Proposed Pay Structure in the Final Memorandum of NC JCM to 7th CPC

Proposed Pay Structure in the Final Memorandum of NC JCM to 7th CPC

National Council JCM , Staff Side has finalised its Memorandum to be submitted to 7th Pay Commission and it has been posted in its website NCJCMstaffside.com for all central government employees. The Full Final Memorandum consists 98 pages and the download link is provided below this post

Chapter —VII
Proposed Pay Structure and Rate of Increment

In the preceding chapters we have dealt with the various principles of pay determination as was enunciated by the successive Pay Commissions. The 6 CPC introduced the new concept of Pay Band and Grade Pay. We are not able to comprehend any logical methodology having been adopted by the 6th CPC in constructing the Pay Band and Grade Pay. In the ultimate analysis, we found that there had been no uniform multiplication factor. It varied from 2.2 time to 3. The changes effected by the Government while implementing the recommendations of the 6th cpc further compounded the confusion and making t more irrational and arbitrary. The 6 cPC in their report stated that they have upgraded certain pay scales having appreciated the contention made by the employees organizations. They merged certain other pay scales in an effort to delayering the functions. But the new pay that emerged from such upgradation/merger was not equivalent to the higher pay scales in the said group. For instance, the erstwhile pay scales of Rs.5000-8000, 5500-9000 and 6500-10500 were merged. The multiplication factor for pay band construction was 1.86 times of the minimum. Therefore the pay band for the pre merged pay scales was determined to begin at Rs.9300/-. Having merged, the pay band must have begun at 12,090/-, i.e. 1.86 times of 6500/- in which the other pay scales were merged.

7.2 The manner in which the Grade pay was devised is also questionable. At the lower level the Grade Pay progresses @ Rs.100/- ,i.e. 1800, 1900, 2000, etc. The pay in the Band + Grade Pay at the entry level is 5200 + 1800 = 7000. An employee is entitled for 3% increment every year. He gets a financial benefit of Rs. 210 every year on account an increment whereas on promotion his grade pay gets increased by just Rs.100/. only. The Grade Pay was devised at 40% of the maximum of the pre revised time scale of pay. The maximum of any time scale of pay will depend upon the rate of increment and the span of the scale of pay. The ratio between the minimum and the maximum of all pay scales was not uniform, rather it could not be uniform. Therefore, prescribing Grade Pay as a percentage of such variable maximum, in our opinion, was erroneous. Normally fitment benefit represent the gap between pre revised minimum and the revised minimum. The 6th CPC recommendation of Grade Pay did not serve this purpose also. Having been expressed in absolute quantum amount it gave varied benefit in different pay bands as also at different stages in the same pay bands.

7.3 The Grade Pay system brought about various anomalies, which were raised at the NAC but found no resolution despite discussions on several occasions in the last 6 years. We are of the firm view that the 7” CPC should revert to the Pay Scale System which has been time tested. We have constructed the pay scales maintaining the relativities with the time scale of pay suggested by both 5’ and 6th cPC•

7.4 While constructing the pay scales we have taken the rate of increments at 5% instead of 3% presently available. We have done so on the ground that most of the PSUs including the banking industries provide the incremental rate at 5% and over a period of time it raises the salary level of the personnel. We therefore request that the 7th CPC may recommend the rate of annual increment at 5%. Incidentally we may also state that the uniform date of increment prescribed by the 6th CPC has encountered certain problems and anomalies. We, therefore, suggest that the 7th cpc may recommend, for administrative expediency, two specific dates as increment dates, Viz. 1st January and 1st  July. Those recruited/appointed/promoted during the period between l January and 30th June will have their increment date on 1stt January and those recruited/appointed/promoted between 1st July and 31st December will have it on 1st  July next year. This apart we request the Commission to specifically recommend that those who retire on 30th June or 31St December are granted one increment on the last day of their service.

7.5 We have also felt that a further reduction in the number of pay scales is needed. While constructing the pay scales we have removed those pay scales pertaining to Grade Pay of Rs.1900, 2400, 4600, 8700 and the scale of pay of Rs. 75500-80000. We are of the opinion that the instrument of Special Pay which was in operation earlier should be brought back to address the need of intermediary grades in certain organizations. The Associations and Federations representing the employees and officers of various departments and various categories will submit their memorandum indicating the pay scales to be assigned to the categories of the
employees and officers they represent taking into account the nature of functions assigned to those categories separately.

