To
Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra
Secretary, Staff-Side
National Council, JCM
13-C, Ferozshah Road,
New Delhi-110001
Subject:— Items proposed by the Staff-Side, NC(JCM) for discussion in the National Anomaly Committee — Comments of DoPT regarding.
Sir,
| Sl. No | Description of Anomaly | Comments |
| i) | Anomaly in computation of Minimum Wage | As against the Minimum Wage decided to be Rs. 18000/- by the Govt. w.e.f. 01.01.2016, the Staff-Side has said that this should be not less than Rs. 26,000/- and the multiplication factor ought to have been 3.714 and not 2.57. They have further asked for the pay matrix to be changed. Objecting to the methodology adopted by the 7th CPC in computing the Minimum Wage, they have given a number of reasons like the retail prices of the commodities quoted by the Labour Bureau being irrational, adoption of the 12 monthly average of the retail price being contrary to the Dr. Aykroyed formula, the website of the Agriculture Ministry giving the retail prices of commodities forming the basis of computation of minimum wage provides a different picture, so on and so forth. However, when one compares this item with the three situations given |
| ii) | 3% Increment in all The Staff-Side argues that in spite of the foreword to stages |
The Staff-Side argues that in spite of the foreword to the Report making it clear in para 1.19 that the prevailing rate of increment is considered quite satisfactory and has been retained, an illustrative list appended by them shows instances where the pay, gone up after the addition of annual increment by 3%, falls short of what it would have been. They have quoted para-5.1.38 of the report also which states that the rate of annual increment would be 3%. While what the Staff-Side has stated has its own merits, the fact of For instance, if staying at Rs. 46,100/- one gets an increment @ 3%, |
| vi) | Anomaly due to index rationalization | to The Staff-Side has taken exception to the index rationalization followed by the 7th CPC while formulating its views as per which the fitment factor varies and moves upward as one goes up the hierarchical ladder with the level of responsibility and accountability also steadily climbing up commensurately. The Staff-Side argues that the multiplication factor should be one, i.e. 2.81. Although the Staff-Side has remonstrated that the vertical relativity |
| x) | Minimum Pension | The Staff-Side says the minimum pension fixed after 7th CPC should be corrected and revised orders issued. From the brief explanatory note recorded under this point, it appears that the CPC had sounded out D/o pension on what the latter thought what the minimum pension should be. This is an exclusively pension-related issue on which, as informed by |
| xi) | Date of effect of Allowances- HRA, Transport Allowance, CEA etc. |
The Staff-Side has demanded that the grant of the allowances (revised) mentioned alongside should be made effective from 01.01.2016 and not from 01.07.2017. This is a demand and cannot be treated as an anomaly. Moreover, the |
| xviii) | Anomaly in the grant of D.A. instalment w.e.f. 01.01.2016 |
Here the Staff-Side has questioned the methodology adopted by the Government in computing the DA instalment w.e.f. 01.01.2016. It has, however, to be pointed out that even if there is |
3 Items to be taken up at the Departmental Anomaly Committees.
| Sl. No | Description of Anomaly | Comments |
| xii) | Implement the recommendation on Parity in Pay Scale between Sr. Auditor/Sr. Accountant of IA&AD and organized Accounts with Assistant of Section Officer of CSS |
The Staff-Side says that although the 5th, 6th and now 7th CPC’s have recommended that the pay-scales of different cadres/categories/grades requiring the same recruitment qualifications should be the same, denial of the same benefit to the Statistical Assistants (SA’s) who are otherwise at par with Assistant Section Officers (erstwhile ‘Assistant’) is a violation of the principle. While ASO’s are placed in the Pay-Matrix 7, SA’s are in the Pay-Matrix of 6. This arrangement is stated to have disturbed the horizontal relativity between the pay-scales of the SA’s in the Organized Accounts and IA&AD Cadre and ASO’s in the CSS cadre. In conclusion, it has been requested that SA’s should also be placed in Pay-Matrix no. 7. Even if, the present case comes across as one of anomaly, it appears |
| xv) | Technical Supervisors of Railways | This particular item is exclusively Railways-specific. The Staff-Side, NC (JCM) is requested to take it up at the Departmental Anomaly Committee of M/o Railways. |
| xvi) | Anomaly in the assignment of replacement of Levels of pay in the Ministry of Defence, Railways, Mines etc in the case of Store Keepers |
Staff-Side says that although ‘Store keeper’ is one such category of posts which is common to various Departments like Defence, Mines, Railways etc and in spite of the nature of job, responsibilities being similar, the pay-scale of storekeepers across all the Departments is not the same. It is still less in the M/o Defence even after the entry-level qualifications which were different before the 7th CPC stage, have been revised. If what the Staff-Side remonstrates that even after the requisite |
4 Item to be taken up separately with the Department of Pension.
| Sl No | Description of Anomaly | Comments |
| vii) | Anomaly arising from the decision to reject option-1 in pension fixation |
As per the ToR of the NAC, anomalies are basically pay-centric. Under this point, the contention of the Staff-Side is pension-centric. Furthermore, the Staff- Side has themselves clarified that post-7th CPC, Government had set up a CoS headed by Secretary(Pension) to look into the first option recommended by the 7th CPC. Eventually, this was not found feasible to be implemented. With such a decision having been taken at the CoS level, it cannot be called an anomaly. In view of this, we may inform the Staff-Side to separately take it up with D/o Pension without treating it as an anomaly that can be taken up at the NAC. |
5 More details required to examine the following item.
| SI. No | Description of Anomaly | Comments |
| xiii) | Parity in Pay Scales between Assistants /Stenographers in field/ offices and Assistant Section Officer and Stenographers in CSS |
Although the heading of this item is self- explanatory, the relevant text given in the paper sent is not complete as the pay-scales of Assistants and subordinate Stenos posted in field offices have not been mentioned therein. Until their pay-scales are known they cannot be compared to check whether there is indeed any anomaly. The Staff-Side is requested to provide more information that is relevant so that it can be properly examined to find out whether an anomaly arises here or not. |
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