MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF CBEC

 A meeting of the JAC is expected with Sh. Najib Shah, the Chairman of CBEC, on 21.07.15. The date, however, will be confirmed immediately on confirmation from his office. Actually, they asked from me today about the number of the delegates to attend the meeting giving tentative date as 21.07.15 subject to confirmation.
Love.
RAVI MALIK.

To, All the Associations/Federations of JAC. Dear Comrades, You must have aware that the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers and all its affiliated organizations shall participate in the Nationwide one day strike on 2nd September 2015 as per the call of all Central Trade Unions and independent Federations. One of the  charter of demands on which the strike is being organised is –“      Effect wage revision of the Central Government Employees from 01.01.2014 accepting memorandum of the staff side JCM; ensure 5-year wage revision in future; grant interim relief and merger of 100% of DA”. This demand is applicable to all central government employees. Some of our Associations/ Federations ( which are affiliated to such Confederation) may join with the strike under the banner of Confederation. However others should provide moral support to such strike. Therefore it is proposed that those are not affiliated to confederation may join the strike during lunch hours on 02.09.15(lunch hours demonstration) with our charter of demands. The   Charter of demands is as follows. 1.      Effect wage revision of the Central Government Employees from 01.01.2014 , ensure 5-year wage revision in future; grant interim relief and merger of 100% of DA”. 2.      The CBEC should consult the member of associations/federations before submitting the views of the CBEC to the 7th CPC. A meeting of all the associations/federations must be convened by Board in this regard immediately. 3.     . Timely DPCs should be ensured and all the vacancies in all the cadres should be filled up immediately for smooth and seamless functioning of the department. 4.     . Unfilled vacancies at higher levels for the want of eligible candidates may be downgraded under GFR 254  and filled up with lower officials. 5.      The units turnover of more than Rs 10 laks should not be given to the states and the CBEC should consult with the staff associations/federations before making any organisational changes with reference to implementation of GST. Proper training should be imparted to all officers concerned for implementation of GST. 6.     . All recruitment rules should be finalised in consultations with the associations/federations concerned on immediate basis. 7.      Minimum Five functional promotions must be granted in the career of an employee entering the department. 8.     . MACP anomalies must be removed immediately without any further delay. 9.      Time bound disposal of vigilance cases should be ensured. 10.   Immediate provisions of essential infrastructure and office space to all officers as per the prescribed norms. 11.   Employee Grievance Redressal Mechanism is to be put in place at Central as well as zonal level for on the spot redressal of staff grievances. 12.   The 1% incremental incentive amount should percolate down to the welfare of all cadres in the department in proportion their strength. 13.   Implementation of the comprehensive health insurance scheme at the earliest.   If approved all our Associations/Federations  should serve the notice on or before 03.08.15 to Chairman , CBEC  intimating about  lunch hours demonstration to be held  throughout the country before the offices starting from divisions to Chief Commissioners  on 02.09.15 along with charter of demands .The JAC will also serve the notice to PM & FM. If necessary unit/circle wise JAC should be formed locally to organise the lunch hours demonstration collectively. Please furnish your opinion on the above proposal. Thanks & Regards. LOKANATH MISHRA

REQUESTS FOR MEETING.

JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE

(Representing Staff Associations/Federations under Central Board of Excise & Customs)

                                                                                                                                                  

Ref No.02/2015                                                                        Dated: 13.07.15

To,

Sh. Najib Shah,

Chairman, CBEC,

North Block, New Delhi.

Sub: Request for a meeting with the office bearers of the staff Associations/ Federations under Central Board of Excise and Customs-regarding.

Sir,

Kindly refer to the Ref.No. 01/2015 dated 28.06.15 of the JAC (copy enclosed).

2. The JAC, representing more than ninety thousand of employees under CBEC, request your goodself to kindly provide an opportunity to the office bearers of the constituent Associations/Federations to submit and discuss their long pending grievances in person for the due redressal of the same.

3. Since the resentment among the staff side is on regular increase, it is requested to kindly convene a meeting at the earliest possible date as per your convenience.

Thanking you,

                                                                                   

                                                                        Yours faithfully,

Encls: As above.

(RAVI MALIK),

Joint Convenor.

Mob. 9868816290.