7.6 Presently, functional promotion is made to the next hierarchical position whereas MACP promotion ¡s Grade Pay based, irrespective of the fact whether a particular Grade Pay exist in the hierarchy or not in the concerned department. Our suggestion to reduce the number of pay scales go a great extent to obviate the difficulty encountered due to the dual system of promotion.

7.7 We have constructed open- ended pay scales. This is to ensure that no employee stagnates without increment. The pay of the Secretary and the Cabinet Secretary has been kept as a fixed amount as has been the recommendation of the 6th CPC. In consonance with our view on the need for further de-layering, we have suggested only 14 Pay scales indicating in the table the minimum of each of them. The said 14 pay scales are given below:

In Table 7.2, the corresponding pay scales of the 6” CPC recommended Grade Pay are given for reference.

Table No. 7.1.

Proposed pay scale minimum.

Sl. No.	Pay scale No.	Present PB	PB No.	Grade Pay	Proposed minimum of the pay scale.
1	S.1	5200-20200	PB.1	1800	26000
2	S-2	5200-20200	PB 1	2000	33000
3	S-3	5200-20200	PB 1	2800	46000
4	S-4	9300-34800	PB 2	4200	56000
5	S-5	9300-34800	PB 2	4800	74000
6	S-6	9300-34800	PB 2	5400	78000
7	S-7	15600-39100	PB 3	5400	88000
8	S-8	15600-39100	PB 3	6600	102000
9	S-9	15600-39100	PB 3	7600	120000
10	S-10	37400-67000	PB 4	8900	148000
11	S-11	37400-67000	PB 4	10000	162000
12	S-12	75500-80000	HAG	0	193000
13	S-13	80000( Fixed )	Apex scale.	0	213000
14	S-14	90000 (Fixed)	Cabinet Secy	0	240000

Table 7.2.

New Pay scale minimum

SL.No.	Grade pay of 6thCPC	Minimum of the  new pay scale
1	1800	26000
2	1900	31000
3	2000	33000
4	2400	41000
5	2800	46000
6	4200	56000
7	4600	66000
8	4800	74000
9	5400	78000
10	5400 in PB3	88000
11	6600	102000
12	7600	120000
13	8700	139000
14	8900	148000
15	10000	162000
16	12000	193000
17	75000-80000	202000
18	80000 fixed	213000
19	90000 fixed	240000

Download :FULL-FINAL-Memorandum of NC JCM

Next Additional Dearness Allowance Hike Almost Confirmed at 7%..!

The Labour Bureau released the AICPIN points for the month of May yesterday. The AICPIN points, which had remained stagnant at 242 has increased by 2 points to touch 244 now. This has led to an increase of the Dearness Allowance for the month of May from 105.02 to 106.17.

With only one month left for the calculation of the second installment of additional Dearness Allowance of the year, one can be almost sure that it would bring a hike of 7%.

The two previous rounds of Dearness Allowance revision brought hikes of 10% each. One could sense an air of disappointment and lack of enthusiasm among the employees this time.

Another reason for the disappointment is the fact that despite the Dearness Allowance increasing by more than 100%, it has still not been merged with the basic pay. There was a lot of expectation that the new Government at the Centre will implement this much-awaited and much-expected change.

But, nothing has been done about this yet. All the employee federations continue to stress upon this change. The federations are hell bent on getting either the DA merger or an interim relief this time. Will their dream come true?

Sri Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, the bonafied member of this union has been nominated as the Coach of team India for WORLD YOUTH CHESS championship at Durban ( South Africa ) by the government of india.Sri Panigrahi is the eminent chess coach has also performed as the coach of Indian chess team at Hastings (England) for the same event. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES, PURI DIVISIONAL BRANCH WISHES ALL SUCESS TO SRI PANIGRAHI IN THIS EVENT. And we are really proud to have such a dignified member in our association.


                                                              BEST OF LUCK

   Sri Gobinda Chandra Pratihari

                     Secretary NAPE, GR-'C' 
                       Puri Divisional Branch 

50 paise postcard costs Rs 7 to Postal Department

A postcard which is sold for 50 paise actually costs the government Rs 7, according to an RTI response from the postal department listing the costs incurred by it on such services which are proving to be loss-making propositions for it. 

