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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
ENHANCEMENT OF ALLOWANCES & ADVANCES BY 25%-REGARDING
CGDA clarified that no separate order is required for revision of allowances & advances by 25%
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MAY DAY-THE FESTIVAL OF EMPLOYEES
EDITORIAL - POSTAL CRUSADER
MAY DAY MANIFESTO
The voice, which was strangulated and silenced long long ago in the distant city of Chicago, is now echoing in the hearts and throats of millions of workers and common people across the continents, manifesting the burning desire to fight for the rights. The struggle for ‘working hours’, which shook the world, transcended and transformed into a symbol of struggle for establishment of egalitarian society and fighting spirit of working class across the nations. May Day beckons us to get inspired and imbibe that spirit of struggle and sacrifice!
The natural resources, the collective property of mankind, are being swallowed by the capitalists with the aid and abetment of Ruling Class in the guise of Globalization and Economic development. They have engulfed the permanent jobs and are extracting the work from the manual labour in the name of Contractorisation and casualization at dead cheap rates. The sweat of farmers and workers has no value in the eyes of these exploiters. The Gobble’s campaign that there is no substitute for Capitalism has had its great ill effect on the workers and employees! Parallel campaign that the Socialism has failed and that it is not visible even in the distant vicinity is being thrust into the psyche of the general public.
We have to recapitulate the famous verses of Sri Sri, the great telgu poet of this century, which are to be engraved in ebony permanently. “The Kingdoms built on earth, the artificial Statutes enacted by the Monarchs and by the egoistic, have crumbled like a palace of playing cards, with the tsunami of forces of working class, far and near” This reminds every one that any system which is inimical and exploitative is bound to crash and collapse.
The motive and end of Capital is to earn profit. The capitalism will never hesitate to denude the Mother Earth and green nature for the sake of profit. The un-quenching greed of capitalists for profit has become hazardous to the environment resulting in the pollution of air and water bodies. The global –warming is causing disorders in environment and, in effect, posing danger to the very existence of mankind. The changes in the environment due to pollution are pushing the agriculture and the farmers into catastrophe.
The accumulation of wealth in a few hands, the growth of corporate sector and the fall in the purchasing capacity of the workers and employees are the indication of the growing unrest and degradation of the society. Education and medical facilities are unreachable to the common man. A place to dwell in is still a distant dream to so many employees and workers.
At this juncture, the Central Government employees should discharge their duty with full awareness and understanding. To regain the lost pension right, to retain the health facilities, to ensure the periodical wage revision for every five years, to get the DA merger, to achieve status to the Grameen Dak Sevaks, etc., the Central Government employees have no other alternative but to tread the path of struggle in the coming days on the face of adversarial political and economic policies.
Oppose the neo-liberal economic policies, which intend to privatize every Sector and mortgage the future of employees and common people to the Capitalists. As enlightened sections of the society we have to pin down and expose the deceit perpetrated on the people and Working Class in the name of Globalization and Development. With all the unity, awareness and conscientiousness, we the Central Government employees, should resist and stop these anti-employee and anti-people policies. Let’s take pledge on this May Day to strive hard for Better life and brighter tomorrow for all and to demand our rightful share as a stakeholder in the process of development, defeating the nefarious designs of the protagonists of neo-liberal economic policies.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Guidelines on treatment of effect of penalties on promotion — Role of Departmental Promotion Committee
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Clarification on increase in certain allowances by further 25% as a result of enhancement of Dearness Allowances w.e.f. 1.1.2014
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Friday, April 25, 2014
PROCEDURE REGARDING SWITCHING OVER OF PENSION PAYMENT CHANNEL-CPAO INSTRUCTIONS
Timely payment of all dues to pensioners: CPAO's instructions
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http://cpao.nic.in/pdf/cpao_tech_classification_2014-15_11.pdfDate of effect of 7 CPC Recommendations will be decided once the Report is submitted: FinMin answered in LOKSABHA
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Maintain uniformity in format of Life Certificate & Other Certificates submitted by Pensioners: CPAO to Bank
Registration of Government employees aged 60 years and above under National Pension System (NPS)
CIRCULAR
PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
22 April, 2014
PFRDA/2014/3/PDEX/12
Subject: Registration of Government employees aged 60 years and above under National Pension System (NPS)
The Authority has been receiving several requests from various governments (central & state) to approve the registration of subscribers under National Pension System (NPS) who are aged 60 years and above and which are being approved on case by case basis by PFRDA at present.
