VIIth Central Pay Commission

Impact of 12.12.12 strike

central trade unions also demanded

appointment of seventh pay commission

in the 2013 February budget itself

let us join the 2013 February 20, 21 two days strike and make it a grand success to compel the central govt. to announce the 7th cpc in this year budget itself

                   Central Trade Unions including BMS, intuc, aituc, hms, citu, aiutuc, tucc, aicctu, utuc, lpf & sewa has demanded the Central Govt. to appoint 7th Central Pay Commission and also to raise the income tax exemption ceiling for salaried workers to five lakhs per annum and fringe benefits like housing, medical and educational facilities should be exempted from the income tax net in totality.  The demand is raised in the joint memorandum submitted by the leaders of the above Central Trade Unions to Sri. P.Chidambaram, Hon’ble Minister of Finance Govt. of India on 03.01.2013, when they attended a meeting called by Finance Minister for pre-budget consultations.

          Relevant portion of the memorandum is reproduced below:

          “The revision of wages and various service conditions of the Government employees is already due.  Constitution of the VIIth Pay Commission be announced in this Budget”

          “Income tax exemption ceiling for the salaried persons should be raised to Rs.5 lakhs per annum and fringe benefits like housing, medical and educational facilities should be exempted from the income tax net is totality”

          

FIXATION OF PAY ON PROMOTION TO A POST CARRYING  HIGHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BUT CARRYING THE SAME  GRADE PAY(CLICK LINK BELOW FOR DETAILS)http://www.finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/misc/PayFix_promotion_07012013.pdf

MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED TO SHRI KAPIL SIBAL, HON`BLE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS &IT BY NFPE ON 08 th JANUARY, 2013

No. NFPE/GENL/2013                                                                        Dated  07 -01-2013

To

Sri. Kapil Sibal,

Hon’ble Minister for Communications & IT,

Government of India,

New Delhi - 110 001.

Respected Sir,

Sub: Submission of memorandum - Request for grant of time for a meeting with   Hon’ble Minister (C).

This memorandum is submitted with the most fervent hope that your goodself will be condescend to intercede on our behalf to settle the following problems of the Postal and RMS employees including Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS).

1.         (a) Grant of Civil Servant status to the Gramin Dak Sevaks and extending all  

           benefits of the departmental employees to GDS.

(b) Enhancement of Bonus ceiling to 3,500/-, Revision of cash handling norms, Full protection of monthly wages (TRCA), Introduction of Health Scheme, Removal of 50 points condition for compassionate appointments, Filling up of GDS Mailman posts.

2.         Stop abolition of about 17093 posts for the year 2005 to 2008 ordered as per Department of Posts OM No.25-12/2008-PE-1 dated 19-11-2012 and restoration of all abolished posts.

3.         Revision of wages of Casual, Part-time and contingent employees with effect from 01-01-2006.

4.         Remove the restriction of 5% imposed on compassionate appointments and grant of compassionate appointments in all eligible cases as being done in Railways.

5.         Cadre restructuring of Group-C, Postmen, Mailguard and MTS employees of Department of Posts.

6.         Revision of Overtime Allowance rates.

7.         Abnormal delay in grant of HSG-I promotion to eligible officials. An explanatory note on each issues mentioned above is also enclosed herewith as Annexure-I.

We most humbly request the Hon’ble Minister to be kind enough to grant us time for a meeting to present our views on the above items before the

Hon’ble  Minister.

Awaiting favourable response,

Yours faithfully,

M. Krishnan,

Secretary General, NFPE.

Com. O.P. Gupta, veteran leader of P&T Trade Union movement, Ex-Secretary General, NFPTE & Ex.-General Secretary R-4 passed away on 6th January at 5 P.M. AIPSBCOEA conveys its respectful homage and heartfelt condolences. RED SALUTE TO COM. O.P. GUPTA.

AMENDMENT IN RULE 4A OF POST OFFICE SAVINGS ACCOUNT RULES 1981 THEREBY ALLOWING DEPOSITS OTHER THAN WAGES UNDER MGNREGA INTO WORKERS WAGE ACCOUNTS(Click link below for details)

http://www.indiapost.gov.in/DOP/Pdf/Circulars/25-10-2005-FS_03-01-2013.pdf

IT MODERNIZATION PROJECT- INDIA POST 2012{CLICK LINK BELOW FOR DETAILS}

http://www.indiapost.gov.in/DOP/pdf/news_events/Communication_IndiaPost2012.pdf

GDS BONUS

NFPE HAS GIVEN THE CORRECT NEWS

MAHADEVAIAH GROUP FLASHED THE FALSE NEWS DELIBERATELY ON 10^TH DECEMBER 2012 TO SABOTAGE THE 12^TH DECEMBER 2012 STRIKE

MAHADEVAIAH GROUP GDS UNION HAS NOT GIVEN STRIKE NOTICE FOR 12^TH DECEMBER 2012 STRIKE

1.   On 10^th December 2012 when all are actively campaigning for the success of the 12^th December 2012 joint strike, the Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union flashed the following news in their website -

“FLASH AND GLAD NEWS – BONUS FILE CLEARED BY FINANCE TODAY”

They deliberately gave publicity to this false news just to create confusion among the GDS and to sabotage the 12^th December strike.

