Minimum HRA Calculation will benefit only few
thousand employees - Confederation
"Decision
of the Govt. to retain minimum HRA of 5400, 3600 and 1800 as
30, 20
& 10% of minimum pay of 18,000. It will not benefit 7.5
lakhs
employees in lower level 1, 2 and 3. It will benefit only few
thousand
employees."
FALSE PROPAGANDA & UNFOUNDED CRITICISM BY
SUPPORTERS OF NDA GOVERNMENT’S DECISION ON
ALLOWANCES
FALSE PROPAGANDA & UNFOUNDED CRITICISM BY
SUPPORTERS OF NDA GOVERNMENT’S DECISION ON
ALLOWANCES
Immediately
on announcement of Govt’s decision on Allowances a well-
orchestrated
propaganda was unleashed by the NDA Govt through media and
its political
machinery and also through some organizations and employees
who
supported the Government’s decision. The crux of the
propaganda is as
follows :-
1) It has been decided by the Government that HRA shall
not be less than 5400, 3600 & 1800 for X, Y, and Z
category of
cities respectively. This floor rate has been calculated @
30%, 20% and
10% of the minimum pay of 18,000-. This will benefit more
than 7.5 lakhs
employees belonging to pay level 1,2, and 3.
2) It is because of
the JCM Staffside Federations who opposed and rejected the
HRA rate
recommended by Pay Commission, the employees have lost one
and half
years arrears of allowances. Government was ready to
implement HRA and
allowances from 01-01-2016 along with Revised Pay.
3) Even in the
past Revised HRA and other Allowances were not given from the
same date.
HRA and other Allowances are implemented from a later date
without
retrospective effect.
The propaganda and criticism, though not
succeeded, should not go uncountered. This is part of a
deliberate
attempt by the Govt. and its political machinery to misguide
the general
public and employees.
The following facts will reveal the
hollowness of the propaganda of the Govt, and the criticism
of those who
supports the Govt’s decision.
(1)
More than 7.5 lakhs
lower level employees ( in pay level 1, 2 and 3) will be
benefited due
to the decision of the Govt. to retain minimum HRA of 5400,
3600 and
1800 as 30, 20 & 10% of minimum pay of 18,000
-.
It will not benefit 7.5 lakhs employees in lower level 1, 2
and 3. It will benefit only few thousand employees.
In
Pay level - I the starting pay is 18,000-. After getting
eight (8)
increments (eight years service) pay will become 22,800-. An
employee
drawing 22,800- will get HRA above 5400, 3600, 1800 even if
the HRA is
24% (5472) 16% (3648) and 8% (1824).
In Pay level - 2 the starting
pay is 19,900- After getting five increments (5 years
service) pay will
become 23,100-. The official will draw 5544 (24%) 3696 (16%)
and 1848
(8%) even if the minimum 5400, 3600, 1800 is not retained.
In Pay
level - 3 the starting pay is 21,700-. After getting 2
increments the
pay will become 23,100- . 24% (5544), 16% (3696) and 8%
(1848) will be
above 5400, 3600 and 1800-.
From the above it can be seen that
only those officials below 8 years service in Pay level - 1,
below 5
years service in Pay level - 2 and 2 years services in Pay
level - 3
will be benefited by the decision of the Govt to retain 5400
-, 3600- and
1800- at level 1, 2 and 3 as minimum HRA at X, Y and Z class
cities
respectively. How many central Govt employees below 8 years
service in
level -1 and below 5 years service in level -2 and below 2
years service
in level - 3 will be working in the Central Govt departments
as on
date. Only few thousands. All others in level -1,2 and 3 will
draw more
than 5400-, 3600- and 1800-even if HRA is 24%, 16% and 8%.
This being
the reality, Govt through its press release given to media
made false
propaganda that 7.5 lakh employees will be benefited by the
Govt’s
decision !!! And those who welcomed the Govt’s decision are
repeating
the same lies.
(2)
It is because of the Federation leaders
representing JCM National Council Staffside who opposed the
HRA rate
recommended by 7th CPC, employees lost one and half year
arrears.
