Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) decided to support Congress Party Candidates in Lok Sabha Election 2019

The General Council of INTUC held on 16 and 17th March 2019 at Raipur, Chattisgarh under the President of Dr.G.Sanjeeva Reddy, National President of INTUC. The General Council decided to support Congress Party Candidates in Lok Sabha Election.

One of the affiliated union INDWF published a circular regarding the above subject through its official blog…

INTUC

INDIAN NATIONAL DEFENCE WORKERS FEDERATION
ESTD 1959 (Recognised by Govt. of India)

R.Srinivasan
General Secretary

Date:10.04.2019

To
All Affiliates of INDWF

Dear Colleagues,
The General Council of INTUC held on 16 & 17.03.2019 at Raipur, Chattisgarh under the Presidentship of Dr.G. Sanjeeva Reddy, National President of INTUC. In the General Council the following important resolutions have been adopted and the elections foe the Office Bearers and Working Committee Members have been conducted on 17.03.2019. The following resolutions have been adopted unanimously in the General Council meeting.

1. The General Council resolved to support Congress party candidates in the Lok Sabha election in all the constituencies to bring back the Congress party to a majority to capture the power and eliminate the Modi and BJP from the power because they are considered as Anti-Labour and Pro-Capitalist by adopting the decisions unilaterally without any consultation and discussion in a democratic way and declaring the decision as undemocratic way supporting the capitalist for the party existence.

2. General Council adopted the resolution that need based minimum monthly wages of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) to every worker.

3. The General Council also adopted a resolution that the Employees Job Guarantee is to be ensured irrespective of the existence of the industry, but employees should be guaranteed for their services through Employees Guarantee Scheme through Employees Insurance Guarantee Scheme.

After adopting the above important resolutions the election for the Office Bearers and Working committee members were declared in which the following were declared unanimously.

1.Dr. G. SANJEEVA REDDY has been again re-elected as President of INTUC with thumping majority without any contest from the General Council members.

2.Shri RAJENDRA PRATAP SINGH has been re-elected as General Secretary of INTUC

3.The following were elected from Defence

a. Shri ASHOK SINGH was re-elected as Vice President of INTUC

b. Shri R. SRINIVASAN was elected to the post Senior Secretary by upgrading from the post of Secretary.

c. Shri H.N. TIWARI has been elected as Sr. Secretary of INTUC

The above information is submitted for the knowledge of all the affiliated unions, request you to follow the decision of INTUC which is a parent organization of all of us by extending unconditional support for electing the candidates of Indian National Congress into power to protect the Interest of working class, unorganized sector and the citizens of India who are deprived the basic rights and to uplift their minimum needs as per the manifesto declared by Indian National Congress party.

Yours Sincerely,
sd/-
(R. SRINIVASAN)
General Secretary

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COMMON CATEGORIES

1.CANTEEN STAFF: status quo is recommended. The vendors, cooks etc. are dead end posts and there is no career progression provision other than MACP. The commission has ignored these concerns. Specific cadres have to be identified for all such dead end posts for ensuring career progression through promotion as applicable to similarly placed cadres.

2.DRIVERS: The Commission has refused to recommend any changes in the cadre structure. It may be demanded that at least Drivers who have completed 55 years of age and in the special Grade holding Rs.4200/- GP may be allowed transfer to any other administrative grade such as charge man (NT), OS etc.

3.FIRE-FIGHTING STAFF: The commission has recommended for drafting of model Recruitment Rules for the Fire-fighting staff of all Central Government Department and UT’s with similar me designation and pay structure. It has to be demanded that the same may be taken up in a time bound manner.

4.DURWANS: In ordnance Factories Durwans are performing the duties of security personnel inside and outside the factory. Earlier they were in 3 grade such as Durwans, Jamedar Durwans and subedar Durwans in the following scales of V CPC Rs.2550-2660 & 2750 respectively, VI CPC merged in one grade i.e. Rs.1800/- Grade Pay, promotional hierarch of ACP, there were no specific recommendations on durwans. Therefore, they should be granted 3 Grade ie., Rs.1800/-,1900/-, & 2400/- Grade pay and accordingly the revised proposed pay should be recommended.