2.   After 12^th December strike NFPE put the following news in its website.

“Regarding GDS Bonus the propaganda made by Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union is totally false. Finance Ministry has not approved the proposal for raising the GDS Bonus ceiling to Rs. 3500/- but returned the file without approval.”

(This news item is still in the NFPE website and anybody can verify it.)

3.   Now, after the 12^th December strike, the Mahadevaiah Group GDS union openly admitted that the Bonus File is not cleared by Finance, but the File was returned to Postal Directorate without approval. Now in the website of Mahadevaiah group the following lines are written.

“FINANCE MINISTRY HAS SENT THE FILE BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS FOR SOME CLARIFICATION”

4.   Now let the readers and employees judge, who is right and who is wrong. Who is giving correct news and who is spreading false news. NFPE has given the correct news and Mahadevaiah group has published false news and subsequently corrected it after NFPE putting the correct news. They have lost their credibility and they are trying to cover up their ill motivated false propaganda by putting the blame on NFPE.

5.   It is an admitted fact that Mahadevaiah group GDS Union has not given strike notice for the 12^th December strike. They tried their best to sabotage the 12^th December strike. Their leaders have demanded the administration to take disciplinary action against those employees who participated in the 12^th December strike. NFPE has already published one such letter in its website and anybody can read it.

6.   Can Mahadevaiah group GDS Union prove that they have given strike notice to the Secretary, Department of Posts, for the 12^th December strike? Can Mahadevaiah group GDS Union deny that their leaders have not written any letter to the administration to take disciplinary action against those participated in the 12^th December strike? Can Mahadevaiah group deny that the letter written to the administration by their leader published in NFPE website is a false one? No, they cannot.

7.   The issue of raising Bonus ceiling of GDS from 2500/- to 3500/- was an important item in the memorandum submitted by Confederation to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Finance Minister and Cabinet Secretary during the Parliament march and also in the strike charter of demands of the 12^th December 2012 strike served to the Cabinet Secretary and the Secretary, Department of Posts. Many MPs irrespective of political affiliation and also Union Cabinet  Ministers have written letters to Hon’ble Prime Minister to consider the demand of the Confederation. Further both NFPE and FNPO has jointly demanded the Government to raise the bonus ceiling of GDS. The Minister of States for Communications and the Secretary, Department of Posts, has assured the JCA leaders that the case will again be forwarded to the Finance Ministry with favourable recommendations. The Secretary, Department of Posts has informed the JCA leaders that Cabinet Secretary was also appraised of the matter. The efforts made by NFPE, FNPO and Confederation and the mass-scale participation of the employees (Departmental as well as Gramin Dak Sewaks) in the 12^th December Strike has its own impact.

8.   The attempt of the Mahadevaiah group to project themselves as the only union for the GDS was thoroughly exposed in the 12^th December strike and more than 80% of the GDS joined the strike call given by NFPE & Confederation, inspite of the fact that Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union has not given the strike notice and has not conducted any campaign programme to make the 12^th December strike a success. More and more GDS leaders from Mahadevaiah group including All India office bearers are joining the newly formed AIPEU GDS (NFPE).  In the 12^th December strike, the unity of the Departmental employees and Gramin Dak Sewaks was restored and those who are trying to divide the GDS and Departmental employees cannot continue their nefarious game any more.

9.   ACTUAL POSITION OF GDS BONUS

As already exhibited by NFPE in its website, the GDS Bonus file was not cleared by Finance Ministry but returned to Department of Posts without approval. The reason stated by Finance Ministry is as follows -

Up to 2006 GDS were also paid equal Bonus on pro-rata basis along with regular employees. The One-man Committee (Nataraja Murthy Committee) appointed by Government has recommended that GDS are not eligible for equal bonus with regular employees and the payment made up to 2006 was unjustified as per the commission’s recommendations. This recommendation of the Nataraja Murthy Committee was accepted by the Government and Postal Board. Accordingly it was decided not to raise the Bonus ceiling from 2500 to 3500. After that the Department of Posts has not undertaken any fresh study to justify the payment of equal Bonus (3500) to GDS. Postal Department should conduct a fresh study by another committee and submit revised proposal justifying the payment of equal bonus to GDS. Such revised proposal, if any, submitted after fresh study will be examined by the Finance Ministry and if found justified will be considered for implementation from the next financial year i.e., 2013-2014. Regarding this financial year’s Bonus Finance Ministry is not ready to reconsider it. That means the Bonus for the current financial year (2012-2013) stands rejected. This is the stand of the Finance Ministry.

10.  Now the Department of Posts has constituted a Committee of officers to make fresh study of the case and submit fresh proposal to the Finance Ministry for consideration and approval. The Postal Board has assured the JCA (NFPE + FNPO) that the study will be completed quickly and fresh proposal will be submitted to Ministry of Finance. Definitely the JCA will take necessary follow up action.

11.  The anti-NFPE minded leaders of the Mahadevaiah group GDS Union should clearly understand that their repeated attempt to divide GDS employees and Departmental employees is not going to work any-more. GDS will stand with NFPE. NFPE will never misguide the employees, but will always stand by the truth. Please remember that

“You can fool all people for some time and

You can fool some people for all time,

But you can never fool all people for all time”

- M. Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE