The National Council JCM Staff Side meeting is going to take place tomorrow in New Delhi. The meeting, to be attended by the representatives of all federations, will be chaired by the Staff Side Secretary, Shiva Gopal Mishra.
Important agendas of the
meeting include demanding a change in the attitude of the Central
Government towards the Central Government employees, merger of DA,
granting interim relief and to hold discussions over the date of effect
of the recommendations of the 7th CPC.
In the past, interim
relief was granted before the recommendations of the new Pay Commissions
were implemented. In the Fifth Pay Commission, it was recommended that
whenever the DA crosses 50%, it should be added to the basic pay. The
recommendation was accepted and in the year 2004, a 50% DA hike was
added to the basic pay of all Central Government employees. Therefore, interim relief was not granted during the 6th Pay Commission.
There were also a number
of confusions in the tenure of the Pay Commission, which had to be
constituted once every ten years. One Pay Commission was almost lost, as
a result. To make up for these errors, a demand has been presented to
implement the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission from January 1,
2014 onwards.
Tomorrow’s meeting
attains prominence due to the fact that representatives of all the
employee associations are going to participate and debate over some of
the most eagerly awaited issues.
Source : CGEN