5.STOREKEEPING STAFF: Since the educational qualifications has been enhanced from 10 std to 12 std, the minimum scale should be Rs.2400/- Grade Pay and accordingly, the revised pay in the VII CPC should be fixed.

6.PHARMACISTS: The pharmacists have been demanding upgradation of their pay based on their entry qualification, which is higher than that of radiographer, MRI Technicians, Dental Hygienists etc. but with lower pay. A comparison of the entry qualification of similar para medical staff and their pay is given below. The pharmacists clearly possess higher qualification and perform various jobs with higher responsibilities. They are eligible for Level 7 pay (GP 4600)

7.WORKSHOP STAFF: The Demand of the NJCA to upgrade the pay of semi-skilled workers form GP Rs.1800 to Rs.1900 and consequent upgradations of other higher posts have been rejected by the Commission on the grounds that VI CPC has stated that the posts of skilled and highly skilled workers have an established relativity with the posts of LDC’s and UDC’s respectively and had recommended retention of this relativity. This is an erroneous argument since one can never equate the qualifications, skill level etc. required for these posts. A semi-skilled worker is paid at least the pay of an LDC and the skilled & highly skilled workmen paid correspondingly higher pay. The HS II & I grade has to be merged and should be treated as a feeder grader for charge man.

The commission has also further misguided the government that master craftsman is a feeder post of charge man. As per the SRO of charge man, its feeder grade is highly skilled Grade I, falling which highly skilled Grade II. The master craftsman grade was created during the 3rd CPC period equivalent to the chargeman post to avoid loss of skilled workmen. This whole history has been conveniently ignored by the commission.
NOTE: with regard to fire-fighting staff and workshop staff it may be demanded that a sub-committee of the national council JCM may be instituted to study the demands and finalize the pay structure of these cadres within three months.

ALLOWANCES

1.HRA: Reduction of the percentage of HRA for X,Y,Z classified cities from 30,20,10 to 24,16,8 to be withdrawn and at least the existing percentage should be retained.

2.RISK ALLOWANCE: The commission has wrongly understood that the Risk Allowance paid at present is only Rs.60/- Risk Allowance is at present paid @ Rs.120/- per month to compensate employees for performing work involving serious health hazards, which might also lead to the death of the employee. Risk Allowance should be retained and included in at least R2H3 cell of the Risk and Hardship index.

3.TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE: The commission has rejected any increase in Transport Allowance and has only recommended a merger of the DA component with the Allowance. The ground that since TA is fully indexed with DA for refusing any increase is illogical. By extending the same logic, it can be said that since the pay of employees are fully indexed to the consumer prices by way of grant of DA, there is no requirement of pay commissions. Attempts may be made to reduce the slabs from the present three to two, i.e., one slab for level 8 & below and another for Level 9 and above. In this regard, 1.5 times increase in the existing TA may be demanded as given below.

4.Children’s Education Allowance: The recommendation regarding simplification of procedures is welcome and implementation of the same may be ensured. Extending the benefit of CEA upto graduate/Post Graduate and professional courses to be taken up.

5.Dearness Allowance: There is no detail regarding the base year for computing DA after 01.01.2016. The Base Year of 2001=100 to be taken up.

6.Family Planning Allowance: The commission has recommended abolition of the same. It against the government’s policy of two child norms. At least 3% of the minimum of the pay level corresponding to the grade occupied by the employee during the Family planning procedure should be given. For example as per the recommended pay of the commission, if an employee had undergone the procedure when he was in highly skilled grade (Level 5 – Minimum Pay Rs.29200/-), he should be eligible for at least Rs.900 (876 rounded to Rs.900) as FPA, Double rate of FPA may be demanded for employees undergoing the procedure after one child.

