Performance Is The Main Constraint On Annual Increment In 7th CPC

Withholding Annual Increments of Non-performers after 20 Years

There is a widespread perception that increments as well as upward movement in the hierarchy happen as a matter of course. The perception is that grant of MACP, although subject to the employee attaining the laid down threshold of performance, is taken for granted. This Commission believes that employees who do not meet the laid down performance criterion should not be allowed to earn future annual increments.

‘Good’ to ‘Very Good’ – 7th CPC enhancing the performance level for MACP and Regular Promotion

‘Good’ to ‘Very Good’ – 7th CPC enhancing the performance level for MACP and Regular Promotion

The 7th Pay Commission has recommended on the benchmark level for MACP and Regular Promotion in Central Government services.

The 7th Pay Commission feels that a significant change is required in promotion aspect. The benchmark for performance appraisal for MACP as well as for regular promotion.

7th Pay Commission report on IPs and ASPOs

Inspector in Indian Postal Service

The Commission, recommends that Inspector (Posts) who are presently in the GP 4200 should be upgraded to GP 4600. With this upgradation, Inspector (Posts) shall come to lie in an identical grade pay as that of their promotion post of Assistant Superintendent of Posts (ASPOs).

ASPOs in Indian Postal Service

Commission has felt that a higher grade would need to be extended to ASPOs. Accordingly, the Commissionrecommends that the promotional post of ASPOs be placed in the next higher GP 4800 and further, the post of Superintendent (Posts), which is presently in the GP 4800, be moved up to GP 5400 (PB-2).

CHARTER OF DEMANDS - BY NC JCM STAFF SIDE

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1.    Re-compute  the  minimum  wage  on  the  basis  of  the  actual  commodity  prices  as  on

1.7.2015 and factor the Dr. Aykroyd formula stipulated percentages for housing and socialobligations, children education etc. Revise the fitment formula  and pay levels on the basisof the so determined minimum wage;

We are not in agreement with the methodology adopted by the 7th  CPC in computing the minimum WAGE. We give hereunder briefly the reasons thereof.

1.   The  retail    prices  of  the  commodities  quoted  by  the  Labour  bureau  is  irrational, imaginary and even absurd in respect of certain articles at certain places.  The Staff Sidehad objected to the adoption of those rates in its meeting with the Commission on 9thJune, 2015.

2.   The adoption of 12 monthly average of the retail prices is contrary to Dr. Aykroyd formula.  Same is the case with the reduction effected by the Commission on housing and social obligation factors. The house rent allowance is not a full compensation of the expenditure incurred by an employee for obtaining an accommodation.  Therefore, no reduction on that count in arriving at the minimum wage is permissible.  We may cite the minimum wage computation made by the 3rd  CPC in this regard,   The employees were in receipt of HRA even at that time.  But still the 3rd  CPC, and rightly so, adopted the 7.5% as the factor for housing.  In  respect of the addition to be made for children education and social obligation as per the Supreme Court judgement, (25%) the Commission  has  reduced  the  percentage  to  15%  on  the  specious  plea  that  the employees are separately given children education allowance.  The Children education allowance is not a full reimbursement of the expenses one has to incur.   After the liberalization of the Education Sector where private parties were  allowed to set upuniversities and colleges, the expenses for education had increased heavily .   No concession or allowance is granted to the employees for educating the children beyond the higher secondary levels.   The earlier Pay Commission has only tried to compensate a little in the increasing cost of education and that too at the primary level, since even the Governmental institutions had started charging abnormal tuition and other fees.

Proposal to increase the ceiling of Bonus – Minister replied in Parliament

Changes under Bonus Act

Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Ministry Labour and Employment in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today stated that there is a proposal to increase the eligibility limit and calculation ceiling under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.

The minimum wage in the country may not be comparable to those of developed countries owing to differences in exchange rates, purchasing power parity of local currencies, etc. Also under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, both Central and State Governments are appropriate Governments to fix, review and revise the minimum wages of the workers employed in the scheduled employment under their respective jurisdictions. As regards minimum wages in States, there is disparity due to variations in socio-economic and agro-climatic conditions, income, prices of essential commodities, paying capacity, productivity and local conditions. However, as per the available information, a statement showing the range of rates of minimum wages in all the States/Union Territories is enlisted here.