Keeping in view of the difficulties being faced by subscribers, now the Authority has decided to enroll all eligible Government employees (central & state) who are on the rolls of the government in to NPS, irrespective of the age at the time of entry, subject to the condition that the total period of contribution to NPS account shall not be more than 42 years. The NPS applications of such subscribers need to be submitted through the appropriate nodal officer of the Govt/ Deptt, in line with the procedure adopted for NPS registration for Government employees aged below 60 years. Also, the responsibility for ensuring that the employee is eligible for being covered under NPS and that the NPS contribution is not paid beyond 42 years during the entire service period for such an employee, lies with the department submitting the subscriber registration form.
This is for the information of all concerned.
Sd/-
Venkateswarlu Peri
General Manager
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7th CPC questionnaire: Bhartiya Pensioners Samaj - Draft Reply highlighting OROP, FMA, NPS Withdrawal, Merger of DR, Exemption from IT
FAQ- CORE BANKING SOLUTION (CBS) IT MODERNISATION PROJECT OF INDIAPOST CLICK HERE
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2013(Click the link below for details)
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
COMPARISON OF 6th AND 7th PAY COMMISSION QUESTIONNAIRE
Excess pay given due to dept mistake cannot be recovered from the employee
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Payment of Conveyance Allowance to Deaf and Dumb employees at par with Blind and Orthopeadically Handicapped employees.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Agenda for discussion in the Standing Committee of National Council(JCM)
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
CAG can audit private companies dealing in natural resources-Supreme Court
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Analysis of cases disposed of by the
Central Administrative Tribunal
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Central Administrative Tribunal
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Friday, April 18, 2014
GOVERNMENT COUNSEL FAILED TO ATTEND
Grant of MACP on hierarchical basis-hearing postponed to 16th May 2014
Dear members/friends,
The hearing on the appeal
filed by the Government, against the principal CAT order for granting MACP on
hierarchical basis to 19 UDCs of Defense Department, scheduled to be held on 16/04/2014,
has again been postponed to 16th May 2014.
TKR Pillai
General Secretary
Confederation's Letter demanding Increase in certain allowances by 25% as a result of enhancement of Dearness Allowance to 100% w.e.f. 01.01.2014
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0rqvSYMJv2IR0QtNy1mQ3oycFk/edit?pli=1Govt woman employee can get uninterrupted two-year leave for child care: SC
PRESS NEWS
The Supreme Court today held that a woman employee of central government can get uninterrupted leave for two years for child care, which also includes needs like examination and sickness.
A bench of justices S J Mukhopadhaya and V Gopala Gowda set aside the order of Calcutta High Court which had held that Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules do not permit uninterrupted CCL(Child Care Leave) for 730 days.
"On perusal of circulars and Rule 43-C, it is apparent that a woman government employee having minor children below 18 years can avail CCL for maximum period of 730 days i.e. during the entire service period for taking care of upto two children. The care of children is not for rearing the smaller child but also to look after any of their needs like examination, sickness etc," the bench said.
It said that CCL even beyond 730 days can be granted by combining other leave if due and the finding of the High Court was based neither on Rule 43-C nor on guidelines issued by the central government.
The court passed the order on a petition filed by a woman government employee Kakali Ghosh challenging government's decision not to grant her leave of 730 days for preparing her son for secondary/senior examinations.
She had first approached Central Administrative Tribunal Calcutta for getting leave. The tribunal had ordered in her favour but the High Court reversed the order after which she moved the apex court.
