NFPE CIRCULAR
National Federation of
Postal Employees
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Delhi-110 001
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No.PF-1(e) 2019 Date: 04th Sep, 2019
CIRCULAR
To,
All
General Secretaries / NFPE Office bearers
All
Circle / Divisional and Branch Secretaries of NFPE Unions
Comrades,
MEMORANDUM
SUBMITTED BY CONFEDERATION TO PRIME MINISTER:
Confederation of Central Government
Employees & Workers have submitted a detailed Memorandum to Prime
Minister on the long pending demands of Central Government Employees and
Workers is sent herewith for following the directions of Confederation
and observing all programmes as declared earlier.
With Fraternal
greetings
Yours
Comradely,
Encl: (Memorandum of
Confederation)
R.N
Parashar
Secretary
General
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No.Confdn/Memorandum/2016-19 05th
September 2019
To
Shri.
Narendra Modiji,
Hon’ble
Prime Minister of India,
South
Block,
New
Delhi - 110 001.
Respected Prime Minister,
Sub: Memorandum
on the long pending demands of the Central Government employees - Request
for kind intervention - regarding.
This
Memorandum is submitted with the most fervent hope that the Hon’ble Prime
Minister will be condescend to intercede on our behalf to settle the following
long pending issues agitating the minds of 32 lakhs Central Government
employees and 33 lakhs Central Govt. Pensioners.
1. Scrap
New Contributory Pension Scheme (NPS) and restore Defined benefit Old Pension
Scheme (OPS). Guarantee 50% of the last pay drawn as Minimum
Pension.
Government
of India has implemented New Contributory Pension Scheme (NPS) for all Central
Govt. employees entering service on or after 01-01-2004. When
compared to the Old Defined Benefit Pension Scheme (OPS) there are many adverse
factors in the NPS. The monthly pension amount being received under
the Insurance Annuity Scheme under NPS is less than Rs.3000/- per month, to
those NPS employees who had already retired from service during 2018 and 2019,
after completing 14 to 15 years of service, whereas as per the Old Pension
Scheme an employee who completes minimum ten years qualifying service will get
50% of the last pay drawn as Minimum Pension which in any case will not be less
than Rs.12,000/- for a lowest level employee (Multi Tasking Staff) with ten
years service in Central service. Thus the very principle laid down
by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India that “Pension is a social welfare measure
rendering socio-economic justice to those, who in the hey day of their life
ceaselessly toiled for the employer on an assurance that in their old age, they
would not be left in lurch”, stands defeated.
Seventh
Central Pay Commission headed by Retired Justice of Supreme Court Shri. Ashok
Kumar Mathur, in its report made the following observations about NPS:
“Almost
a whole lot of Government employees appointed on or after 01-01-2004, were
unhappy with the New Pension Scheme. Government should take a call to look into
their grievances”.
Govt.
appointed a Secretary level committee called “NPS Committee” for streamlining
the NPS, but that committee was not empowered to look into the main demand of
the NPS employees i.e., scrap NPS, restore OPS and guarantee 50% of the last
pay drawn as monthly pension. It is true that as per the
recommendations of the NPS Committee, Govt’s contribution to NPS is increased
to 14% from 10% and some other cosmetic changes are also made in the NPS
Rules. But the basic grievance still remained unattended and
unsettled, as a result uncertainty about the social security and Pension looms
large over the head of every NPS employee, and the discontentment among the NPS
employees (as correctly observed by 7th CPC) is growing day by
day. We request the Hon’ble Prime Minister to have a
relook into the entire matter, so that NPS will be scrapped and OPS will be
restored and at least 50% of the last pay drawn will be guaranteed under Rules
as Minimum monthly Pension on retirement.