7.Fixed Medical Allowance: Status quo has been recommended by the commission for Fixed Medical Allowance. This allowance is an optional Allowance taken only when the pensioner opts to forego facilities under CGHS. This allowance has to be increased to at least Rs.2000/- per month as demanded.

8.Night Duty Allowance : The commission has recommended status quo. All group “B” Non- Gazetted & Group “C” employees should be brought into the ambit of NDA without any ceiling of Basic pay for calculation of NDA.

ADVANCES : The recommendation of the commission to abolish all advances excluding HBA and computer Advance is an unwelcome gesture. It is very clear that the commission was driven by an urge to curtail benefits of the employees without any application of mind. It can be seen that the commission has also abolished critical advances such as Medical Advance and LTC Advance without understanding their significance. All the Advances have to be retained and fixed rate advances should be increased by at least by 2 times. As an alternative, it may be demanded that a General Interest free Advance of Rs.20,000/- every year and a General Advance of Rs.1,00,000/- with 9% interest every 5 years may be granted to all employees covering all reasons other than HBA.

About 52 types of Advances have been abolished including small Family Allowance which is an injustice.

With regard to HBA, the Commission has recommended increase in the ceiling of HBA, which would only benefit employees in the Higher pay level. The construction costs have skyrocketed and the employees are compelled to seek loans from other financial institution at higher interests. While the cost ceiling recommended for any employee newly recruited in Level 1 is more than 24 lakhs, the ceiling in the Amount of Advance eligible for the employees at 34 times the Basic pay is illogical. It may be demanded that the amount of advance payable for an employee be fixed based on the repaying capacity of the individual subject to his/her repaying capacity. Further, the loan may also be extended to purchase of plots even if construction is not planned immediately.

CHILD CARE LEAVE: The retrograde recommendation of the commission to curtail pay for CCL by 20% during the second year is not in line with the CCL to the women employees. The status quo to be maintained if no improvement is possible.

CGEGIS: The recommendation of the commission to increase the monthly deduction, though the insurance amount has been substantially increased is problematic. When the monthly deduction is made compulsory, this further depreciates the take home pay, particularly for the employees covered under the New Pension Scheme. Compulsory monthly deduction has to be reduced to not more than Rs.150/- per month and a provision for an optional scheme on the lines of the recommendation of the commission may be introduced.

MADICAL FACILITIES: The recommendation of the commission to introduce health insurance should be opposed tooth and nail. The health of the central government cannot be left at the mercy of insurance companies and their machinations. The strengthening of the existing CGHS and CSMA facilities is the need of the hour. The commission’s recommendations regarding empanelment under CGHS of hospitals empaneled under CSMA and the extension of CGHS facilities to other cities is welcome. Further, it is seen that the rates prescribed for treatment under CGHS &CSMA are way below the prevailing market rates. It should be demanded that the same may be reviewed and brought at par with market rates and the same should be reviewed every 6 months to reflect the fluctuations in the market.

PENSION: More than 10 proposals were submitted before the commission on behalf of the employees, However, the commission rejected every proposal except parity between pre and post 7th CPC retirees, increasing the Gratuity ceiling from 10 to 20 lakhs, grant of death gratuity at the rate of 20 times monthly emoluments for employees dying in harness between 11 years and 20 years of service. Others demands has to be re-iterated. The recommendations regarding parity of pre and post 7th CPC retirees are welcome and implementation of the same should be ensured.

NPS: The demand of the NC JCM to scrap the scheme has been rejected by the commission and it has recommended certain tinkering with the existing scheme. We have to continue to oppose the scheme in Toto and demand to oppose the NPA should be applicable to all employees. In the mean time we have to forcefully demand that the pension and family pension which is eligible to employees appointed before 2004 should be ensured by the government to all employees at present covered under NPS, whether NPS is in vogue or not. We need to fight with determination to achieve this.

