INDWF: Minutes of National Anomaly Committee
Meeting
F.No.11/2/2016-JCA-I(Pt.)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions
Department of Personnel
Training
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 16 February,
2018
To
Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra
Secretary, Staff-Side
National Council (Staff Side)
Joint
Consultative Machinery for, Central Government
Employees
13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-
110001
Subject:
Minutes of the Meeting held on 11.01.2018 to discuss
the admissibility
of the agenda items received from the Staff Side, NC
(JCM) for
discussion in the National Anomaly Committee (NAC) for
the 7th Central
Pay Commission.
Sir,
Please find enclosed a copy of
the Minutes of the meeting held under the Chairmanship
of Joint
Secretary (Establishment) on Thursday the 11th January,
2018 at 1500
hours in Room No. 190, conference Room, North Block,
New Delhi with the
representatives of Staff Side, NC(JCM) for information
and necessary
action.
2. As per discussion in the above meeting, Staff Side
may
please reconsider their views on Item No. 7. A copy of
the recording
during the meeting enclosed for per usual.
Yours faithfully,
S/d,
(D.K. Sengupta)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of
India
Tel.
23040255
MINUTES
OF THE MEETING HELD ON 11.01.2018 TO DISCUSS THE
ADMISSIBILITY OF THE
AGENDA ITEMS RECEIVED FROM THE STAFF SIDE FOR
DISCUSSION IN THE NATIONAL
ANOMALY COMMITTEE (NAC) FOR THE 7TH CENTRAL PAY
COMMISSION
A
meeting was held under the chairmanship of Shri G.D.
Tripathi, Joint
Secretary (Establishment), Department of Personnel
& Training with
the representatives of Staff Side of the National
Anomaly Committee and
senior officers from the other Ministries/Departments
concerned at 3.00
p.m. on 11.01.2018 in Room No. 190, North Block, DoPT,
New Delhi to
consider the admissibility of the 18 items of anomaly
forwarded by the
Staff-Side of the National Council of JCM for
settlement through
discussion at the NAC constituted after the Seventh
Central Pay
Commission. The list of participants is at Annexure.
2. The
Chairman welcomed the representatives of the Staff-Side
of the National
Anomaly Committee and asked Deputy Secretary (JCA) to
briefly inform the
participants the purpose for convening this
meeting.
3. Deputy
Secretary (JCA) informed that following the acceptance
of the
recommendations - to the extent they have been - of
the 7th Central Pay
Commission by the Government, the National Anomaly
Committee has been
constituted by DoPT. Subsequently, on receipt of a
representation from
the Staff Side, NC(JCM), the definition of what would
constitute an
anomaly has been revised and notified. Therefore, as
per the revised
scope of definition, anomaly will include the following
cases;
a)
Where the Official-Side and the Staff-Side are of the
opinion that any
recommendation is in contravention of the principle or
the policy
enunciated by the Seventh Central Pay Commission itself
without the
Commission assigning any reason;
b) Where the maximum of the Level
in the Pay Matrix corresponding to the applicable
Grade Pay in the Pay
Band under the pre-revised structure as notified vide
CCS(RP) Rules
2016, is less than the amount an employee is entitled
to be fixed at, as
per the formula for fixation of pay contained in the
said Rules;
c)
Where the Official side and the Staff Side are of the
opinion that the
vertical and horizontal relativities have been
disturbed as a result of
the 7th Central Pay Commission to give rise to
anomalous situation.
4.
Deputy Secretary (JCA) mentioned that a letter dated
16.08.2017 had
been received from Secretary, Staff-Side proposing to
discuss 15 items
in the National Anomaly Committee (NAC). Subsequently,
another letter
dated 31.08.2017 was also received proposing 3
additional items. On
examining these 18 items against the three (03)
yardsticks as stated in
para-3 above, it was felt that while some agenda items
clearly fall
within the definition of 'anomaly', there are a few
which cannot be
termed 'anomaly' as such, bordering more, as they are,
on the side of
'demands'. There are a few more which apparently by
virtue of affecting
the interests of one Department should rather be taken
up at the
Departmental Anomaly Committee. On sharing the findings
of this
Preliminary examination with the Secretary, Staff-Side,
a communication
was received from him suggesting inter-alia, besides
giving their own
reasons for retaining the same agenda - except one item
- for the NAC
deliberations, that a meeting be convened to discuss
and finalize the
items so as to to avoid delay in convening the NAC
meeting.
5. The Chairman then requested the leader of the
Staff-Side and other members to put across their points
of view on the issue.
