National Federation of Postal Employees

1^st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001

Phone: 011.23092771                                             e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com

       Mob: 9868819295/9810853981           website: http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com

No. PF-2/2016                                                                                 Dated: 27^th, July 2016

 CIRCULAR

To

           

All General Secretaries / NFPE Office Bearers,

All Circle Secretaries /Divisional and Branch Secretaries

Comrades,

2^nd SEPTEMBER-2016 – GENERAL STRIKE

           

            All Central Trade Unions and independent  Federations of  Employees of  different industries and services including Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers and National Federation of Postal Employees have  decided  to organize One day All India General  Strike on 2^nd  September-2016 against the anti-people , anti worker policies and authoritarian  attitude of the N.D.A.  Government on the 12 Points Charter of Demands.

            Being the affiliate of Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, We endorse the decisions taken by National Secretariat of Confederation held on 24^th July, 2016 at New Delhi. The Confederation Circular No. Conf/Sectt/2016 dated 26^th July, 2016 is enclosed herewith for taking necessary action accordingly. The demands of Confederation and NFPE are also added as Part –B of Charter of Demands.

            The Campaign Tour programme of All India Leaders of NFPE is enclosed.

            All are requested to arrange campaign meetings as per programme of Confederation and NFPE. All Circle Secretaries  of NFPE  affiliated unions  are also requested to  launch Campaign Programme  in their respective Circle  to Mobilize  maximum participation in 2^nd  Sept,2016 Strike.

                       

                                                                        Yours Comradely,

                                                            (R.N. Parashar)

Secretary General

2016 September 2^nd General Strike 12 Point Charter of Demands of Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions submitted to government:

PART – A

      1.     Urgent measures for containing price rise through universalization of public   distribution system and banning speculative trade in commodity market.

      2.     Containing unemployment through concrete measures for employment generation.

      3.     Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws.

      4.     Universal social security cover for all workers.

      5.     Minimum wage of not less than 18000/- per month with provisions of indexation (for unskilled worker).

      6.     Assured enhanced pension not less than 3000 p.m for the entire working population (including unorganized sector workers).

      7.     Stoppage of disinvestment in Central/state public sector undertakings.

      8.     Stoppage of contractorisation in permanent/perennial work and payment of same wage and benefits for contract workers as that of regular workers for the same and similar work.

      9.     Removal of all ceilings on payment and eligibility of bonus, provident fund and increase in quantum of gratuity.

      10.Compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days from the date of submitting application and immediate ratification of ILO conventions C-87 & C-98.

      11.No FDI in Railways, Defence and other strategic sectors.

      12.No unilateral amendment to labour laws.

PART – B  :  (CGE & POSTAL DEMANDS)

      1.   Avoid delay in implementing the assurances given by Group of Ministers to NJCA on 30^thJune 2016, especially increase in minimum pay a fitment formula. Implement the assurance in a time bound manner.

      2.     Settle issues raised by the NJCA, regarding modifications of the 7^th CPC recommendations, submitted to Cabinet Secretary on 10^th December 2015.

      3.     Scrap PFRDA Act and New Pension System (NPS) and grant Pension/Family Pension to all Central Government employees under CCS (Pension) Rules 1972.

      4.     No privatization, outsourcing, contractorisation of Government functions.

      5.     (i) Treat Gramin Dak Sevaks as Civil Servants and extend all benefits on pay, pension and allownaces of departmental employees.

(ii) Regularise casual, contract, contingent and daily rated workers and grant equal pay and other benefits.

      6.     Fill up all vacant posts by special recruitment. Lift ban on creation of new posts.

      7.     Remove ceiling on compassionate appointments.

      8.     Extend benefit of Bonus Act amendment 2015 on enhancement of payment ceiling to the Adhoc bonus/PLB of Central Govt. employees with effect from the financial years 2014-15. Ensure payment of revised bonus before Pooja holidays.

      9.     Revive JCM functioning at all levels.

10.   Implement Cadre restructuring in left out categories of Postal Department. i.e RMS,MMS,PA CO, SBCO & Postal Accounts etc..