BONUS: The commission has recommended a performance Related pay on the lines of performance Related incentivize employees performing well, the move to abolish PLB is not agreeable. PLB is equal to the Bonus paid under payment of Bonus Act. Historically, Bonus is considered as deferred wages and not an incentive and a minimum bonus is prescribed even for loss making companies under bonus act. Any incentive scheme, which abolishes the existing PLB, should be opposed tooth and nail Increasing/lifting bonus ceilings as demanded should be re-iterated.

(R.SRINIVASAN)
General Secretary
INDWF

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ASSESSMENT OF INDWF OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF 7TH CPC

Minimum Pay : Though the Commission claims to have adopted Dr. Aykroyd formula in calculating minimum wages, the rates of commodities based on which the recommendations of the commission is made is significantly deviating from the rates mentioned in the National Council of JCM proposal. The JCM proposal in this regard should be reiterated. A comparison between existing and proposed VII CPC minimum pay is given below. The retrograde nature of the commission’s recommendations in this regard can by understood by this table.

From the above picture, it is clear that the VII CPC recommendations are not giving fair wages and the total pay increase is meager for next 10 years. Therefore, the minimum pay needs to be increased accepting the proposal of National Council JCM.

NEW PAY STRUCTURE : The present system of pay bands and grade pay has been dispensed With and a matrix has been recommended. The New system is an extension of system Of Pay Scales, albeit, with a progressive Increment of 3% instead of fixed Increments. Unlike VI CPC, Minimum pay fixed on promotion is at par with the initial pay fixed direct recruits in the same grade. However, the fixation benefits on promotion, particularly from Level 2 to 3, 3 to 4 & Level 4 to 5 is significantly less compared to VI CPC Structure. National Council JCM demand of fixation benefit of two increments Should be reiterated or at least 5% should be ensured. A comparison of the promotion benefit for the after 10 years of service in their respective grades is given below.

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INTUC
Indian National Defence Workers Federation

Ref: INDWF/VII CPC/Proposals/2014

Date : 8.8.2014

To
Member Secretary
VII Central Pay Commission
New Delhi

Sub: Interaction meeting with 7th Central Pay Commission on INDWF memorandum – reg.

Indian National Defence Workers Federation is one of the constituents of National Council JCM representing the Central Government employees including Defence. On behalf of National Council JCM being one of the constituent organisatins have prepared a common memorandum consisting on the issues of Pay and Allowances and Terminal Benefits as well as retirement benefits etc., for which we are also party and unanimously accepted.

On the issues pertaining of Defence Civilian Employees to which this Federation is representing a separate memorandum has been prepared and submitted to the VII Central Pay Commission and was sent by e-mail as well as hard copy was handed over to the commission on 30.07.2014 at the office of VII CPC for consideration.

Defence Civilian employees consisting around 3.75 Lakhs next to the Indian Railways which is the second largest Central Government employees in India. These employees are mostly covered under the Factories Act and working in Industrial Establishments such as Ordnance Factories, DRDO, EME, AOC, MES, DGOA, DGAQA, Airforce, Navy, Army installations including Technical, Clerical, Storekeeping, Scientific, Paramedical, Teaching Staff, Security, Fire Staff and so on.

The Defence Civilian Staff are considered as fourth Arm of the Defence force in India and working side by side alongwith service personnels of the Armed Forces.

To consider the unique activities of the Defence Civilian employees we have proposed certain improvement and grant of benefit to Defence Civilian at par with service employees by the Pay Commission for a discussion alongwith the representatives fo the concerned Departmental category. The interaction meeting may also be convened for explaining the case of miscellaneous and isolate categories.

We request you to kindly consider to give dates for us in advance in a month’s time keeping in mind the holidays during the period to prepare ourselves to meet the Pay Commission. If the tentative dates are conveyed to us it will enable us to keep our other programmes accordingly so as to keep time spared for the meeting the commission.

Yours Sincerely,
sd/-
(R.SRINIVASAN)
General Secretary

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