July 10, 2015
Kalaivaraikalai
5 Major issues of the CG Employees
which are projected for a serving employee to the 7th Pay Commission
Major issues of the Central
Government Employees
Five major issues of the Central
Government employees which are projected for a serving employee to the 7th CPC.
1) Inadequate pay compared to
talent.
2) Lack of promotions and better
increment rate.
3) Equal pay for equal work.
4) Non-filling up of vacant posts
and increased work load.
5) Allowances to be paid as per
market rate.
1) Inadequate
pay compared to talent:
The person joining a Government
Service is not just for the employment is for a whole career, if a person joins
a Government Service he will quit/ retire from the job only after putting 30
years service or more. In case of the person joining a private company he will
jump from one company to another at least five times in thirty years.
The talented persons from all over
the country are moving to IT, BT and private sectors, rather than Central
Government sector. Because of the lower salary / pay structure in Central
Government sector compared to IT and BT sectors and complex nature of rules and
regulations in Central Government sector and also the skill and merit of the
worker/ employee is not into account in Central Government sector.
Today, the weakest link in respect
of any government policy is at the delivery stage. This phenomenon is not
endemic to India. Internationally also, there is an increasing emphasis on
strengthening the delivery lines and decentralization with greater role being
assigned at delivery points, which actually determines the benefit that the
common citizen is going to derive out of any policy initiative of the
government.
More the talented persons are there
in Government services, more the delivery of the government schemes will be
there, thus the Government machinery will be more effective and common man will
benefit a lot.
Main consideration in the private
and public sector being ‘profit’, and in Central Government it is “service”
even through Railways, Income Tax & Central Excise are revenue earning
departments, hence an equal comparison with the Government is not going to be
ever possible. Performance for the Government is usually not measured in terms
of profit, but in terms of achieving societal goals.
The time scale gap between one post
to another should be uniform rate from starting to end, starting from Rs 26,000
to Rs 2, 60,000.
The minimum wage should be
calculated using Dr Aykroyd formula and following 15th ILC norms and four units
should be taken into account not three units as followed by the 6th CPC.
The pay should fixed taking in
following factors.
a) The educational qualifications.
b) The level of responsibility.
c) The skill of the work.
The earlier pay commissions were
only taking into account only educational qualifications into account.
Only around 8 to 9 % of the total
Govt revenue collection is spent on wages of Central Government employees,
compared to 20% to 25% of the revenue spent on wages in private sector.
The cost of living (prices of
essential items and other items) has gone by over 250% during last 10 years,
compared to 113% DA. The prices are continuously rising.
The Government is a model employer,
hence the wages should be provided with the needs and to attract the talented
and skilled persons.
2) Lack
of promotions and better increment rate.
Today there are persons who have not
even got two promotions in his entire career, The MACP scheme is not that much
effective, lack of promotions in Central Government sector compared to IT and
BT sectors.
One should get five promotions in
promotional hierarchy during his service to motivate him to work more. As the
Government employee put more and more service, he will be more trained to
perform his duties in a better befitting manner. Thus the Government is more
beneficial as good quality of work can be expected of him.
The family responsibility will
increase with age. There should be adequate financial protection for him, the
better rate of increment should motivate him to work more from the present 3%
to 5%. On promotion one should get a minimum salary increase of Rs 3000/- per
month as he will perform higher duties.
3) Equal
Pay for Equal work.
For the same post which include
similar duties and responsibility. There are different pay scales/ Grade Pay
existing for same nature of duties and similar recruit qualifications. This
anomaly should be rectified.
Grant of Grade Pay Rs.4800 to all
Supervisors cadre. The gazetted Group “B” post should start from Rs 5400/- GP.
4) Non-filling
up of vacant posts and increased work load
In 1990 the Population of the
country is 85 crores and the Central Government Employees strength is 40 lakhs
in the year 2014 population of the country is 125 crores, whereas the Central
Government Employees strength is just 31 lakhs.
Non-filling up of vacant posts has
resulted in increased work load on the existing employees. The strength of
Central government employees should increase considerably.
5)
Allowances to be paid as per market rate:
The house rent allowance should be
from Rs 7000/- per month to Rs 55,000/- per month. All allowances such as Tour
DA, OTA, Night Duty, CEA (tuition fees) , Cashier Allowances, etc should be
increased by three times.
The all allowances should also be
paid net of taxes which has been examined by 5th CPC in para no 167.
The staff side (JCM) has represented
well the above important issues of the Central Government Employees before the
7th CPC, we sincerely hope the 7th CPC will address and resolve the above
issues.
Let us wait patiently for the 7th
CPC to submit its report and then we can deliberate on the report and do the
needful action.
