Central Government Employees & Employment Corner

The All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 for the month of December, 2013 has been updated at the http://labourbureau.nic.in/indtab.html. The index has come down by 4 points and now stands at 239. With the December index available, Dearness Allowance for Central Govt Employee & Dearness Relief for Central Govt Pensioner from Jan-2014 will be 100%. There were chances of the DA becoming 101% .However the reduction in AICPIN of December 2013 conformed it at 100%.

All India Railwaymen’s Federation (Estd. 1924) No.AIRF/13 Dated: January 9, 2014 The Secretary(Exp.), Ministry of Finance, (Government of India) North Block, New Delhi Dear Sir, Reg.: Merger of Dearness Allowance with Pay On the persistent forceful demand of the Central Government employees, including Railwaymen, successive Central Pay Commissions were appointed by the Government of India with a view to improve upon wage structure and to grant parity with other employees of the Public Sector Undertakings in the wake of market inflation and price hike of essential commodities. These Pay Commissions, while recommending revised pay structure have also recommended grant of Dearness Allowance on the basis of increase in the Price Index. The very purpose of compensating the pay with payment of Dearness Allowance is being defeated because of unbridled inflationary pressure on t...

All India Railwaymen’s Federation No.AIRF/405( VII CPC) Dated: January 23, 2014 The Director(JCA) & Member Secretary, National Council(JCM), Government of India, Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, North Block, New Delhi-110001 Dear Sir, Sub: Holding of meeting of the Standing Committee of National Council(JCM) for finalization of Terms of Reference of VII CPC In the meeting held on 24.10.2013, under the chairmanship of Secretary, DoP&T, to discuss the Terms of Reference for VII CPC, Secretary,National Council (JCM) (Staff Side), Shri Umraomal Purohit had demanded a meeting with the Secretary(EXP.) and DoP&T before finalization of Terms of Reference of VII CPC. Despite elapsing a period of around three months, nothing has been heard in this regard. We, therefore, request that an urgent meeting should be held with the Secretary(ExP.) and DoP&T for finalization of Terms of Refer...

The Confederation of  Central Government  Employees and Workers has called for a  countrywide stir  on February 12 and 13 to highlight their demands. The conferderation had urged the Central government employees to participate in the 48-hour stir. The major demands put forth by the confederation include merging dearness in basic salary, regularisation of temporary employees, review of salary allowances and other. Regional president of the confederation RN Parashar addressed two gatherings, one at Rail Mail Service (RMS) on Cantt side of the railway station and other at GPO on Bada Chauraha. Parashar said that the national president of the confederation KKN Kutti and national general secretary M Krishnan had urged the Centre to accept their demands while staging demonstration on January 9 at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. On January 10, the decision was reached to hold a two-day stir in which the employees of railways and defence establishments were also urged...

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Providing proper minimum wage of Rs 27000/- for CG Employees including that of GDS employees and pay fixation formula: The staff side of the JCM had given representation demanding Rs 10,000/- as minimum wage for Central Government Employees. The 6th CPC in its report vide para no 2.2.15 had calculated a minimum wage of Rs 5478/- today if we are calculate the minimum wage it should be more than Rs 21,000/- apart from HRA and other allowances. Hence there is three times increase in actual prices calculated by the 6th CPC and the current prices. The current wages of the CG Employees should be doubled at least including that of GDS. The most comprehensive criteria for covering all the basic needs were evolved by the 15th Indian Labour Conference (ILC) in 1957 for fixing minimum wages. The norms are that a need-based minimum wage for a single worker should cover all the needs of a worker’s family consisting of a spouse and two children. The food requirement was to be 2,700 calori...