-4000
-1S
4440-7440
1650
5
S-4
2750-70-3800-75-4400
PB-1
5200-20200
1800
7000
2.54
6
S-5
3050-75-3950-80-4590
PB-1
5200-20200
1900
7730
2.53
7
S-6
3200-85-4900
PB-1
5200-20200
2000
8460
2.64
8
S-7
4000-100-6000
PB-1
5200-20200
2400
9910
2.47
9
S-8
4500-125-7000
PB-1
5200-20200
2800
11360
2.52
10
S-9
5000-150-8000
PB-2
9300-34800
4200
13500
2.7
11
S-10
5500-175-9000
PB-2
9300-34800
4200
12
S-11
6500-200-6900
PB-2
9300-34800
4200
13
S-12
6500-200-10500
PB-2
9300-34800
4600
17140
2.63
14
S-13
7450-225-11500
PB-2
9300-34800
4600
15
S-14
7500-250-12000
PB-2
9300-34800
4800
18150
2.42
16
S-15
8000-275-13500
PB-2
9300-34800
5400
21000
2.62
17New Scale8000-275-13500(Group A Entry)
PB-3
15600-39100
5400
18
S-16
9000
PB-3
15600-39100
5400
19
S-17
9000-275-9550
PB-3
15600-39100
5400
20
S-18
10325-325-10975
PB-3
15600-39100
6600
25530
2.47
21
S-19
10000-325-15200
PB-3
15600-39100
6600
22
S-20
10650-325-15850
PB-3
15600-39100
6600
23
S-21
12000-375-16500
PB-3
15600-39100
7600
29500
2.45
24
S-22
12750-375-16500
PB-3
15600-39100
7600
25
S-23
12000-375-18000
PB-3
15600-39100
7600
26
S-24
14300-400-18300
PB-4
37400-67000
8700
46100
3.23
27
S-25
15100-400-18300
PB-4
37400-67000
8700
28
S-26
16400-450-20000
PB-4
37400-67000
8900
49100
2.99
29
S-27
16400-450-20900
PB-4
37400-67000
8900
30
S-28
14300-450-22400
PB-4
37400-67000
10000
53000
3.7
31
S-29
18400-500-22400
PB-4
37400-67000
10000
32
S-30
22400-525-24500
PB-4
37400-67000
12000
59100
2.63
33
S-31
22400-600-26000
HAG+ Scale
75500- (ann increment @ 3%) -80000
Nil
3.13
34
S-32
24050-650-26000
HAG+ Scale
75500- (annual increment @ 3%) -80000
Nil
3.13
35
S-33
26000 (Fixed)
Apex Scale
80000 (Fixed)
Nil
3.07
36
S-34
30000 (Fixed)
Cab. Sec.
90000 (Fixed)
Nil
3

                     7CPC ESTIMATED PAY SCALES

Obviously it is simple thing, we can say it a mathematical coincidence that we have in common in all previous pay commission, but we cannot neglect this. Because it was there, every time it is noticed that the revised pay was approximately three times higher than its pre revised pay. Apart from all the factors which has been used to determine the pay revision, we can use this simple formula ‘common multiplying factor’ to know the 7th pay commission pay scale . If next pay commission prefer to continue the same running pay band and grade pay system for seventh pay commission also, the pay structure may be like the following projected figures given below, using common multiplying factor ‘3’. The Following is only the projected figure using common multiplying factor ‘3
SIXTH CPC PAY STRUCTURE
PROJECTED  PAY STRUCTURE  FOR NEXT  (VII)  PAY COMMISSION
Name of Pay Band/ Scale
Corresponding Pay Bands
Corresponding Grade Pay
Entry Grade +band pay
Projected entry level pay using uniform multiplying factor` 3’
Band Pay
Grade Pay
Entry Pay
PB-1
5200-20200
1800
7000
15600-60600
5400
21000
PB-1
5200-20200
1900
7730
15600-60600
5700
23190
PB-1
5200-20200
2000
8460
15600-60600
6000
25380
PB-1
5200-20200
2400
9910
15600-60600
7200
29730
PB-1
5200-20200
2800
11360
15600-60600
8400
34080
PB-2
9300-34800
4200
13500
29900-104400
12600
40500
PB-2
9300-34800
4600
17140
29900-104400
13800
51420
PB-2
9300-34800
4800
18150
29900-104400
14400
54450
PB-3
15600-39100
5400
21000
29900-104400
16200
63000
PB-3
15600-39100
6600
25530
46800-117300
19800
76590
PB-3
15600-39100
7600
29500
46800-117300
22800
88500
PB-4
37400-67000
8700
46100
112200-20100
26100
138300
PB-4
37400-67000
8900
49100
112200-20100
26700
147300
PB-4
37400-67000
10000
53000
112200-20100
30000
159000
HAG
67000- (ann increment @ 3%) -79000
Nil
201000
HAG+ Scale
75500- (ann increment @ 3%) -80000
Nil
226500
Apex Scale
80000 (Fixed)
Nil
240000
Cab. Sec.
90000 (Fixed)
Nil
270000
Source: GServants
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THESE SCALES IS
 MAKING THE 20TH & 21ST TWO DAYS STRIKE 
GRAND SUCESS.