7th CPC Allowances: Restoring rates of HRA @ 10%, 20% and 30% and restoring 34 allowances – Wrong statement by NCJCM

7th CPC Allowances: Restoring rates of HRA @ 10%, 20% and 30% and restoring 34 allowances – Wrong statement by NCJCM

29.06.2017

When we seen the cabinet decision on allowances day before yesterday,
naturally the employees were on upset mood as the Government came out with
a minimal changes here and there.

But when seen your press release in the capacity of Secretary Staff Side
National Council JCM welcoming the decision taken by the Union Cabinet we
all were really shocked.

It is sorry to say that for substantiating your decision to welcome you
have been told lies in your Press release. You mentioned that welcomed the
decision of the Union Cabinet for


“restoring rates of HRA @ 10%, 20% and 30% to the Central
Government Employees covered from levels 1 to 3.”

With all due respect NFAEE would like to mention here that your statement
is not based on the facts and figure and just to misguide the 34 lakhs
Central Government Employees. In fact out of the 120 stages of Levels 1 to
3 a meager of 15 stages (8 in the level 1, 5 in level 2 and 2 in level 3)
only get more than 24%, 16% & 8% HRA that too not 30%, 20% & 10% as
you claimed in the press release. Only those employees in the pay of
Rs18000 as on 01.07.2017 shall get 30%, 20% and 8% as per the entitlement
based on the categorization of the cities. Even an incumbent in the level 1
got an increment of 3% shall not eligible for 30%, 20% and 10% of HRA. It
means the employees who joined in the level 1 after 1st January
2017 and having basic pay as Rs 1800 only will get 30%, 20% and 8# of HRA.
Thus the number beneficiaries will not be even thousands, where the
question of 7.5 lakhs employees gets the benefits? All others in the above
said 15 stages of levels 1 to 3 will get HRA little more than 24%, 16%
& 8% but less than 30%, 20% and 8%.

Further you

extended thanks to the Government for restoring 34 allowances.

Whereas the Government Press release claimed that


Government has decided not to abolish 12 of the 53 allowances which
were recommended to be abolished by the 7th CPC and 3 of
the 37 allowances recommended to be subsumed to continue as
separate.


When the Government them was not claiming that they have restored 12 of the
53 allowances abolished and 3 If the 37 allowances recommended to subsumed
has been restored. That means altogether 15 Allowances has been restored.
Then from where the restoration of 34 Allowances came?

Thus once again the NDA Government betrayed the entire Central Government
Employees by denying the HRA at the existing rate of 30%/20%/10% with
effect from 01.01.2016. They denied the existing rate as well as the
arrears from 1st June 2016 by the decision to implement the
revised rate from01.07.2017.

The Government has not considered the suggestions by the staff side on
various other Allowances and facilities and Government came up with
cosmetic changes in the recommendations of the Pay Commission.

Further the assurance given by the Cabinet Ministers regarding minimum Pay
and Fitment Formula is also not considered by the Government till date.

Even the only acceptable recommendation by the Pay Commission to regulate
the pension who retired prior to 1st June 2016 which was
accepted by the Government while issuing the notification in the year 2016
later it has been replaced the pension fixation formula by adopting new one
which is not beneficiary to the pensioners.

No decision on NPS has been taken to ensure minimum pension or other
demands submitted by the Staff side.

Under this circumstance National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees
NFAEE feels the hurry burry shown by you to issue a press release
without discussing either among the staff side members of the National
Council (JCM) or with the NJCA leadership in which you happened to be
the convener to welcome the Government strongly was not in the spirit
of broader unity and to help the Government who failed to fulfill the
wishes of the employees across the board.

NFAEE strongly condemn this attitude of Secretary Staff Side, National
Council (JCM) and demands to withdraw the press release and stand with
the united work force of the Central Government Employees.

(Jayaraj KV)

Secretary General

Cc: Secretary General

Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers

New Delhi