11.  Settle the problems related CBS, CIS & stop harassment and Trade Union victimization.

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

CAMPAIGN TOUR PROGRAMME OF ALL INDIA LEADERS

 FOR 2^ND SEPTEMBER-2016 GENERAL STRIKE

SN.	Circle	Place	Leaders attending	Date
1.	ANDHRA PRADESH	Hyderabad	Com. T.Satyanarayana G/S  AIPAEA Com. P. Suresh , G/S R-4 P.Pandurangarao, GS, GDS(NFPE) Com.Ch. Koteshwra Rao R-3	23.08.16
2.	ASSAM	Guwahati	Com. Pranab Bhattarcarya G/S Admn Com. G. Talukdar R-III	26.08.16
3.	BIHAR	Patna	Com. Giriraj Singh President NFPE  & GS-R-3 Com. U.K. Tiwari –Org. Secy. P-III	29.08.16
4.	CHATTISGARH	Raipur	Com. R N Parashar S/G NFPE & G/S P-III	10.08.16
5.	DELHI	Delhi	All General Secretaries
6.	GUJARAT	Ahmedabad	Com. Giriraj Singh President NFPE  & GS-R-3	11.08.16
7.	HARYANA	Ambala	Com. Giriraj Singh President NFPE  & GS-R-3	26.08.16
8.	HIMACHAL PRADESH	Shimla	Com. R. Seethalaksmi Dy. S/G NFPE & G/S P-4	29.08.16
9.	JAMMU &KASHMIR	Jammu	Com. Balwinder Singh Fin. Secy P-III Com. Rak Kumar Fin. Secy.  NFPE	22.08.18
10.	JHARKHAND	Ranchi	Com. R.N. Parashar, S/G NFPE & G/S P-3	25.08.16
11.	KARNATAKA	Bangalore	Com. A. Sri Niwas R-III Com. N. Chandra Sekher  P-III Com. R. Seetha Lakshmi Dy. S/G NFPE & G/S P-4	23.0816
12.	KERALA	Trivandrum	Com. P.V. Rajendran R-III	28.08.16
13.	MADHAY PRADESH	Bhopal	Com. R.N. Parashar, S/G NFPE & G/S P-3	11.08.16
14.	MAHARASHTRA	Mumbai	Com. T.Satyanarayana G/S  AIPAEA	11.08.16
15.	NORTH EAST	Shillong	Com. Tapas Kumar Nath P-III	22.08.16
16.	ODISHA	Bhubaneshwar	Com. Giriraj Singh President NFPE  & GS-R-3	22.08.16
17.	PUNJAB	Chandigarh	Com. R. Seetha Lakshmi Dy. S/G NFPE & G/S P-4	27.08.16
18.	RAJASTHAN	Jaipur	Com. P Suresh  G/S R-IV Com. Manohar  Lal  P-IV	23.08.16
19.	TAMILNADU	Chennai	Com. A. Manoharan W/Presaident(NFPE) Com. J. Ramamurthy P-III Com. K Shankaran  R-III	23.08.16
20.	UTTAR PRADESH	Lucknow	Com. R N Parashar S/G (NFPE) &G/S P-3 Com. Verendra Tiwari G/S SBCO Com.Vikram Shah  C/S P-4 (UP) Com. R.K. Gupta  W/President R-III	29.08.16
21.	UTTARAKHAND	Dehradun	Com. Verendra Tiwari G/S SBCO Com.Vikram Shah  C/S P-4 (UP)	22.08.16
22.	WEST BENGAL	Kolkata	Com. R.N. Parashar, S/G(NFPE) & G/S P-3	26.08.16

1.    All General Secretaries of NFPE will consult with Circle leaders and if any change is required can make suitable change.

2.   Leaders whose names are given should compulsorily attend the meeting.

3.   Circle Secretaries of NFPE should take initiative to arrange the joint meeting.  They should consult each other and finalise the programme and arrange grand meetings..

4.   Maximum publicity should be given to campaign programme and maximum participation of employees should be ensured.

5.   Circle Unions / Divisional Unions should make maximum effort to make the strike a grand success.  Joint campaign programme by Circle / Divisional Union Leaders may be organized in all Circles / Divisions.

6.   Strike notice will be served to Secretary, Department of Posts on 12.08.16.  Copy may be served to all Circles / Divisional heads also by organizing demonstrations at all places.  Copy of the strike notice may be down loaded from websites of NFPE& affiliated unions of NFPE.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Dt.27.08.2016                                                                                      (R.N. Parashar)

                                                                              Secretary General

7th Pay Commission Notification At A Glance

7th Pay Commission Notification At A Glance

New Delhi: In a bonanza for 4.8 million central government employees, the government on Monday issued notification and resolution for implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, which had given an overall hike 14.29 percent in basic pay.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said,
 “the financial impact of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations is less than that of the 6th Pay Commission.”

Check out the followings to know the benefits and losses of Central government employees under 7th Pay Commission notification and resolution at a glance.

1. The government has notified a 2.57-time hike in basic pay

2. The minimum pay of central government employees with effect from January 1, 2016 will now be Rs 18,000 per month, from existing Rs 7,000 per month.

3. The highest level of Cabinet Secretary, the salary would hike up from Rs 90,000 a month to Rs 2.5 lakh.

4. The new pay structure has dropped the pay band and grade pay and okayed a new pay matrix.

5. A fitment factor of 2.57 will be applied across all levels in the pay matrices. After taking into account the DA at prevailing rate 125 per cent.

