Restoration of interest-free advances withdrawn by the Government based on 7th CPC recommendations

 Restoration of interest-free advances

Minutes of Standing Committee Meeting Held on 3.5.2017 between NC JCM Staff Side and the Official Side under the Chairmanship of Secretary

S. No. 17 – Restoration of interest-free advances withdrawn by the Government based on 7th CPC recommendations

JS (Personnel) informed that the issue had been considered by the Cabinet but not agreed to. It was decided that the item may be treated as closed.

S. No. 18 – Grant of entry pay recommended by 6th CPC to the promotces under the provisions of CCS(RP) Rules- 2008.

Department of Expenditure had through their letter dated 24.01.2017 informed that the recommendation of the NAC for grant of entry pay to all the promotees under 6th CPC had been considered by that Department.

However, it was not agreed to considering the fact that it was in modification of the recommendations of the 6th CPC. This decision was taken with approval of Finance Minister.

However, in the light of the order of the CAT, Principal Bench, Chennai, they have requested Ministry of Defence and Department of Revenue to intimate the action taken by them since the applicants of the OAs are working in those departments. A reply is yet to be received.

Staff-Side stated that this problem is acute in organisations where there is no direct recruit or recruitment has not taken place for some time. As such there is no junior direct recruit employee.

Considering the submission made by the Staff-Side that no person’s salary could be fixed at less than the minimum of the pay scale or pay band, as the case may be, the Official Side had agreed to raise the pay of promotee officials on par with directly recruited personnel, irrespective of the fact whether direct recruitment has really taken place or not.

The said agreement ought to have been translated into order. It is not correct for the Finance Minister to dishonour the agreement and no tangible reason has also been advanced by the Official Side for such a decision.

Noting this to be an anomalous situation which causes suffering to the employees, it was decided that the Department of Expenditure would re-examine.

{Action: D/o Expenditure}

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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

S.No. 9 – Regularise the Existing Daily Rated/Casual and Contract 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

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

S.No. 13 – Non-implementation of the decision taken in the 46th National Council (JCM) Meeting

S.No. 14 – Reduction of one day Productive Linked Bonus PLB to the employees of OFB & DGQA

S.No. 15 – Grant of one time relaxation to the Central Government employees ho have availed LTC-80

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 7th CPC recommendations

S.No. 19 – Grant of 3rd MACP in GP 4600 to the Master Craftsmen (MCM) of Defence Ministry

S. No. 20 – Carrying forward of Earned Leave by Defence Industrial Employees on transfer

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

S.No. 26 – Removal of ambiguity in fixation of pay of re-employed ex-servicemen

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

S.No. 29 – Regularize 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