What is real fact?
Every
time when Pay Commissions submit its report to Govt,
Implementation
Committee or Empowered Committee is constituted by the Govt
to examine
the recommendations of the CPC and submit report to the Govt
for
acceptance by Cabinet. The implementation Committee or
Empowered
Committee will call for suggestions / modifications to the
CPC
recommendations from all organizations including National
Council JCM
Staffside. This time also Govt and the Implementation
Committee followed
the same procedure.
Accordingly, National Council JCM Staffside
submitted detailed memorandum to Govt and Implementation
Committee /
Empowered Committees, seeking 26 modifications in the
recommendations
including Minimum Pay, Fitment formula, Allowances including
HRA,
Transport Allowance, Advances, MACP conditions, CCL
conditions etc.,.
The JCM Staffside also presented their view points before the
Implementation Committee headed by Joint Secretary and
Empowered
Committee headed by Cabinet Secretary. Suppose the JCM
Staffside leaders
/ Federations decides not to submit any memorandum seeking
modifications in the retrograde recommendations of the 7th
CPC before
the Implementation Committee / Empowered Committees and keep
quite ( as
argued by those who criticize the leaders and support the 7th
CPC
recommendations), what will be the reaction of the employees
? Will they
not blame the leaders for silently supporting the Govt for
implementing
all the retrograde and negative recommendations of the 7th
CPC ?
Inspite
of JCM Staffside requesting for modifications the Cabinet on
Pay Scale
meeting held on 29-06-2016 decided to accept the
recommendations of the
7th CPC without any modifications, rejecting the
modifications requested
by the Staffside. Cabinet also decided to refer all the
allowances
including HRA to a Committee headed by Finance &
Expenditure
Secretary.
Cabinet on 29-06-2016 has not decided to grant 24%, 16%
and 8% HRA recommended by 7th CPC. Then where is the
question of
accepting or rejecting the decision of the Govt when there
was no such
decision by the Cabinet.
Not only JCM Staffside Federations almost
all the Unions / Federations / Associations have submitted
memorandum
to Govt seeking modifications in the retrograde
recommendations of 7th
CPC. What is wrong in it ? The fact is that Govt deliberately
constituted the Allowance Committee and referred HRA and
other
Allowances to the Committee to delay and deny the arrears
from
01-01-2016. Instead of protesting against the Govt’s decision
(that is
what Confederation has done), those who are desperately
trying to turn
the anger and resentment of the employees against Unions /
Federations
who demanded modifications, are bound to fail, as Central
Govt employees
are not that much fools to believe that propaganda
.
(3)
Even in the past, HRA and Allowances were not
given retrospective effect.
Govt
and those who welcomed and thanked Govt for its decision on
allowances
are continuously repeating the argument that in the past also
allowances
were not given retrospective effect from the date of
Revision of Pay.
But what is the actual fact?
In the past, revised allowances
including HRA were granted from the month / next month of
notification
of Revised Pay Rules. Even then JCM Staffside has not
welcomed or
thanked the Govt but strongly protested and demanded grant of
allowances
from the same date from which Revised Pay is implemented.
Even if the
old practice is taken as precedence, this time employees have
every
right to get revised allowances including HRA from 01-07-2016
as Revised
(Pay) Rues was notified on 25-07-2016. Those who welcomed
the Govt’s
decision are consciously and deliberately hiding this fact as
many
employees do not know what has happened in the past.
The NDA Govt
and its political machinery has made this type of propaganda
when the
Cabinet approved the recommendations of Pay scales
recommended by the
7th CPC on 29-06-2016 without any modifications. At that time
the
propaganda was "big bonanza" to Central Government employees.
This time
also the same method of propaganda is adopted and the
unfortunate part
of it, is that some of our friends representing
employees too
contributed to such a false and baseless propaganda.
Yours comradely,
sd/-
(M.KRISHNAN)
Secretary General
Confederation
Mob&whatsapp:09447068125
E-mail:mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
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