Much Anticipated National Council JCM Staff
Side Meeting Tomorrow
The
National Council JCM Staff Side meeting is going to take place tomorrow in New
Delhi. The meeting, to be attended by the representatives of all federations,
will be chaired by the Staff Side Secretary, Shiva Gopal Mishra.
Important
agendas of the meeting include demanding a change in the attitude of the
Central Government towards the Central Government employees, merger of DA,
granting interim relief and to hold discussions over the date of effect of the
recommendations of the 7th CPC.
In the
past, interim relief was granted before the recommendations of the new Pay
Commissions were implemented. In the Fifth Pay Commission, it was recommended
that whenever the DA crosses 50%, it should be added to the basic pay. The
recommendation was accepted and in the year 2004, a 50% DA hike was added to
the basic pay of all Central Government employees. Therefore, interim relief
was not granted during the 6th Pay Commission.
There
were also a number of confusions in the tenure of the Pay Commission, which had
to be constituted once every ten years. One Pay Commission was almost lost, as
a result. To make up for these errors, a demand has been presented to implement
the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission from January 1, 2014 onwards.
Members of the National
Council JCM Staff Side, including Mr, C. Srikumar, Mr. S.N. pathak, Mr. J.R.
Bhonsale, Mr Raj Gopal and the association president, Mr. M Raghaviah, attended
the meeting that was held on September 14, 2014 at AIRF office, under the
leadership of Staff Side Secretary, Shiva Gopal Mishra, and presented their
views. It was decided at the meeting that further debates will be conducted on
important issues and decisions will be made on 12.10.2014.
Tomorrow’s meeting
attains prominence due to the fact that representatives of all the employee
associations are going to participate and debate over some of the most eagerly
awaited issues.