In the year 2012-13, the per unit revenue earned from the sale of postcards was 50 paise whereas, to keep the service running, the per unit cost came to Rs 7.18, down from Rs 7.50 during 2010-11, the department said in its RTI response. 

Similarly, the printed postcard was bringing a revenue of Rs 6 although the cost incurred on it was Rs 7.19 per unit in the year 2012-13. The RTI query further found that the cost of a letter card was Rs 7.18 per unit whereas the revenue earned from it was Rs 2.50. 

The postal department also incurs a loss in dispatching registered newspapers with the per unit cost for a single dispatch being Rs 10.59 while Rs 20.79 is the cost for sending newspaper bundles. However, the revenue earned is a meagre 59 paise for single and Rs 1.63 for bundled dispatches, the reply said. 

The postal department also said that while insurance is offered at Rs 55.24, its cost was almost three times at Rs 141.82 during 2012-13. Each dispatch of a book packet costs the department Rs 9.51 but the revenue earned by it for every delivery is Rs 2.90. 

Each parcel brings revenue of Rs 40.69 while the cost incurred for sending the same is Rs 46.58. Printed books gave a revenue of Rs 2.90 to the department while the cost of dispatching such material was Rs 12.44, it added. 

The response provided to applicant SC Agrawal said, "It is submitted that no annual profit and loss account is prepared in this section. However, allocation of expenditure and revenue to around 30 services is being maintained every year as an annual costing exercise on the basis of data received from different sections of the directorate."

Source:-The Economic Times

Fresh circular issued by Directorate for processing Naaptol BP-COD article's till 31.08.2014

Mentioned below are few examples which resulted into non-delivery of articles:-

Ø  Non availability of Electronic data of COD articles in Delivery post offices.

Ø  Articles where COD amount mentioned physically on the article and appearing in Electronic data differs. (Difference in the amount appearing on the article and in system).

Ø  The office of Delivery is not configured as e-payment office; or the e-payment is not functioning properly due to connectivity issues.

The solution for all these above issues is provided in the Disaster Recovery Module issued by the Dierctorate.

Ø  For the cases where remittance is still not done by the post offices but the articles have been delivered and payment is collected, remittance to be done via Service Money Order as per the solution provided in the module.

Ø  Articles which are still in postal custody due to data fetching issues can also be processed promptly now.

SECRETARY POSTS ADDRESSED CIRCLE HEADS FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICES !

CORE BANKINGSOLUTION (MPKBY AGENTS)

 Core Banking Solution (CBS) is a network of post offices, which enables customers to operate their accounts and avail account related services from any post office. It replaces the existing sanchay post. The difference between sanchay and CBS is very simple. Sanchay Post is a LAN (Local Area Network) based application. CBS on the other hand is a centralized application with internet base. 

          MPKBY agents canvas customers and procure RD business. At present agents are preparing bulk lists either manually or through RD Customer package provided by DOP. 

              As Finacle CBS is implemented in DOP, MPKBY/PRSS agents need to prepare bulk list through Web Portal https://dopagent.indiapost.gov.in by using the user name and password. Every MPKBY/PRSS agent will be provided with user name and password.

             Once the agent logons to web portal, all the accounts linked to the particular agent will be displayed. Agents can select multiple accounts by clicking the check box. Search option is also available for selecting the account number with fetch option. Once the accounts are selected, system navigates to the next screen. After completion of the selection, the agent has to select SAVE. The saved accounts will be appeared on the screen. 

               In Cash Mode, if there is no rebate payment or partial default payment, the agent can click on “Pay all saved installments”. 

            If there are default installments, Default fee, if any, will be displayed against the particular account. Suppose if there are three months default, default fee for the 1st defaulted month alone will be displayed. 

            After selecting the accounts, we have to mention the no of total installments (to know default fee or rebate, click the option ‘get rebate & default fee’) and SAVE the same. After clicking on ‘pay all saved installments’, a reference number like C123 will be generated. 

               Agents can take required number of print outs from the “Reports” menu by entering the “Reference Number”. The file can be downloaded either as “PDF” or “XLS”also.