6.
The Leader, Staff-Side, thanked the Chairman for
convening the meeting
at the suggestion of Secretary, Staff-Side and
initiated the discussion
by emphasising that the next meeting of the National
Council under the
Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary should be held
urgently as more than 7
years have passed since the last such meeting was
held. He referred to
the background against which the JCM scheme has been
institutionalized
and stressed that the purpose of JCM is to avoid
confrontation between
the Government and its employees. He requested that the
sentiments of
the Staff-Side may be conveyed to the Cabinet Secretary
so that the
meeting of the National Council, JCM may be held
without any further
delay. He also suggested that the Cabinet Secretary
should meet the
Standing Committee of the National Council, JCM soon
after the Republic
Day celebrations so that the deliberations can be be
held on all pending
issues. The Leader, Staff-Side further stated that
there are many
issues arising out of the 7th Central Pay Commission's
recommendations
which are still to be settled to the satisfaction of
the Staff-Side. He
particularly mentioned about the recommendations
relating to New Pension
Scheme, Minimum Pay, Fitment Formula, etc.
7. Secretary,
Staff-Side also expressed similar views about lack of
interaction
between the Official-Side and the Staff-Side. He
mentioned that the
institutions of JCM machinery has become defunct and
stated that the
meetings of the Standing Committee and the National
Council, JCM should
be called without any further delay. He also mentioned
that the Group of
Ministers had met the staff representatives and given
some assurances
for favourable consideration regarding the Minimum Pay
and Fitment
Formula. But even after 1-1/2 years, no decision has
been conveyed by
the Government. He regretted that inspite of the report
submitted by NPS
Committee, nothing fruitful has been done for bringing
new pensioners
under defined and guaranteed pension scheme. He stated
that based on the
assurance given by the group of Ministers, the Staff
Side had deferred
the call for strike but now it is getting very
difficult for them to
control the resentments of the staff. He stressed the
need for frequent
interactions so that each side can appreciate the
other's views. He also
mentioned that no decision has yet been conveyed on
the 6th CPC related
unresolved anomalies which, the Staff-Side feels,
should be sent for
arbitration as the Staff-Side has recorded its
dissatisfaction on them.
(Action: D/o Pension & JCA Division, DoPT)
8. The
Staff-Side members representing M/o Defence stated
that they are on a
hunger fast joining with the 4 lakhs Defence Civilian
Employees to
protest against the various decisions taken by Ministry
of Defence
against their interest. They lodged their protest
aginst what they
called 'arbitary' policy decisions made by the
Government about
outsourcing of jobs hitherto done in the ordince
factories, converting
Army Base Workshops to GOCO Model, closure of Station
Workshops,
Military Farms and Depots under Army Headquarters
thereby rendering
31,000 Employees surplus including 9000 employees of
Military Engineer
Service, granting Uniform Allowance to the soldiers by
stopping the
practice of getting them stitched through almost 12000
Employees in 5
Ordnance Factories etc. This is against the assurance
given by the
Defence Ministry in the past to the Staff Side that the
jobs being
performed by ordnance factories would be outsourced.
They also protested
against the violation of the direction of Cabinet
Secretary by the
Ministry of Defence in that the Staff Side has not been
consulted before
deciding on outsourcing, closure, merger, declaring
manpower surplus
etc. They demanded that MoD may be directed to
immediately hold
discussions with the Staff Side and settle the issues
in the interest of
the Defence Industry and its employees
(Action: M/o Defence)
9. The Staff Side also raised the following issues:-
a)
The demand of the Staff Side for extension of the date
of option for
switching over to 7th CPC Pay Scales from a date on
which the employee
got promotion/MACP is not yet settled. Necessary
instructions may be
issued in this regard.
(Action: Establishment Division, DoPT)
b)
The Report of the NPS Committee even though submitted
to the Government
in August, 2017 the Staff Side is not yet given a copy
of the same. The
same may be given to the Staff Side and a meeting may
also be held with
the Staff Side by the Government before taking any
decision on the
recommendations of the NPS Committee.
(Action: D/o P & PW)
c)
The Staff Side also pointed out what they felt
arbitrariness of the
decision of the Government to close down the various
printing presses
without even holding any discussion with the Staff
Side. The employees
have been asked to immediately get themselves, relived
and join at
faraway places. They added that assurances were given
by the Cabinet
Secretary at the National Council that the Government
would discuss the
problems faced by the staff and resolve the same in all
cases when the
Government decides to wind up any of its
functions.