The apex court set aside the High Court's order.
"We set aside the impugned judgement dated September 18, 2012 passed by the Division Bench of Calcutta High Court, Circuit Bench at Port Blair and affirm the judgement and order dated April 30, 2012 passed by the Tribunal with a direction to the respondents to comply with the directions issued by the Tribunal within three months from the date of receipt/ production of this judgement," it said.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
FAQ --GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM IN GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
CONFEDERATION MEETING TO DECIDE 7TH CPC ISSUES
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS
1st Floor, North Avenue PO Building, New Delhi – 110001
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Email: confederationhq@gmail.com
Dated – 09.04.2014
NOTICE
A meeting of the National Secretariat of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers will be held at New Delhi on 31st May 2014 (Saturday) atITEF Central Head Quarters (Rajouri Garden), New Delhi. The meeting will commence from 11.00 AM and continue till close. The following shall be the agenda of the meeting. All National Secretariat members are requested to attend the meeting in time.
AGENDA
1. 15 Point Charter of Demands – Agitational programme and campaign – Future course of action.
2. 7th CPC and Terms of Reference – our stand thereof.
3. Preparation of Memorandum to be submitted to 7th CPC on common demands of Central Government Employees.
4. Organisational Review.
5. Financial Review
6. Any other item with permission of the chair.
Yours fraternally,
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
FM REPLIED IN RAJYASABHA---FAMILY PENSION SCHEME TO CONTINUE IN THE CASES OF CG EMPLOYEES UNDER NPS
OVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO-350
ANSWERED ON-18.02.2014
Family pension under NPS
350 . SHRI PRABHAT JHA
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:
(a) the details of cases of family pension sanctioned, so far, under the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to the families of deceased Central Government employees;
(b) whether family pension at the rate of old pension scheme to these family members of deceased employees has been stopped after coming into force of the New Pension Scheme;
(c) if not, the fate of those who have been receiving family pension under NPS at the rate of old pension scheme;
(d) whether some of the deceased employees have left behind them only few thousands rupees as Contributory Pension Fund (CPF) with the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL); and
(e) if so, how Government would pay them family pension from their CPF?
ANSWER
FINANCE MINISTER
(SHRI P. CHIDAMBARAM )
(a): Central Pension Accounting Office has informed that as per its records there are 1900 cases of family pension and 20 cases of disability pensionunder National Pension System (NPS).
(b) and (c): The pension of the Government servants (except in the Armed Forces) appointed on or after 01-01-2004 is regulated by the NPS which is adefined contribution pension system. Employees appointed in the service of Central Government prior to this date are not covered by NPS. However, even after the introduction of NPS, the benefit of family pension is available to the families of the deceased Central Government employees covered under the NPS. Hence, family pension, at the rate of old pension scheme, to family members of deceased employees, who were in the service of the Central Government on or after 01-01-2004, is not denied or affected due to the implementation of NPS, as per the Office Memorandum (OM) No. 38/41/06/P&PW(A) dated 05-05-2009 of the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. This OM envisages payment of various benefits on death/discharge of a Government employee after adjustment of the monthly annuitised pension from the accumulated funds in the NPS account of the employee.
(d) and (e): National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) has informed that a few deceased employees, who passed away within a short span after joining NPS, had minimal accumulated pension wealth in their NPS accounts. However, as stated in reply to parts (b) and (c) above, the family members of the deceased employees are covered by the family pension.
Source : rajyasabha.nic.in
Sunday, April 6, 2014
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS
1st Floor,
North Avenue PO Building, New Delhi – 110001
Website:
www.confederationhq.blogspot.com
Circular
No:
15
Date:
5/4/2014
Dear
Comrade,
The National Convention of Central Government employees as scheduled was held
at Nagpur on 4th April, 2014. The convention was inaugurated by Com. A.K.
Padmanabhan, National President, CITU and was addressed by Com. B.N.J.
Sharma, President, AITUC, Nagpur District Committee .