Bhuvan Indiapost Geo Tag App Operating Procedure

              Bhuvan IndiaPost App is a user-friendly mobile application which enables to collect and report for geo-tagged of Post Office information on various parameters such as type of post office, name, services offered, delivery status, PIN-code and address. This mobile app will provide a platform for controlled crowd sourcing to build spatial database on Bhuvan Geo-platform.

For direct download type URL: 

http://bhuvan3.nrsc.gov.in/bhuvanapp/bhuvanapp_post.php

For visualisation and download option type URL: 

http://bhuvan-noeda.nrsc.gov.in/ministry/postal

The Internet connectivity is not required during data collection process. The internet connection through GPRS or 3G or 4G or wi-fi is necessary only to upload the data collected on Bhuvan IndiaPost Server.

Suggestions by BPEF to improve 7th CPC Recommendations

BHARATIYA POSTAL EMPLOYEES FEDERATION

                         (An All India Industrial Unit of BMS)

T-21, Atul Grove Road , New Delhi-110 001

  BPEF/ 7th CPC/examination / recommendation/2015                     Dated: 7-12-2015

       

       To

                       The Secretary

                        Department of Posts

                        Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001

Sub: Process to examine the recommendations made in the report of the 7th C.P.C.-

         Meeting with Departmental J.C.M. on 8-12-2015 at 11-00 A.M. -Regarding.  

Respected Madam,

           

Bharatiya Postal Employees Federation has studied the report containing the recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission and observed that the spirit and promises made by Chairman Shri A.K. Mathur are not reflected in the recommendations.  Certain omissions and suspicion about the service conditions of serving employees are leading to the unrest and anguish among the Central Government employees in general and Postal employees in particular. The views of BPEF with regard to all above  are reproduced below for merit based and sympathetic consideration for genuine redressal of the grievances to boost up the morale and restore the confidence and stamina so that they can serve the Nation in a better way for achieving the goal of the fastest growing economy and youngest Nation of the world.

The 7th C.P.C. has made following promises before recommending the new pay structure and providing replacement benefits.

Para 1.31 of 7th C.P.C. -The Sole consideration with the commission was to ensure that employees do not suffer economic hardship so that they can deliver and render the best possible service to the country and make the governance vibrant and effective.

1.30    . The recent trend of hounding civil servants as criminals for the failure of bona fide decisions is not a happy one. This will discourage the bureaucracy to take bold decisions in fear of being hounded if such a decision misfires. Any misadventure should not be looked upon with suspicion unless it has definite criminal intent to benefit either himself or someone else. If this trend is not checked it will lead to disastrous consequences. 

1.29    As we have mentioned above, government service is not a contract. It is a status . The employees expect a fair treatment from the government . The states should play role model for the services. In this connection, it will be useful to quote the observations in the case of Bhupendra Nath Hazarika and another vs. State of Assam and others (reported in 2013 (2) Sec. 5(16) wherein the Apex Court has observed as follows.”……It should always be borne in mind that legitimate aspirations of the employees are not guillotined and a situation is not created where hope end in despair. Hope for everyone is gloriously precious and that a model employer should not convert it to be deceitful and treacherous by playing a game of chess with their seniority. A sense of calm sensibility and concerned sincerity should be reflected in every step. An atmosphere of trust has to prevail and when the employees are absolutely sure that their trust shall not be betrayed and they shall be treated with dignified fairness then only the concept of good governance can be concretized. We say no more.” 

CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT

Our Union BPEA, Gudivada Branch has biggest membership in AP Circle, strike proposed by other unions was dropped.
Our union federal executive meeting on 25-12-2015....

FEDERAL EXECUTIVE MEETING ON 25TH DECEMBER 2015

It was proposed to conduct a Federal Executive Meeting on 25-12-2015 at New Delhi. 7th cpc protest day on 2 december 2015.