Address for communication-

240, Razapur, Ghaziabad-201002 (U.P.)

                       

JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE

(Representing Staff Associations/Federations under Central Board of Excise & Customs)

                                                                                                                                                  

Ref No.03/2015                                                                        Dated: 13.07.15

To,

Sh. Shaktikanta Das,

Revenue Secretary,

North Block, New Delhi.

Sub: Request for a meeting with the office bearers of the staff Associations/ Federations under Central Board of Excise and Customs-regarding.

Sir,

Kindly refer to the Ref. No. 01/2015 dated 28.06.15 of the JAC (copy enclosed).

2. The JAC, representing more than ninety thousand of employees under CBEC, request your goodself to kindly provide an opportunity to the office bearers of the constituent Associations/Federations to submit and discuss their long pending grievances in person for the due redressal of the same.

3. Since the resentment among the staff side is on regular increase, it is requested to kindly convene a meeting at the earliest possible date as per your convenience.

Thanking you,

                                                                                   

                                                                        Yours faithfully,

Encls: As above.

(RAVI MALIK),

Joint Convenor.

Mob. 9868816290.

Address for communication-

240, Razapur, Ghaziabad-201002 (U.P.)

Major issues of the  employees of Central Excise and Customs department  which are projected by AIACEGEO & IRS(IDT)OA for a serving employee to the 7th CPC.

1) Inadequate pay compared to other counter parts and also  talent.

2) Lack of promotions and better increment rate.

3) Equal pay for equal work.

4) Non-filling up of vacant posts and increased work load.

5) Allowances to be paid as per market rate.

6) Non conducting of DPCs and CRs in time.

7) Parity in promotions to be maintained at par with other counter parts. 

1) Inadequate pay compared to talent:

The person joining in Central Excise and Customs department  is not just for the employment is for a whole career to serve for nation, if a person joins in Central Excise and Customs department he will quit/ retire from the job only after putting 30 years service or more. In case of the person joining a private company he will jump from one company to another at least five times in thirty years. The talented persons from all over the country are moving to IT, BT and private sectors, rather than Central Government sector. Because of the lower salary / pay structure in Central Government sector compared to IT and BT sectors and complex nature of rules and regulations in Central Government sector and also the skill and merit of the worker/ employee is not into account in Central Government sector. Today, the weakest link in respect of any government policy is at the delivery stage. This phenomenon is not endemic to India. Internationally also, there is an increasing emphasis on strengthening the delivery lines and decentralization with greater role being assigned at delivery points, which actually determines the benefit that the common citizen is going to derive out of any policy initiative of the government. More the talented persons are there in Government services, more the delivery of the government schemes will be there, thus the Government machinery will be more effective and common man will benefit a lot. Main consideration in the private and public sector being ‘profit’, and in Central Government it is “service” even through Central Excise , Customs and Service Tax  department is  revenue earning department and collecting major  revenue.The time scale gap between one posts to another should be uniform rate from starting to end, starting from Rs 28,000 to Rs 2, 80,000. Though the  executive officers of this department are performing the same duty and responsibilities at par with the executive officers of CBI, but the executive officers of this department are not getting same pay at par with their counter parts of CBI.

2) Lack of promotions

Today there are persons  of Central Excise and Customs department who have not even got two promotions in his entire career, The MACP scheme is not that much effective, lack of promotions in  this department  compared to other departments such as Income Tax, CSS, CBI , Railways etc and also  IT and BT sectors. One should get five promotions in promotional hierarchy during his service to motivate him to work more. As the  employee of this department  put more and more service, he will be more trained to perform his duties in a better befitting manner. Thus the Government is more beneficial as good quality of work can be expected of him. The family responsibility will increase with age. There should be adequate financial protection for him, the better rate of increment should motivate him to work more from the present 3% to 5%. On promotion one should get a minimum salary increase of Rs 3000/- per month as he will perform higher duties.

3) Equal Pay for Equal work.

For the same post which include similar duties and responsibility. There are different pay scales/ Grade Pay existing for same nature of duties and similar recruit qualifications. This anomaly should be rectified.The gazetted Group “B” post should start from Rs 5400/- GP in PB-3.

