Merger of DA with Pay and sanction of Interim Relief for the Central Government Employees.
Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secretary
National Council (Staff Side)
Joint Consultative Machinery
for Central Government Employees
13-C, Ferozashah Road. New Delhi – 110001
No.NC/JCM/2014
Dated: June 12, 2014
The Cabinet Secretary
And
Chairman National CounciI(JCM),
Government of India, North Block, New Delhi
Resp. Sir,
Sub: Merger of DA with Pay and sanction of Interim Relief for the Central Government Employees.
I
take this opportunity to bring to your kind notice that, while
Government of India have appointed 7th Central Pay Commission for the
Central Government Employees to make recommendations in regard to
revision of wages and other allowances, merger of Dearness Allowance
with Pay and payment of Interim Relief have neither been considered by
the government itself nor included in the Terms of Reference(ToR)
of the VII CPC.
It
may be recalled that the two issues, viz. Merger of Dearness Allowance
with Pay and Interim Relief have been the subject matter with the
government at the time when the Staff Side was called upon to present
their views while finalizing the ToR of the VII CPC by the
Secretary(PersonneI, DoP&T), in his capacity as Chairman, Standing
Committee, National CounciI(JCM). Although, the Staff Side pleaded for
the specific reference of the above two issues to the VII CPC, the final
version of the ToR, as approved by the government, did not find place
for our views.
It would not be out of context to
mention here that the methodology adopted for compensating the erosion
in the real value of wage on account of price hike refiected in the rate
of Dearness Allowance paid to Government Employees. The merger of DA to
partially compensate the erosion in the real wages was done in
pursuance of the report of Gadgil Committee in the post 2“ Pay
Commission. This has, thereafter, been continued in the successive
Central Pay Commissions also, wherein up to 50% of DA has been merged
with the Pay when Dearness compensation exceeded 50%.
Dearness
compensation has already reached 100% as on 01.01.2014, and it is
further likely to exceed w.e.f. 01.07.2014, therefore, it would be
grossly justified that, at least 50% DA be merged with Pay to compensate
the erosion of the real value of the wages immediately.
The
7th CPC, appointed by the Government of India, has though started its
functioning, nevertheless its report is expected to be available not
earlier than 1 and 1/2 years time and because of uncontrolled
skyrocketing price hike of essential commodities in the market, the real
value of the wages is eroding the greatest extent, which is in no way
being compensated even by sanction of Dearness Allowance/Dearness
Relief.
It would, therefore, be imperative that,
at least 25% of the Basic Pay of Central Government Employees, but not
less than Rs.2000 should be sanctioned as “lnterim Relief” with
immediate effect to compensate the sharp erosion in the real value of
the wages.
We request your early intervention in the matter so as to provide necessary relief to the Central Government Employees.
sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
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