All Federation office bearer and general secretaries to attend 25th meeting.

All Union branches , divisions, circles to observe protest day and submit a memorandum to government.

MEETING AT NUZVIDU HO ON 25-11-2015

A BIG THANK TO ALL THE MEMBERS FOR MAKING IT A BIG SUCCESS

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A Hearty welcome to our BPEA-UNION "GET TOGETHER"- FELLOWSHIP MEETING at NUZVID HO on 25/11/2015 at 10 Hrs......Lunch Follows...
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7th Pay commission report decoded for easy understanding

The 900 pages report has been analyzed and the salient features detailed below for quick reference. It is reproduced here for easy understand.

1. Minimum Pay

Minimum Pay which was Rs. 7000 in the 6th Pay Commission has been fixed now at Rs. 18,000/-. A Multiplication factor of 2.57 has been used in arriving at this minimum pay.

2.Maximum Pay:

Maximum Pay of ₹2,25,000 per month for Apex Scale and ₹2,50,000 per month for Cabinet Secretary and others presently at the same pay level.

Seventh Pay Commission Pay Scale - Introduction of Matrix Pay

7th Pay Commission Standard Pay Scale : Pay matrix with distinct Pay Levels

Seventh CPC is recommending a Pay matrix with distinct Pay Levels instead of Running Pay bands and Grade Pay.

The new pay matrix for civilian employees

Highlights of Recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission

Click here to download the 7th CPC Report complete pdf 

Recommended Date of implementation: 01.01.2016

Minimum Pay: Based on the Aykroyd formula, the minimum pay in government is recommended to be set at ₹18,000 per month.

Maximum Pay: ₹2,25,000 per month for Apex Scale and ₹2,50,000 per month for Cabinet Secretary and others presently at the same pay level.

Financial Implications:

The total financial impact in the FY 2016-17 is likely to be ₹1,02,100 crore, over the expenditure as per the ‘Business As Usual’ scenario.  Of this, the increase in pay would be ₹39,100 crore, increase in allowances would be ₹ 29,300 crore and increase in pension would be ₹33,700 crore.

Out of the total financial impact of ₹1,02,100 crore, ₹73,650 crore will be borne by the General Budget and ₹28,450 crore by the Railway Budget.

Mixed Responses when Sixth pay commission report submitted to Finance Minister

Mixed Responses when Sixth pay commission report submitted to Finance Minister

There will be same response after the Report of 7th pay commission submitted to Finance Minister

Today the 7th pay commission going to submit its recommendations to Finance Minister Shri.Arun Jaitly.at 19.30 PM

Our waiting for knowing the 7th pay commission recommendation on pay and allowances will come to an end this evening. After that we will be hearing mixed responses from various quarters. If it gives satisfaction to one side and the same will be disappointment to other side.

7th CPC Minimum Wage 21000 and Fitment Formula from 2.86 to 3.15

Observance of All India protest day on 19th November 2015 & 7th CPC to submit its report shortly

Comrades,

The Confederation and NJCA had given call for holding protest meetings from 2ndNovember 2015 to 6th November 2015 and also Observance of All India protest day on 19th November 2015 in respect of following demands.

Good News for our GDS

GDS Committee headed by Sri.T.Q.Mohmad(PMG-AGRA) was constituted on 09/11/2015 to study on GDS work and wages. 

MEETING AT NUZVID HO ON 25/11/2015(GURUNANAK JAYANTHI - HOLIDAY)

Dear Members,

It is proposed to have an interactive meeting with all our union members, to inform the latest depatmental issues and to know the problems of our members at NUZVID HO on 25-11-2015(Gurunanak Jayanthi). Please attend teh meeting w/o fail.Further details contact Sri,B.V.Krishna Rao, P.A.,Nuzvid H.O.Cellno:9291420713
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BPEA, GUDIVADA

MINUTES OF MEETING HELD WITH SPOs, GUDIVADA on 27/10/2015

Bihar Results To Push Seventh Pay Commission Implementation

New Delhi: With the BJP-led NDA getting trounced in Bihar assembly polls, is likely to push the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission in April, a move seen by many as a major sop ahead of five state elections in May.

