NJCA Letter with Resolution
dated 3.7.2018
Resolution and Letter to Cabinet
Secretary
National Joint Council of
Action
4, State Entry Road, New Delhi-
110055
No.NJCA/2018
Dated: July 3, 2018
Dear Comrades,
The NJCA met today and took note
of the inordinate delay in
honouring
the commitment made by the
Government on 30th June, 2016 in
respect of
Minimum Wage, Fitment Formula,
Scrapping the New Contributory
Pension
Scheme, Option No.1 to
Pensioners, Outsourcing,
Regularization of
Contract/Casual Workers, JCM
revival etc.
At the end of the deliberations
it was decided to adopt a
resolution and forward the same
to the Government.
Copies of the Resolution and
letter to the Cabinet Secretary
are enclosed herewith, which are
self-explanatory.
The
NJCA will again meet on
18.08.2018 to finalize the
future course of
action in the matter of
Indefinite Strike which was
deferred on
06.07.2016.
Comradely yours,
sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Convener
Letter to Cabinet Secretary
National Joint Council of
Action
4, State Entry Road New Delhi -
110055
NO.NJCA/2018
Daled: July 3, 2018
Cabinet Secretary,
Government of India,
Rashlrapali Bhawan Annexe,
New Delhi-110001
Dear Sir,
The NJCA of the organizations,
participating in the JCM, met
today and adopted the enclosed
resolution.
The
NJCA was extremely unhappy to
nole that the government did not
honour
its commitment made to the
leaders of the organizations
when they metlhe
Hon'ble Home Minister and
Finance Minister in the presence
of the then
Railway Ministers on 30.06.2016
on the basis of which the
Indefinite
Strike which was to commence on
11 .07.2016 was deferred.
The
reply 10 a question asked by
Shri Neeraj Shekhar in the Upper
House of
the Parliamcnl(Rajya Sabha)
given by Hon'ble Minister of
State for
Finance, Shri P. Radha Krishnan,
on 06.03.201 B Minister, which
is
reproduced below, has further
angered the Central Government
employees.
"Question of Shri Neeraj
Shekhar(1170)
(a)
Whether Government Is actively
contemplating to increase
minimum pay
from Rs.18,000/· to Rs.21,000/·
and filment factor from 2.57 to
3, in
view of resentment among the
Central Government employees
over
historically lowest increase in
pay by 7th Central Pay
Commission (CPC);
(b) If so, the details thereof
and the date from which it would
be implemented; and
(c) If not, the reasons for the
callous attitude of Government
towards Government
Employees?"
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE
(SHRI P RADHAKRISHNAN )
"(a),(b)&(c
) - The minimum Pay of Rs
.18,000/- p.m. and filment
factor of 2.57 are
based on the specific
recommendations of the 7th
Central Pay Commission
in the light of the relevant
factors taken into account by
it.
Therefore, no change therein is
at present under
consideration".
The
NJCA has decided to meet again
on 18.08.2018 10
consider the response,
if any, from the government to
this letter and to the enclosed
resolution.
In case of the continuing
negative attitude of the
government, the NJCA will
be left with no other
alternative but to
revive the decision of
Indefinite Strike action, which
was deferred on
06.07.2016 on the basis of the
assurance given by the Group of
Ministers
on 30.06.2016.
Sincerely yours,
(Shiv. Gopal Mishra)
Convener
Resolution
National Joint Council of
Action
4, State Entry Road New Delhi -
110055
RESOLUTION
The
National JCA, which met today
(03.07.20 18) at New Delhi as
per the
notice issued by the Convenor,
after deliberations, came to the
painful
conclusion that the government
had been unfortunately indulging
in
chicanery for the past two years
by not honouring their
commitment made
to the NJCA leaders on
30.06.2016. The NJCA which was
formed to pursue
the demands and issues of the
Central Government Employees
especially
those emanating from the
recommendations made by the 7th
CPC in the
matter of Wage Revision, New
Pension Scheme etc. had deferred
the
Indefinite Strike action, which
was to commence from 11
.07.2016, on the
solemn announcement held
out by the Group of Ministers,
consisting of
the Hon'ble Home Minister,
Finance Minister and the then
Railway Ministers. The Govt
had categorically stated that
they should
set up a High Power Committee to
look into the matters
concerning the
upward revision of Minimum Wage
Fitment Formula etc. with a
direction to
submit its report within four
months. The NJCA had made
reasoned
submissions as to the fallacy of
the computation of Minimum Wage
made by
the 7th CPC.
The meeting further noted that
the report of the
committee, set-up by the
Government under the
Chairmanship of the
Secretary, Pension, to look into
the grievances of the employees
and
officers over the newly
introduced Contributory Pension
Scheme in place
of the existing Defined Benefit
Pension Scheme, has been kepi
pending by
the Government without taking
any action whatsoever, thereby
denying
the benefit of Defined Benefit
Of Pension to the employees
recruited on
or after 1.1 .2004.
The meeting also noted that,
rejection of
Option No.1, recommended by the
7th CPC, to the Pensioners on
the
specious ground that the said
recommendation was not feasible
to be
implemented, was nothing but
denial of legitimate parity
between the
past and present Pensioners.
The meeting noted with deep
concern
and anguish that the government
has virtually closed down the
doors of
negotiation by not convening the
meeting of the National council
JCM for
the past 8 years.
The meeting in the above
circumstances and
given the totally nugatory
attitude of the government has
decided to
revive the Indefinite Strike
action, which was deferred on
30.06.2016,
immediately and call upon the
Central Government employees to
prepare
themselves for an otherwise
inevitable show down. The
meeting noted that
the government had been
dillydallying the issue for the
past two years.
The meeting desired that the
government must immediately
address the
following issues and bring about
negotiated settlement thereof
without
any further delay.
a) Upward Revision of Minimum
Wage and Fitm ent Formula
b) Scrapping the New
Contributory Pension Scheme.
c) Allow Option No.1 as one of
the Pension Fitment
Formula.
The
meeting has directed the
Convenor to bring to the notice
of the Cabinet
Secretary and through him the
government lhe resentment and
discontent
of the employees and await their
response up to 07.08.2018 and
put into
operation the deciSion to revive
the decision of Indefinite
Strike
action immediately, thereafter,
in case no negotiated settlement
is
brought about on the various
demands included In the Charter
of Demands .
(Shiva Gopal Miishra)
Source: Confederation
Convener
Dated: 3rd July, 2018
Source: Confederation