2. Honour
the assurances given by Group of Ministers on 30-06-2016 to National Council
(JCM) Standing Committee members regarding increase in Minimum Pay and fitment
factor recommended by Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC):
All
the Federations/Unions/Associations in the Central Govt. Employees sector
including Railways, Defence and Confederation had given a call for nationwide
indefinite strike from 11th July 2016, demanding increase in Minimum Pay and
Fitment formula recommended by Seventh CPC and other 7th CPC related
issues. A goup of Cabinet Ministers including Shri. Rajnath Singh,
then Home Minister, Shri. Arun Jaitley, then Finance Minister, Shri. Suresh
Prabhu, then Railway Minister discussed the demands with the leaders of
National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) and assured that Minimum Pay and
Fitment formula will be increased and a High Level Committee will be appointed
to submit recommendations in this regard. The assurances were
reiterated by Shri. Rajnath Singh, then Home Minister on 6th July 2016 in the
second round of discussion and Finance Ministry issued a press statement
confirming the assurances. Accordingly, the proposed indefinite
strike call of the NJCA was deferred, taking in good faith the assurances given
by the Group of Ministers. We are sorry to bring it to the notice of
the Hon’ble Prime Minister that even after a lapse of three years,
neither the promised High Level Committee is constituted by the Govt. nor the
Minimum Pay and fitment formula is increased. The entire employees
feel betrayed. We request the Hon’ble Prime Minister to take
immediate necessary action for implementing the assurances given by the Group
of Ministers.
3. Grant
“Option-I Parity” recommended by the 7th CPC to all Central Government
Pensioners.
7th
CPC has recommended a new formula called “Option-1” for refixing the
existing pension of
Central Government Pensioners retired prior to 01-01-2016. Government
accepted the recommendation in principle and constituted a Secretary
level committee to examine and recommend regarding the feasibility of
implementing ''option-1'' recommended by 7th CPC. The Committee was not, ready
to heed the valid and scientific pleadings made by the staff-side in
favour of the recommendation mode by 7th CPC which is an ''Expert Body'' headed
by retired Justice of Supreme Court, instead viewed the case with a
closed mind and gave recommendation to the Government that implementation of
Option-I is not feasible. Govt accepted the recommendations of the Secretary
Level Committee and rejected ''option-I'' recommended by 7th CPC.
The
entire Pension community is very much aggrieved of the decision of the
Government. We request the Hon’ble Prime Minister to review the case
dispassionately, so that the ''option-I party'' recommended by the 7th CPc will
be accepted by the Government.
4. Regularisation
of Gramin Dak Sevaks working in Postal Department and casual/contract workers
working in all Central Govt Establishments.
(a) About
2.76 lakhs Gramin Dak Sevaks are employed in the Postal Department. Govt.
appointed a one man committee headed by retired Postal Board Member Shri
Kamalesh Chandra, to examine their wages and service conditions. The
final report submitted by the Committee includes certain positive
recommendations. As abnormal delay took place in implementing the
recommendations of the Report, the entire Gramin Dak Sevaks went on indefinite
strike for 16 days in 2018. Finally Govt issued orders, but many
recommendations are either modified, diluted or rejected, including payment of
arrears from 01-01-2016 as per the formula recommended by the Committee,
Children education Allowance, Promotions, etc, etc., We request the Hon’ble
Prime Minister to take a lenient view to rederess the grievances of the
low-paid Gramin Dak Sevaks which includes regularisation of their services and
also implementation of the pending positive recommendations of the Kamalesh
Chandra Committee report.
(b) There
are thousands of causal/contract employees and workers engaged in all Central
Govt departments and working for years together. They are not paid equal wages
and not extended any benefits of regular employees. Even after working for more
than ten years continuously, their request for regularisation is not considered
favourably. There is no scheme to absorb them in regular service. We request
the Hon’ble Prime Minister to consider their case sympathetically so that a
scheme will be worked out to regularise all casual/contract workers and extend
them all the benefits of regular employees.
5. Stop
Corporatisation/Privatisation of Railways, Defence and Postal Departments.
Withdraw the orders for closure/reorganisation of Govt. of India Printing
Presses, Geological Survey of India (GSI), Central Public Works Department
(CPWD), Salt Department, Stationery Offices etc.
The no holds barred big bang
reforms unleashed by the Central Government has given rise to an alarming situation
in the Central Government Departments. The proposed move
to Corporatize Railway Production Centres and allowing private passenger
trains, Corporatisation of Defence Ordinance Factories, Life Insurance and
Parcel Sector of Postal department, closure of Govt. of India Printing Presses,
proposed reorganisation of Salt Department, Geological Survey of India (GSI),
Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Stationary Offices etc. has put in
danger the very existence of various Central Govt. Departments and also
the job security of lakhs of Central Govt. Employees, Gramin Dak
Sevaks and Casual/Contract Workers. The present fate of the Telecom
Department which was corporatized in 2000 into different companies is a bitter
lesson for all of us. We request the Hon’ble Prime Minister to
desist from the proposed move to corporatisation, privatisation, closure and
reorganisation of Central Govt. departments.