In Bihar, the Grand Alliance of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress won 178 seats in the 243-member assembly.

The Prime Minister Modi’s party carried out the same campaign strategy as it had done during the disastrous February Delhi polls, ironically, with the same humiliating results.

After it swept the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP faced a major defeat in Delhi and Bihar State elections, party strategists say the party paid a heavy price because of government employees’ worries with inflation.

The Narendra Modi government’s anti-government employees’ decisions also upset government employees, a central government employees’ union leader said.

“We realised that government employees are upset as it is becoming difficult for them to manage their household expenses with the high inflation rate. They were clearly against us not to merge 50 percent dearness allowance with basic pay before implementation of Seventh Pay Commission,” a central minister told us.

“There was a sense of insecurity among government employee who feared the media rumours that the pay commission is planning to recommend the retirement age of government employees as the completion of 33 years of service, or at the age of 58, whichever comes first. We want to prove the false media rumours to implement pay commission soon,” said the minister.

Accordingly, Central government will implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission in April after fund allocation in budget 2016-17, which will be possible pre-election “special packages” for Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry, which are all due for polls by May 2016.

The Seventh Pay Commission, which was set up by the UPA government, was required to submit its report by August-end.

The government constitutes the Pay Commission almost every 10 years to revise the pay scale of its employees and often these are adopted by states after some modifications.

The Commission has already completed discussions with various stakeholders, including organisations, federations, groups representing civil employees as well as Defence services and is in the process of finalising its recommendations.

The recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission are scheduled to come into effect from January 1, 2016.

The Sixth Pay Commission was implemented with effect from January 1, 2006, the fifth from January 1, 1996 and the fourth from January 1, 1986.

Govt to revise small savings rate by end of this month

The Centre is likely to reduce the interest rates on small savings schemes by the end of this month with a view to aligning them with the market rates. 

"The government will take a decision on reducing small savings rate by the end of this month," a Finance Ministry official said. 

The ministry in September had announced its intention to review interest rates on small savings, which includes Post office savings and Public Provident Fund ( PPF), after bankers said high rates on such schemes run by the government make fixed deposits of banks uncompetitive. 

The government may leave the interest rates on Senior Citizen's Savings Scheme and Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts unchanged. 

With small saving deposits commanding a rate of 8.7-9.3 per cent, banks have been reluctant to transmit the entire policy rate reduction by the RBI to borrowers. 

The median base lending rates of banks have come down by about 60-70 bps despite extremely easy liquidity conditions, which is a fraction of the 125 basis points of the policy rate reduction since January. 

Smalls saving schemes include Post Office Monthly Income Scheme (MIS), Public Provident Fund (PPF), Post Office fixed Deposit Scheme, Senior Citizen's Savings Scheme, Post Office Savings Account and Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts. 

Rural Solution in 130,000 ED Post Offices

Children Education Allowance: Submission of original bills with details for reimbursement

Children Education Allowance: Submission of original bills with details for reimbursement

Office of the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Central Command)

Cariappa Road, Cantt., Lucknow – 226002

Circular

No.:-AN/IV/CEA/2015

Date: 02/11/2015

To

The Officer-In-charge,

1. All Sections of MO.

2. All Sub Offices

3. All PAOs

Sub: Payment on account of Children Education Allowances.

During Local Test Audit of vouchers of children education allowance, it is found that the name of child, for whom shoe, books and uniform purchased, were not mentioned in cash memo vouchers. Local Test Audit Team has pointed out the matter and emphasized for making suitable correction.

It is therefore, enjoined upon all concerned to intimate the name of child for whom shoe, books and uniform purchased, may be mentioned in cash memo vouchers.

All the officers/staff may be got aware of the fact for strict compliance.

sd/-

Sr. Accounts Officer (AN-IV)