NFPE WRITES TO SECRETARY EXPENDITURE AS PER THE CALL OF CONFEDERATION

 

NFPE FAXED AND ALSO SENT A LETTER TO SECRETARY EXPENDITURE

 

Dear Comrades! As per the call of the Confederation of CG Employees and Workers the NFPE has faxed and also sent the following letter to Secretary, Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India on the matter or Bonus Ceiling enhancement to Rs.3500/= for all CG Employees including Postal.

 

Till this minute the Government has not taken any decision about enhancing the ceiling to 3500/- to Government Employees. Our earlier apprehension over Government perpetrating a discriminatorty act by enhancing the ceiling only to Railwaymen is still a possibility and cannot be ruled out yet. Therefore NFPE calls upon the entirety of Postal Employees to spontaneously organise strong protest demonstrations all over the country in front of every work spot and seek media attention over the discrimination if any is pertpetrated by the Government. Please await for further programme calls from Conofederation and Postal JCA of NFPE and FNPO and other Organisations in Postal Department.

 

 

FAX SENT TO SECRETARY EXPENDITURE MOF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA:

 

PF-16[g]/2008  Dated 3^rd October 2008

 

To

 

The Secretary,

Expenditure,

Ministry of Finance,

North Block, New Delhi – 110001.

 

Sub: Request for enhancement of Bonus Ceiling to 3500/= without discrimination.

 

Respected Sir,

 

This Federation seeks your kind attention and intervention for grant of bonus on the basis of the enhanced ceiling limit under the Bonus Act as amended by the Parliament last year.

 

As you are aware, the calculation ceiling of Rs. 2500 was imposed in consonance with similar provision in the Bonus Act as is applicable to industrial workers. The said ceiling of Rs. 2500 was raised to Rs. 3500 by the Government and made applicable to the workers covered by the Bonus Act for the accounting year 2006-07 itself.  We had taken up the issue both through correspondence and in the JCM Standing Committee immediately on promulgation of the ordinance raising the ceiling limit to make it applicable to Government employees. Unfortunately the bonus ceiling remain unchanged both in the Productivity linked bonus orders to postal employees as well as adhoc bonus orders for other CG Employees have not enhanced the bonus ceiling.

 

There are strong indications that Government is considering enhancement of ceiling as per the amended Bonus Act to the railway employees only while denying the benefit to other central government employees including postal employees. It is humbly submitted that such a serious discrimination might escalate greater resentment amongst the postal employees.

 

This Federation therefore your kind intervention in this volatile matter to ensure grant of PLB bonus @ 3500/= as per the Parliament amended bonus act for all without any discrimination.

 

Thanking you Sir,

Yours faithfully,

 

Sd/-

 

[K.Ragavendran]

Secretary General

 

 

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K.Ragavendran
Secretary General NFPE