“With regard to fixation of pay of the employee in the new Pay Matrix as on 1st day of January, 2016, the existing pay (Pay in Pay Band plus Grade Pay) in the pre-revised structure as on 31st day of December, 2015 shall be multiplied by a factor of 2.57,” the notification said.

6. There shall be two dates for grant of annual increment, January 1 and July 1, every year instead of the existing July 1 only. However, the rate of annual increment has been retained at 3%.

7. Central government Employees will be entitled to only one annual increment on either of these two dates depending on the date of appointment, promotion or grant of financial up-gradation.

8. Central government Employees will get no new allowances (except Dearness Allowance) with their new pay structure as the cabinet referred the 7th Pay Commission recommendations relating to allowances to a committee headed by Finance Secretary.

The Committee will submit its report within a period of four months, till a final decision, all existing allowances to be paid as per the existing rates in existing pay structure.

9. Dearness Allowance after coming into force of the revised Pay structure shall undergo change accordingly and will be linked to the average index as on January 1, 2016.

10. The Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) scheme will continue to be administered at 10, 20 and 30 years of service as before.

11. The benchmark for performance appraisal for MACP has been enhanced from Good to Very Good.

12. The annual increments will be withheld in the case of those employees who are not able to meet the benchmark either for MACP or a regular promotion within the first 20 years of their service.

13. Chiefs of regulatory bodies including SEBI and TRAI will now get a consolidated pay package of Rs 4.5 lakh per month, while their full-time members will get Rs 4 lakh each.

The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in in the Rajya Sabha during Budget session, “the financial impact of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations is less than that of the 6th Pay Commission.”

Increments in Pay Matrix, Date of Next Increment – 7th CPC – Revised Pay Rules, 2016

Increments in Pay Matrix, Date of Next Increment – 7th CPC – Revised Pay Rules, 2016

Increments in Pay Matrix, Date of Next Increment – 7th CPC – Revised Pay Rules, 2016

MINISTRY OF FINANCE 

(Department of Expenditure) 

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 25th July, 2016

Increments in Pay Matrix & Date of next increment in revised pay structure

Increments in Pay Matrix.—The increment shall be as specified in the vertical Cells of the applicable Level in the Pay Matrix

Illustration:

An employee in the Basic Pay of 32300 in Level 4 will move vertically down the same Level in the cells and on grant of increment, his basic pay will be 33300.		Pay Band	5200-20200
		GradePay	1800	1900	2000	2400	2800
		Levels	1	2	3	4	5
		1	18000	19900	21700	25500	29200
		2	18500	20500	22400	26300	30100
		3	19100	21100	23100	27100	31000
		4	19700	21700	23800	27900	31900
		5	20300	22400	24500	28700	32900
		6	20900	23100	25200	29600	33900
		7	21500	23800	26000	30500	34900
		8	22100	24500	26800	31400	35900
		9	22800	25200	27600	32300	37000
						↓
		10	23500	26000	28400	33300	38100
		11	24200	26800	29300	34300	39200

10. Date of next increment in revised pay structure.-

(1) There shall be two dates for grant of increment namely, 1st January and 1st July of every year, instead of existing date of 1st July:

Provided that an employee shall be entitled to only one annual increment either on 1st January or 1st July depending on the date of his appointment, promotion or grant of financial upgradation.

(2) The increment in respect of an employee appointed or promoted or granted financial upgradation including upgradation under Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) during the period between the 2nd day of January and 1st day of July (both inclusive) shall be granted on 1st day of January and the increment in respect of an employee appointed or promoted or granted financial upgradation including upgradation under MACPS during the period between the 2nd day of July and 1st day of January (both inclusive) shall be granted on 1st day of July.

Illustration:

(a) In case of an employee appointed or promoted in the normal hierarchy or under MACPS during the period between the 2nd day of July, 2016 and the 1st day of January, 2017, the first increment shall accrue on the 1st day of July, 2017 and thereafter it shall accrue after one year on annual basis.

(b) In case of an employee appointed or promoted in the normal hierarchy or under MACPS during the period between 2nd day of January, 2016 and 1st day of July, 2016, who did not draw any increment on 1st day of July, 2016, the next increment shall accrue on 1st day of January, 2017 and thereafter it shall accrue after one year on annual basis:

Provided that in the case of employees whose pay in the revised pay structure has been fixed as on 1st day of January, the next increment in the Level in which the pay was so fixed as on 1st day of January, 2016 shall accrue on 1st day of July, 2016:

Provided further that the next increment after drawal of increment on 1st day of July, 2016 shall accrue on 1st day of July, 2017.

(3) Where two existing Grades in hierarchy are merged and the junior Government servant in the lower Grade happens to draw more pay in the corresponding Level in the revised pay structure than the pay of the senior Government servant, the pay of the senior government servant shall be stepped up to that of his junior from the same date and he shall draw next increment in accordance with this rule.