The Draft resolution prepared by the National Secretariat was presented
to the house by Com. M.S. Raja, Working President, Confederation. Com. K.K.N.
Kutty, President, read out the two amendments received at the CHQ. In the
deliberations that ensued thereafter 31 comrades participated. Com. M.
Krishnan, Secretary General, summed up the discussion and indicated the
acceptance of the suggestions made by the delegates who participated in the
deliberations. A copy of the final version of the resolution as adopted
by the Convention unanimously is enclosed. Before the adoption of the
resolution in its final form by the house, Com. S.K. Vyas, Advisor, Com.
Narasimhan, Vice President and Com. K.P. Rajagopal, Secretary, Confederation
addressed the house.
The National Secretariat of the Confederation met on the same day at
7.00PM. It took the following decisions to carry out the directives of
the Convention.
1. The State Committees of the Confederation and its affiliated Federations
will take steps to translate the resolution in the respective local languages
immediately and ensure that the same is circulated amongst the members.
2. Meetings will be organised in all offices to explain the contents of the
resolution adopted by the National Convention.
3. The National Secretariat members who are assigned the responsibility (as
per the details in the annexure) will interact with the State Secretaries and
ensure that the campaign programme of reaching out to all members is carried
out in all States.
4. The State Committees will solicit and enlist the services of the
Pensioners organisations to carry out the campaign amongst the mass of the
people.
All affiliates and State Committees are requested to take immediate
steps to carry out the above decisions of the National Secretariat.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
M. Krishnan
Secretary General.
Name of the Secretariat Member:
State Assigned.
1. M. Krishnan and R.Seethalakshmi.
Karnataka and Kerala.
2. Com . K.K.N. Kutty and Com.
Duraipandian.
Tamilnadu.
3. Com. Narasimhan, Nageswara Rao and P.Suresh:
Andhra
Pradesh
4. Com. R.P.Singh and Com. P.
Jeyaraj.
Mumbai.
5. Coms. P.K. Das. Gupreet Singh. & Nilesh
Nasre
Vidharbha.
6. Com. Yeshwant Purohit and Com.T.K.R.
Pillai.
Mdhya
Pradesh.
7. Com. T.N. Parasar T.
Sathyanaryana.
Gujarat.
8. Com.
Suresh. Chattisgarh.
9. Com. Vrighu Bhattacharjee and Giriraj
Singh.
Jhararkhand.
10. Com. R.N. Dhall Orissa.
11. Vrighu Bhattachary and Giriraj
Singh.
Bihar.
12. Com.R.N.
Parasar.
U.P.
13. Com. Somaiah, Ashok Kanojia.& K.P.Rajagopal . Haryana.
And Punjab,
14. Com. M.S.
Raja.
H.P. and Utrakhand
15. Com. S.K. Vyas and Com.N. Somaiah
Rajasthan
16. Com.R.N. Parasar, Vrigu Bjattacjarya, A.K. Kanojia & Giriraj Singh.
Delhi.
RESOLUTION adopted at the National
Convention of Central Government employees
on 4th April, 2014 at Nagpur.
1. The National Secretariat of the Confederation places on record its
appreciation over the massive and magnificent participation of the largest
number of our members in the 48 hour strike on 12thand 13th Feb.
2014. It was a great manifestation of the confidence the members had
reposed in the organization and their determination to win the demands through
struggles. The reports, the Confederation CHQ received both
from the affiliates and the State Committee indicate the massive participation
of the employees in the strike action throughout the county. In some
of the affiliates, the participation had been cent percent. This
must embolden the Confederation to pursue the issue with determination and
organize further action programmes to ensure that the demands are got settled.
2. The Secretariat has noted that the Government had pretended to
ignore the massive action of the employees. There had been no
response from them so far. In the wake of the strike action, it
announced the composition of the 7th CPC disregarding the
united demand raised by the Staff side of the JCM National Council for the
inclusion of a labour representative. The Government also chose not
to convene the meeting the staff side to discuss the draft terms of reference
submitted. It did not make any announcement on the question of
merger of DA, Interim Relief, and inclusion of GDA within the ambit of the
Commission and rejected the demand for making the recommendation of the
Commission effective from 1.1.2014.
