All 31 Discussion Points – Standing Committee Minutes published by DoPT on 17.10.2017

All 31 Discussion Points – Standing Committee Minutes published by DoPT on 17.10.2017

Minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee held between the staff-side, National Council (Joint Consultative Machinery) and offical-side under the Chairmanship of Secretary(P) at 3.00 P.M. on 03.05.2017

Action-Taken-Note on the minutes of the last meeting held on 25.10.2016 was taken up for discussion.

S. No. 1— Item no. 5(i) of the Standing Committee meeting of 25.10.2016

S. No. 2 – Include Grameen Dak Sewaks within the ambit of 7th CPC

S. No. 3 — Settle all anomalies of the Sixth Central Pay Commission.

S. No. 4 — No privatisation, PPP or FDI in Railways and Defence Establishments

S. No 5 — No corporatization on Postal Services.

S. No. 6 — No ban on recruitment/creation of posts.

S. No. 7 — Scrap PFRDA Act and reintroduce the defined benefit statutory pension scheme.

S. No. 8 – No outsourcing, contractorisation, privatisation of governmental function; withdraw the proposed move to close down the printing press, publication, form store and stationery departments and medical stores depots.

S. No. 9 – Regularise the existing daily rated/casual and contract workers, and absorb trained apprentices. No labour reforms should be carried out which are not in the interest of workers.

S. No. 10 – Revive JCM functioning at all levels as an effective negotiating forum for settlement of demands of the central government employees

S. No. 11 – Remove the arbitrary ceiling on compassionate appointments. Chairman recapitulated the discussion held on this issue on 25.10.2016

S. No. 12 — Ensuring five promotions in the service career.

S. No. 13 – Non-implementation of the decision taken in the 46t h National Council (JCM) Meeting held on 15 d1May 2010 with regard to Item No. 20.

S. No. 14 – Reduction of one day Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) to the employees of OFB & DGQA under Department of Defence Production against Cabinet decision and Government orders.

S. No. 15 – Grant of one time relaxation to the Central Government employees who have availed LTC-80 and travelled by air by purchasing ticket from authorities other than authorised agents.

S. No. 16 — Grant of House Rent Allowance to the employees who have vacated government quarters.

S. No. 17 — Restoration of interest-free advances withdrawn by the Government based on Th CPC recommendations.

S. No. 18 — Grant of entry pay recommended by 6t h CPC to the promotees under the provisions of CCS(RP) Rules- 2008.

S. No. 19 – Grant of 3rd MACP in GP Rs.4600 to the Master Craftsmen (MCM) of Defence Ministry who were holding the post of MCM in the prerevised pay scale of Rs.4500-7000 as on 31/12/2005.

S. No. 20 – Carrying forward of Earned Leave by Defence Industrial Employees on transfer / appointment from non Industrial to Industrial Establishment.

S. No. 21 – Reimbursement of actual medical expenditure incurred by the employees in recognized hospitals.

S. No. 22 – Dental Treatment in private hospitals recognized under CGHS / CS(MA) Rules, 1944 for CS(MA) beneficiaries.

S. No. 23 – Review of the income criteria for the dependent parents of government employees in the wake of the recent legislation of “Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007”.

S. No. 24 – Amendment to the definition of anomaly as notified by Government in the orders of constitution of anomaly committees at various levels

S. No. 25 – Withdraw the stringent conditions unilaterally imposed by Government on grant of Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) in promotion and grant of MACP on promotional hierarchy.

S. No. 26 – Removal of ambiguity in fixation of pay of re-employed exservicemen and grant of the same benefit extended to commissioned officers to personnel below officers rank also.

S. No. 27 – Permission to opt for pay fixation in the revised pay structure on a date after the date of issue of CCS(RP) rules 2016 notification (25.7.2016) in case of employees whose promotion becomes due after 25.7.2006.

S. No. 28 – Extension of the benefit of bonus calculation ceiling enhancement of Rs. 7000/- to Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) of the postal department also.

S. No. 29 – Regularise the services of casual labourers by absorbing them against vacant posts of MTS as one time measure.

S. No. 30 – Fill up all vacant posts including promotional posts in a time bound manner.

S. No. 31 – Abolish and upgrade all posts of Lower Division Clerks (LDCs) to Upper Division Clerks(UDCs)Staff-Side stated that as the LDC cadre is losing its relevance, the posts may be upgraded to UDC.