6.
Filling up of seven lakhs vacancies existing in various Central
Govt. Departments:
As
per the 7th CPC report (Annexure to Chapter-3) there are 7,47,171
vacancies in the Central Govt. Departments as on 01-01-2014. More
retirements has taken place after 01-01-2014 and now the figure may go upto 8
lakhs. During the period from 2001 to 2008, thousands of posts are abolished in
all Departments as per the downsizing orders issued by the Government in
2001. Only very few posts are filled up after 2014 and most of the
Departments are running with 30 to 40% shortage of manpower. This
has resulted in heavy increase in workload on the existing employees and has
adversely affected the efficiency of all Central Govt. Departments to a great
extent. We request the Hon’ble Prime Minister to take immediate
necessary action for filling up all vacant posts in all departments of Central
Government.
7. Revision
of Wages from 01-01-2016 and payment of arrears of pay and Bonus from 2016
onwards to the employees of Autonomous bodies:
We
regret to inform the Hon’ble Prime Minister ,that due to the stringent
conditions imposed by the Finance Ministry, the pay revision from 01-01-2016
and payment of arrears is still pending in most of the Autonomous bodies under
Central Government. Further they are denied Bonus from 2015-16 onwards. We
request the Hon’ble Prime Minister to take necessary action to redress the long
pending genuine grievances of the Autonomous body employees.
There
are other issues also which is already submitted to the Cabinet Secretary and
the Heads of various Ministries/Departments earlier by us. We are
enclosing herewith a copy of the Charter of Demands containing the important
problems faced by the Central Govt. Employees and Pensioners.
Concludingly,
we once again request the Hon’ble Prime Minister to be sympathetic enough to
redress the grievances mentioned in this memorandum and enclosed Charter of
Demands.
With
profound regards,
Yours
faithfully,
M. Krishnan,
Secretary
General,
Confederation.
Mob:
09447068125
10 POINTS CHARTER OF DEMANDS
OF CONFEDERATION
1. Scrap
New Contributory Pension scheme (NPS). Restore Old defined
benefit Pension Scheme (OPS) to all employees. Guarantee 50% of the
last pay drawn as Minimum Pension.
2. Honour
assurance given by Group of Ministers (GoM) to NJCA leaders on
30-06-2016. Increase Minimum Pay and Fitment
formula. Withdraw the proposed move to modify the existing
time-tested methodology for calculation of Minimum wage. Grant HRA
arrears from 01-01-2016. Withdraw “Very Good” bench mark for
MACP, Grant promotional hierarchy and date of effect from 01-01-2006. Grant
Option-I parity recommended by 7th CPC to all Central Govt.
Pensioners. Settle all anomalies arising out of 7th CPC
implementation.
3.
Stop corporatization / privatisation of Railways, Defence and
Postal Departments. Withdraw closure orders of Govt. of India
Printing Presses. Stop proposed move to close down Salt
Department. Stop closure of Govt. establishments and outsourcing.
4. Fill
up all six lakhs vacant posts in the Central Government Departments in a time
bound manner. Reintroduce Regional Recruitment for Group B & C posts.
5. (a) Regularisation
of Gramin Dak Sevaks and grant of Civil servant status. Implement
remaining positive recommendations of Kamalesh Chandra Committee report.
(b) Regularise
all casual and contract workers including those joined on or after 01-09-1993.
6. Ensure
equal pay for equal work for all. Remove disparity in pay scales
between Central Secretariat staff and similarly placed staff working in field
units of various departments.
7. Implement
7th CPC Wage Revision and Pension revision of remaining Autonomous
bodies. Ensure payment of arrears without further
delay. Grant Bonus to Autonomous body employees pending from 2016-17
onwards.
8. Remove
5% condition imposed on compassionate appointments. Grant
appointment in all eligible cases.
9.
Grant five time bound promotions to all Group B & C employees.
Complete Cadre Review in all departments within a time-frame.
10. (a) Withdraw
the anti-worker wage/labour codes and other anti-worker Labour
reforms. Stop attack on trade union rights. Ensure prompt
functioning of various negotiating forums under the JCM Scheme at all levels.
(b) Withdraw
the draconian FR 56 (j) and Rule 48 of CCS (Pension Rules 1972.
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