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THE "GIFT" MAY COME FROM THE PRIME MINISTER

19/06

Some media, close to the Finance Ministry, reports that The Empowered Committee of Secretaries, headed by Cabinet Secretary, met on last Tuesday and prepared its report. The Committees Report is with Finance Ministry and Finance Ministry is preparing the Cabinet Note on it. It is further reported that Cabinet may take a decision in first week of July.

There may be some improvement in the recommendations of Seventh CPC. Those improvements will be announced as a GIFT FROM THE PRIME MINISTER.

It is all speculations. Officers are not willing to say anything. Till something is announced officially treat such reports as rumours. They may turn out as false or true.

STAFF SIDE WILLING FOR NEGOTIATION AND AVOID STRIKE

19/06

Excerpts from the Letter dated 14-6-2016 from Secretary, Staff Side of JCM to the Prime Minister:

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" .........When the 7th CPC was set up in February, 2014, no announcement for Interim Relief or DA Merger was made by the then government, which had all along been the practice whenever the government had set-up the Pay Commissions earlier. We fully co-operated with the Commission, submitted a memorandum detailing the issues and explained the reasoning behind each demand. The 7th CPC submitted report on 19.11.2015 to the government. In our communication dated 10.12.2015 (copy enclosed), we sought improvement/amendment over the recommendations of the 7th CPC and explained our demands both in writing and orally before the Empowering Committee. Most of the meetings were monologues except perhaps the last one. What we have understood, is that, the Empowering Committee might not come forward to make any major changes. A fruitful meeting is supposed to be a dialogue where both parties at the negotiating table exchange their understanding, views and difficulties and reach a mutually acceptable position. In 1998, when the then Cabinet Secretary decided not to have such a dialogue with the Staff Side and unalterably issued the Government Notification on the 5th CPC recommendations, the then government did set up a committee of Group of Ministers. The GoM held discussions on all issues and averted the strike action. The 1998 situation establishes, without an iota of doubt, that, the Staff Side has always taken reasonable stand on all the issues and paved way for settlement.

The one and only recommendation made by the 7th CPC was to provide some relief to the past old pensioners. The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has unfortunately recommended to the Cabinet Secretary that, even that recommendation must be rejected on the specious plea that the requisite relevant records might not be available.

These developments have caused anguish, anxiety and anger amongst the workers. It is now more than six months that the Commission submitted its report. If the government comes forward to hold a meaningful discussion with the leaders of the NJCA, a mutually acceptable settlement can be brought about and the impending strike, slated to commence from 11.07.2016, can ultimately be avoided.

We seek your co-operation, supports and intervention in the matter