3. On every issue, which is included in the 15
point Charter of demands, the Govt. continued with its nugatory attitude. In
the last session of the Parliament, they ensured that the PFRDA bill becomes an
Act despite the strongest objection and resistance of the employees by
eliciting and receiving the support and patronage of the dominant opposition
party, the BJP. Even on an
issue like compassionate appointments, no positive response emerged. The period witnessed increased outsourcing of
governmental functions. Almost a third of the workforce is presently casual and contract workers
with abysmally poor wages taking advantage of the acute unemployment situation
in the country. There had
been no settlement of any issue raised by the Staff Side in the National
Council JCM. The JCM scheme has been made ineffective as not a
single meeting of the Council was held in the last three years and even the
decision taken at the National Anomaly Committee was thwarted through political
intervention.
4. The plight of the three lakh Gramin Dak Sevaks
of the Postal Department is highly deplorable. They constitute almost
half of the Postal work force. But for them, the functioning of the Postal
system will come to a grinding halt. Their service conditions are
presently worse off than even a causal/daily rated worker. Despite the Supreme
Court’s decisions that they are holders of Civil Post and consequently are
entitled to the benefits and privileges of a civil servant, there had been no
improvement in their service conditions worth mentioning. In spite of
repeated presentation of their case both inside and outside the Parliament by
people from all walks of life irrespective of party affiliation, the Government
had been silent to the pleading for bringing them within the ambit of the Pay
Commissions. Confederation is duty bound and determined to change the
situation and to bring them within the purview of the 7th CPC.
5. During its five year tenure the UPA II was in
power, it intensified the neo-liberal reforms; phased out all welfare
measures; accentuated the unemployment situation; divested the PSUs; allowed
unbridled entry of Foreign capital to subjugate the Indian people; ruined the
indigenous industry; destroyed the livelihood of the farmers and agricultural
labourers; allowed the prices of all essential food items to soar; privatised
education and health care services; ensured that each of its decision was to
favour the rich; granted huge tax concessions to the corporate; indulged in
large scale corruption; squandered away the national wealth; siphoned off the
poor man’s earning into the hands of a few rich in the country; sided with the
entrepreneurs in all labour disputes; took each and every political
decision to sub-serve the interest of the imperialist powers especially the
USA. The pursuance of the neo liberal policies at the behest of the
advanced capitalist countries drove the majority of Indian population to be
below the poverty levels. In the comity of nations, India became the poorest
and the last ranking in all fields. Indian youth were driven to be beggars at
the doors of transnational corporations and developed countries.
6. Those who were responsible in driving our
country men to unprecedented deprivation have to now seek mandate, for their
tenure is to end shortly. No different is the approach of the major
opposition party, BJP. There is nothing to choose from these two
political dispensations. They were hand in glove together to demolish the
sovereignty of the country; pauperisation of the people and supported every
legislation to intensify the neo liberal exploitation of the common man.
They supported to the hilt the corporate houses. But for the support
extended by the BJP, the PFRDA bill would never have been made into a
law. The Act now provides for the extension of the new contributory
pension scheme to those who were recruited prior to 1.1.2004 and the existing
pensioners. Despite the refusal of the Government to accept their
suggestion to guarantee minimum pension, the BJP unashamedly supported the
Bill, for they were the proponents of the neo liberal economic policies.
They supported this Government to increase the FDI and FII in all sectors of
economy and announced that they would intensify the reform process if elected
to power. The conglomeration of Corporates in the country has now
appointed the leader of that party to be the next CEO to run the country.
They have no use for the discredited UPA howsoever subservient it could
be. They know in a democratic system demagogy can play a vital
role. They are certain that BJP and its allies if elected to power will
be much more pliant and compliant.