(Action: M/o Urban Development)
10.
The Chairman stated that he has taken note of all the
concerns
expressed by the Leader, Staff-Side, Secretary Staff-
Side and the other
representatives of the Staff-Side. He stated that the
work on finalizing
the comments on the Agenda for the meeting with the
National Council,
JCM has been going on and another two weeks would be
required to
finalize the comments and thereafter the convenience of
the Cabinet
Secretary would be sought so that the meeting of the
Standing Committee
can be held in the month of February, 2018. He stated
that the purpose
of today's meeting was to familiarize with the issues
as well as to
arrive at a mutually agreed decisions as to which of
them should be
taken up for discussion and settlement at the NAC so
that the first
meeting can be convened at the earliest. He further
emphasised that the
items on which the Government, has held a view
different from that of
the 7th CPC would not be taken up for discussion at the
NAC since the
Government decisions on them are well-thought-out and
conscious ones.
However, where there is a disagreement between what has
been recommended
and what the 7th CPC should have recommended as part
of its
policy/principles would figure in NAC discussion.
11. It was seen
that there are seven (7) proposed items which clearly
fall within the
definition of 'Anomaly'. At the conclusion of the
discussions, the
following was agreed to in respect of the remaining
eleven (11) items:
| Item
No. | Description | Decision |
| 1 | Anomaly in computation
of minimum wage | In view of the response of Secretary,
Staff-Side, the JCA Division will re-examine. |
| 2 | 3% Increment in all
stages | In view
of the response of Secretary, Staff-Side, the JCA
Divison will re-examine |
| 6 | Remove Anomaly due to
index rationalization | In view of the response of Secretary,
Staff-Side, the JCA Divison will re-examine |
| 7 | Anomaly arising from the
decision to reject option No.1 in pension
fixation | Sent
back to Staff-Side for reconsideration of its
views |
| 10 | Minimum Pension | The
Staff-Side will take up this issue with the Department
of Pension &
Pensioners Welfare separately. This will not be
treated as an anomaly. |
| 11 | Date of effect of
Allowances- HRA, TransportAllowance, CEA etc | Thil will be taken up
separately as an item in the Standing Committee
meeting |
| 12. | Implement
the recommendation on Parity in Pay Scale between Sr.
Auditors / Sr.
Accountant of 1A & AD and organized Accounts with
Assistant Section
Officer of CSS. | As this was already under examination in
the Department of Personnel & Training it would not
be taken up fordiscussion in NAC at this stage. If it
remains undecided at the later stage,
it will be included for discussion in NAC. |
| 13 | Parity in pay scales
between Assistants/Stenographers in field/ subordinate
offices and Assistant Section Offices and Stenographers
in CSS | The
Staff-Side, NC (JCM) will provide additional
details |
| 15 | Technical Supervisors of
Railways | The
Staff-Side, NC(JCM) will take up this issue at the
Departmental Anomaly Committee of Ministry of
Railways. |
| 16. | Anomaly
in the assignment of replacement of Levels of pay in
the Ministry of
Defence, Railways, Mines etc in the case of Store
Keepers. | The
Staff-Side, NC (JCM) will take up this issue at the
Departmental Anomaly Committee of Ministry of Defence.
JCA Division willwrite to Ministry of Defence in this
regard. |
| 18. | Anomaly in the grant of
DA instalment w.e.f.01.01.2016 | In view of the response
of Secretary, Staff-Side, the JCA Division will re-
examine. |
12. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the
Chair.
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE PRE-
NATIONAL
ANOMALY COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL (JCM) HELD ON
11/01/2018
| S.No. | Staff-Side | Official-Side |
| 1 | Shri Shiv Gopal Misra | Shri G.D. Tripathi |
| 2. | Shri M. Raghavaiah, | Shri Amar Nath Singh |
| 3 | Shri Rakhal Das Gupta | Shri Harjit Singh |
| 4 | Shri J.R. Bhosle | Ms.
Sujasha Choudhury |
| 5 | Shri Guman Singh | Ms.
Nirmala Dev. |
| 6 | Shri C.Srikumar | Shri
Jaya Kumar.G. |
| 7 | Shri K.K.N. Kutty | Shri A.K. Jain |
| 8 | Shri Sankara Rao | Shri
Charanjit Taneja |
| 9 | Shri R. Srinivasan | Shri Rajeev Kumar Bahree |
| 10 | Shri R.P. Bhatnagar | Shri Ram Gopal |
Source :
INDWF
