The delegates’
conference of INTUC adopted a resolution on appointment of the 7th pay
commission in its 30th Plenary Session held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Since it
is one of the major Central Trade Unions in India, the resolutions which are
adopted in its conference will be given national importance and it would be
taken up seriously by the Central Government. As the INTUC is the labour wing
of Congress Party, it is expected that the demands made by the INTUC will be
considered favourably by the Government. The resolution on appointment of the
7th Pay Commission is given below
Resolution on appointment of the 7th Pay Commission
The delegate
conference of INTUC demands the central government of India to appoint 7th pay
commission without any delay.
The 6th central
pay commission has recommended a new concept of Pay Band and Grade Pay as
replacement to the 5th CPC pay scales/pay structure, which was accepted by the
government. Consequently the revised Pay Band/Grade Pay was implemented with
effect from January 1, 2006.
In the case of
central public sector undertakings, the wages are invariably revised once in
five years. The 5th cpc, in the case of central government employees, had
recommended that the wages should be revised at least once in 10 years. The
degree of inflation in economy determines the pace of erosion of the real value
of wages. However this factor was never taken into consideration while
determining the wage structure. It is however acknowledged that there has been
DA compensation for the central government employees which does not compensate
the actual erosion of wages in terms of actual cost of living.
The Government
of India should take necessary measures to control the inflation in the
essential commodities so that the state/central government employees and
general public can maintain their living standard, as they are passing through
severe hardship to meet both the ends. It is the general practice that after
every 10 years, a new Pay Commission is appointed to examine the economic conditions
of the government employees. In the larger interests of the state and central
government employees, it is required to appoint the 7th Pay Commission to
revise the wages and other benefits in the light of prevailing economic
conditions.
The INTUC delegates’
conference earnestly appeal to the government of India to appoint the 7th Pay
Commission immediately, so that employees can maintain their living standards
intact in the face of steep inflation.
Merger of 50% DA with Pay: Resolution adopted in
INTUC Conference
The 30th Plenary Session of Indian National
Trade Union Congress INTUC is being held in Raipur from 6-9-2013 to
9-9-2013 is concluded today. There are 4 Resolutions which are considered to be
very important are adopted in this Conference. One of the four main resolution
is Merger of 50% DA with Pay for central government employees. So the INTUC
urges the central government to consider the demand and accord sanction for
merging 50% DA with pay. The Resolution On Merger Of 50% DA With Pay which
has been adopted in 30th Plenary Session of INTUC held in Raipur from 6-9-2013
to 9-9-2013 is given below.
Resolution on Merger of 50% DA with Pay
The Wage structure revision for Central
Government employees had been enquired into by the successive pay Commission
appointed by the Government of India during the past decades and gave their
reports. The Government had considered the reports and decided for
implementation with certain changes and improvements.
The previous pay Commissions (3rd, 4th, 5th and
6th) have, by and large, covered the aspects of the principle of wage
determination . But however the job contents, remuneration commensuration with
the nature of duties and responsibilities have not been taken into
consideration by the pay Commissions while determining the revised pay
structure, consequently the railway men have been put into disadvantage.
The 5th CPC had recommended that the DA must
be merged with pay and treated as pay for computing all allowance as and when
the percentage of dearness compensation exceeds 50%. Accordingly even before
the setting up of 6th CPC, the DA of 50% was merged with pay.
Presently, the dearness compensation is 80% as
on 1st January, 2013, while the DA had crossed 50% of pay as on 1st January,
2011.The demand for merger of DA to partially compensate the erosion in the
real wages was first mooted by the Gadgil Committee in the 2nd pay Commission
period. The 3rd CPC had recommended such merger when the cost of living Index
crosses over 272 points i.e. 72 points over and above the base index adopted
for the pay revision. In other words, the recommendation of the 3rd CPC was to
merge the DA when it crossed 36%. The Government in the national Council JCM at
the time of negotiation had initially agreed to merge 60% DA and later the
whole of the DA before the 4th CPC was set up. The 5th CPC had merged 98%of DA
with pay.
As the DA already stood at 80% of Pay and
another instalment is expected to be granted wef July, 2013 which may cross
90%,it is necessary that the Government takes steps to merge 50%DA with pay for
all purposes for the year 2013 for ensuring compensation to the erosion of
value of real wage of government employees.
The Plenary Session of INTUC therefore urges
upon the Government of India to consider the demand and accord sanction for
merging DA component i.e. 50% of DA with pay for all purposes.
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