INDWF says Increase in pay proposed by 7th CPC is meagre
ASSESSMENT OF INDWF OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF 7TH CPC
Minimum Pay : Though the Commission claims to have adopted
Dr. Aykroyd formula in calculating minimum wages, the rates of
commodities based on which the recommendations of the commission is
made is significantly deviating from the rates mentioned in the National
Council of JCM proposal. The JCM proposal in this regard should be
reiterated. A comparison between existing and proposed VII CPC minimum
pay is given below. The retrograde nature of the commission’s
recommendations in this regard can by understood by this table.
From the above picture, it is clear that the VII CPC
recommendations are not giving fair wages and the total pay increase is
meager for next 10 years. Therefore, the minimum pay needs to be
increased accepting the proposal of National Council JCM.
NEW PAY STRUCTURE : The present system of pay bands and
grade pay has been dispensed With and a matrix has been recommended. The
New system is an extension of system Of Pay Scales, albeit, with a
progressive Increment of 3% instead of fixed Increments. Unlike VI CPC,
Minimum pay fixed on promotion is at par with the initial pay fixed
direct recruits in the same grade. However, the fixation benefits
on promotion, particularly from Level 2 to 3, 3 to 4 & Level 4 to 5
is significantly less compared to VI CPC Structure. National Council JCM
demand of fixation benefit of two increments Should be reiterated or at
least 5% should be ensured. A comparison of the promotion benefit for
the after 10 years of service in their respective grades is given below.
Fitment : The fitment of the pay in the new
pay structure is recommended at 2.57 times of the Basic Pay drawn,
which has been arrived based on the Minimum Pay of VI CPC and the
proposed Minimum Pay by VII CPC. The NC JCM proposal of Minimum Pay and
Fitment ratio should be reiterated.
Annual Increment : The rate of annual
increment is being retained at 3 percent. The Demand of 5% sholuld be
reiterated. Further, it is seen in the Pay Matrix recommended by the
commission the increment is below 3% in certain stages. It appears that
the commission has rounded the value to the nearest 100. It is demanded
that at least 5% increment can be ensured.
Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP)
: The continual of upgradations in 10, 20 and 30 years is disappointing
and improvement as demanded by NC JCM shluld be reiterated. The demand
of granting MACP upgradations in the promotion hierarchy has been
recommended. Implementation of the same is to be ensured. The retrograde
recommendations of enhancing the benchmark for MACP has been ‘Good’ to
‘Very Good’ and withholding of annual increments in the case of those
employees who are not able to meet the benchmark either for MACP or a
regular promotion within the first 20 years of their service is to be
withdrawn totally.
Cadre Review : The commission has
recommended a new system, supposedly to hasten the process of cadre
reviews and reduce the time taken in inter-ministerial consultations. It
may be demanded that as soon as the concerned department finalises a
proposal in consultation with representative members from the DoP&T
and the Dept. of Expenditure, a provisional recruitment rule may be
published with the assent of the President of India (excluding any
increase or decrease in the total number of posts in the cadre) such
that the provisional Rule satisfies statutory requirements. Therefore,
the concerned departments or the cadre review committee may assess the
proposal in detail and initiate proceedings for a permanent recruitment
rule.