             While adjusting to any changed new scenario, generally we feel nervous. It is quiet natural. At the same time we have to understand that change is inevitable. Our ancestors already proved that Wonders and impossible things are possible because of only two things. They are interest and changing of mindset. 
All the Best : Visit : http://sapost.blogspot.in/ for latest updates, informations, etc

 

    Frequently Asked Questions

1.       What is the maximum and minimum number of accounts in the schedule?

Fifty is the maximum and   minimum is one account.

2.       What is the maximum amount of the schedule?

Maximum amount is Ten thousand. And there is no maximum limit for the cheque accounts ie deposits made, through cheques, issued by the customers.

3.       Can the agent give the schedules beyond ten thousand; say 10050- by foregoing the commission for the excess amount?

NO.  Exact ten thousand should be observed.

4.       Is there any restriction in the submission of number of schedules?

No. Any number of schedules may be given in the day. However each schedule should not be beyond ten thousand.

5.       Is it compulsory to get cheques for each deposit?

Yes. However, the agent can accept one cheque for all deposits of the same depositor.

6.       Can the agent mingle the cash and cheque accounts in one schedule?

NO.

7.       What about new accounts in the schedule?

New accounts, RD Loan, Repayment of RD Loan should be presented separately.

8.       Can the depositor pay the RD installment directly, even though he paid the previous installment through agent?

Yes.  Any account can be accepted in the finacle by delinking or linking from the agent by obtaining a letter from the depositor.

9.       Will the posting be done automatically, by just generating the list itself?

No. the posting will be completed only after upgrading the schedule at post office by using the agent ID and reference number.

10.    Can the agent modify or delete the generated list?

Yes.

11.   Is it compulsory to present the generated list to the post office   on the same day itself?

No. Generated schedules   may be submitted to the Post office on any day, but before           the default date.

12.   What is the care, to be taken about password?

The password will be blocked after entering the wrong pass word for ten times. It will be released only by the data migration command centre (DMCC) by raising a request. The password should also be changed with regular intervals of 180 days for security measures.

13.     How can the agent confirm himself about the upgrading of the schedule?

 He can confirm the upgrading by checking the ledger entries of the account in the net portal.

14.   Can the agent take print outs of the previous schedules?

Yes. The agent can take the printouts in the reports menu by entering the reference id of the schedule.

15.   How can the software calculate the rebate on the deposits of the same account, which appears in the two generated lists?

The rebate will be changed by updating the second list and total eligible rebate will be given in the second list itself.

16.   What is the default calculation of the RD accounts?

For this purpose the accounts were segregated two types ie the accounts opened between first and fifteenth   of the month and between 16th and last day of the month. The deposits made beyond the concerned period will be paid with penalty.

17.   Is there any TDS exemption for the schedules of Rs. 5000- & below?

Yes.

18.   At present schedules, for which agency period is expired, are also being allowed on the basis of collector letter which confirms the extension is under process. Is there the facility in finacle?

NO. Transactions could not be performed by Agents on expiry of Agent License.

19.   Is the PAN card compulsory for opening of SB accounts for agents? Can the agent be allowed with other proof in the place of PAN?

PAN Card is compulsory.  No other proof is allowed.

20.   Is there any change in the present default fee?

Yes. In the finacle software, the default fee for RD account is one rupee for Rs. 100-Dn.

21.   What is the meaning of the term OLD ACCOUNT NUMBER IS NOT ALLOWNED IN CHEQUES?

A new ten digit number, introduced in the place of old account number, should only be used on the cheques.

22.   Is the assals number compulsory in operating the schedule?

No.  The assals number is not compulsory.

23.    How can we see the ledger entries of the account

General details will be  appeared on the display screen. However full details of the account may be found by clicking on the account number.

24.   What is the difference between DSA ID and user id?

Both are same.

25.   What is the meaning of pending, success, failure in generating schedules?

They say the status of the generation of the schedule. However after successful generation of the schedule only, the reference number will be allotted.

26.   What about the commission?

The commission, eligible, will automatically be credited in the SB account of the agent. Hence the Commission should not be deducted from the total amount of the schedules.

27.   Finacle does not allow new accounts in the routine schedules for the first time. Does it mean that the agent will forego the commission for the first month?

No. The commission, for the new accounts also, will automatically be credited into the agent’s SB account.

 Thanks to

Shri. R.V.Raghavarao
System administrator
Ongole HO,  Prakasam Dn.
Vijayawada region, AP
Cell 9440232760