4) Non-filling up of vacant posts and increased work load

In 1990 the Population of the country is 85 crores and the Central Government Employees strength is 40 lakhs in the year 2014 population of the country is 125 crores, whereas the Central Government Employees strength is just 31 lakhs. Day by date the revenue of this department is increasing. Now Govt. is ready to introduced GST .Non-filling up of vacant posts has resulted in increased work load on the existing employees. The strength of  employees of this department  should increase considerably.

5) Allowances to be paid as per market rate:

The house rent allowance should be from Rs 7000/- per month to Rs 55,000/- per month. All allowances such as Tour DA, OTA, Night Duty, CEA (tuition fees) , Cashier Allowances, etc should be increased by three times. The all allowances should also be paid net of taxes which has been examined by 5th CPC in para no 167.

6) Non conducting of DPCs and CRs in time.

The CBEC does not conduct DPC for Gr-A posts in time as per instructions of DOPT. Similarly CBEC does not conduct CRs in time as per the guidelines of DOPT.

7) Parity in promotions to be maintained at par with other counter parts.

The direct recruit Inspectors are generally getting one promotion in their entire service period, where as not only Examiners of Customs but also their other  Counter parts of CSS and Income Tax  departments etc. are getting more than five promotions. Hence it is required to maintain parity in promotions. Because parity is the basic concept of our India Constitution.   

The both the Associations  represented well the above important issues of the employees of Central Excise and Customs department  before the 7th CPC, we sincerely hope the 7th CPC will address and resolve the above issues.Let us wait patiently for the 7th CPC to submit its report and then we can deliberate on the report and do the needful action.

Expected DA increase is 6% from July 2015. AICPIN increased 2% from the month of May 2015.

No. 5/1/2015- CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU

`CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004
DATED : 30th June, 2015

Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – May, 2015

The All-India CPI-IW for May, 2015 increased by 2 points and pegged at 258 (two hundred and fifty eight). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.78 per cent between April, 2015 and May, 2015 when compared with the increase of (+) 0.83 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (+) 1.96 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Arhar Dal, Gram Dal, Masur Dal, Moong Dal, Urd Dal, Groundnut Oil, Mustard Oil, Fish Fresh, Goat Meat, Poultry (Chicken). Onion, Vegetable items, Electricity Charges, Petrol, Tailoring Charges, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was restricted by Wheat. Wheat Atta. Gourd, Torai, Lady’s Finger, Mango, Sugar, Bus Fare, etc., putting downward pressure on the index.

The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-1W stood at 5.74 per cent for May, 2015 as compared to 5.79 per cent for the previous month and 7.02 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 5.99 per cent against 5.68 per cent of the previous month and 7.66 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

At centre level, Mercara, Bokaro, Coonoor, Belgaum and Madurai reported the highest increase of 8 points each followed by Tiruchirapally (7 points). Among others. 6 points increase was observed in 4 centres. S points in 5 centres. 4 points in 12 centres, 3 points in 9 centres. 2 points in 10 centres and 1 point in 15 centres. On the contrary, Srinagar and Rangapara Tezpur centres recorded a maximum decrease of 3 points each followed by Darjeeting (2 points). Among others. 1 point decrease was observed in 4 centres. Rest of the 10 centres’ indices remained stationary.

The indices of 37 centres are above All India Index and other 40 centres’ indices are below national average. The index of Tiruchirapally is at par with all-India index.

The next index of CPI-IW for the month of June, 2015 will be released on Friday. 31st July. 2015. The same will also be available on the office website www.Iabourbureau.gov. in.

(S.S.NEGl)
DEPUTY DIRECOR GENERAL

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CONVENERS OF JAC OF CBEC

THE FOLLOWING OFFICE BEARERS ARE CONVENER/JOINT CONVENERS  OF JAC OF CBEC:

A. CONVENER:

   Shri Lokanath Mishra, Secretary General of IRS(Indirect Taxes) Officers Association.

B. JOINT CONVENERS:

1. Shri  Ravi Malik, Secretary General, All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers (AIACEGEO).

2. Shri Ashim Pramanick, President, All India Central Excise and Service Tax Ministerial Officers Association (AICESTMOA).

3. Shri Ashis Chakrabarty, Secretary General  All India Customs Gr-C  Officers' Federation.

4. Shri I.B. Mishra, Secretary General, All India Customs Preventive Service Federation.