Port Blair, May 29: The Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers, New Delhi has furnished its reply to the questionnaire circulated by the 7th Central Pay Commission on various general issues of pay revision and service matters of central government employees. On the question of attracting best talents to the government sector, the Confederation informed the Commission that the element of statutory Pension is a very important and significant factor in attracting persons for Government service, which has been replaced with NPS. The Confederation demanded that the statutory pension as a service condition may be restored after scrapping the New Pension Scheme and PFRDA.
The Confederation submitted before the Commission that the Pay Band and Grade Pay system evolved by the 6th CPC brought about a chaotic Pay structure. It did not serve the requisite purpose and demanded to change it. On the question of grant of increment only on 1st July of every year, the Confederation submitted that the single date increment system has brought in anomalies, which were discussed at length at the National Anomaly Committee, without reaching an agreement. In the opinion of the Confederation, the Commission must recommend, for administrative expediency, two specific dates as increment dates viz. 1st January and 1st July. Those recruited/ appointed/promoted during the period between 1st Jan and 30th June, will have their increment date on 1st January and those recruited/appointed/promoted between Ist July and 31st December will have it on Ist July next. This apart the Commission is required to specifically recommend that those who retire on 30th June or 31st December are granted one increment on the last day of their service.
On the question of rate of increment, the Confederation told the Commission that the reasonable quantum of increment should not be less than 5% of the basic pay or the rate of increment agreed upon through bilateral discussion in the Banking industry, whichever is higher.
On the question of MACP, the Confederation submitted before the Commission that there should be 5 financial upgradation in MACP based on the departmental promotional hierarchy. The MACP scheme is required to be continued to motivate personnel at all levels and at all departments especially in those organizations, where normal promotional avenues are few and far between. No financial benefit accrues to a person who is promoted through the arduous route of examination or acquisition of professional qualification, when such promotion follows the financial upgradation under MACP Scheme. This has to be rectified by evolving a distinctly different financial benefit scheme on grant of actual regular promotion.
About the allowances, the Confederation said that the existing allowances need to be retained and enhanced. On the question of outsourcing of government functions, the Confederation replied to the Commission that outsourcing of governmental functions per se is undesirable and must be stopped. The experience has been sheer duplication of work by existing regular employees and deterioration of efficiency in public service. It encouraged rampant corruption and endangered the quality of service, safety and security of the organization.
On the question of payment of bonus, the Confederation informed the 7th Central Pay Commission that the productivity linked bonus should be implemented in all the departments under the central government. The Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers, New Delhi will submit the detailed Memorandum to the 7th Central Pay Commission on various issues related to central government employees.