7. The Corporate controlled media has created an
illusion to the effect that there exists a consensus across the political
spectrum in the country that the neo liberal policies will spur economic growth
and the only point to be clinched in the forthcoming election is as to which
political combination, whether the UPA led by Rahul Gandhi or the NDA of
Narendra Modi is more efficient in pursuing the IMF dictated economic policies
vigorously. Economic growth is not akin to development. In the initial
years of the introduction of the LPG, no doubt, the economy grew phenomenally,
but the large majority of Indian people suffered. It permanently halted the
bringing up of an egalitarian society. It only enlarged the scope for
maximisation of profit of the corporate giants; opened up larger and bigger
avenues for corruption at the top of administration, whereby the ruling party
and its leaders could amass wealth. The scams unearthed by the
Comptroller and Auditor General of India during the last five years of UPA II Rule
speak volumes of the cancerous growth of corruption in our country. The
2G spectrum involving Rs. 1.76 lakh crores, the Coalgate of the dimension
of Rs. 1.86 lakh crores, the corruption involved in the commonwealth games, the
Rs. 40,000 cr deal in the Delhi Airport Privatisation scheme, The KG Basin
related Gas price deal with Reliance, topping with Rs 48 lakh crores are a few
that surfaced during this period.
8. As part of the economic policy, concerted and
continuous efforts were made to the job killing process in all sectors, through
contractorisation, casualisation, outsourcing, privatisation etc. Contract
workers now constitute 80% of the total work force in the private sector.
After the implementation of the 6th CPC recommendations about 35% of the
workforce in the Governmental sector is either contract or casual
workers. They are paid quarter of or even less the wages of the regular
workers.
9. This election is not only to decide who should
govern this country but more so to determine for whom the governance is. UPA
having been totally discredited in the eyes of the common man has no chance
whatsoever. NDA must not have a chance once again for it is bound to
pursue the neo liberal policies more vigorously than even the UPA. That is the
one and only reason why the Indian corporate houses and the corporate
controlled media solidly back the BJP and the BJP led NDA. The Political
combination outside the NDA and UPA has a predominant presence in the 15th Lok Sabha. They are capable of being
the largest segment in the 16th Lok
Sabha too.
10. It is in this background that the workers must
assess the political situation. In the forthcoming electoral battle,
every worker must discharge his salutary responsibility. Since the
present state of affairs is the product of the neo- liberal policies and since
both the UPA and the NDA are the proponents of those policies, one must have
clear vision and exercise the franchise effectively to ensure that a
pro-worker, pro-people combination of parties is in governance. In the
forthcoming election to the 16th Lok
Sabha, the Central Government employees must become a vehicle for change in the
interest of the common people; rise above the divisive ideologies and
misleading propaganda; identify their friends especially in the Left parties;
and ensure the success of those who stood with them and fought for the cause of
the workers and common people.
11. The Secretariat came to the inescapable
conclusion that the settlement of the demands in the charter will only be
possible through intensification of the struggles. It recognised the need
for larger unity. It will strive for bringing about such a united platform for
joint action. The inevitability of an indefinite strike action has to be
emphasised. The Confederation and its affiliates must prepare its members
for such an eventual and unavoidable action, if the proposed 7th CPC is to really revise the wages.
It is needed to ensure the withdrawal of the pernicious contributory pension
scheme. It only will ensure that there are no casual or contract system
of employment in Government service. The Government employees must
be bestowed with democratic rights and above all must enjoy the facility for
collective bargaining and right to strike. The Gramin Dak Sevak system is a colonial legacy and no civilised
country must endure such brutal exploitation. All is possible through
united and sustained action. The Confederation has proved beyond any iota
of doubt that it has built up an organisation capable of carrying out such an
action.
12. To ensure that the Indian people have food security, the farmers are not
driven to commit suicide, the workers do have decent job environment and
emoluments, the prices of essential commodities do not soar, there is universal
public distribution of essential food articles; India has an independent
foreign policy, this great Nation is not enslaved by western imperial powers
once again, all communities and people of different faiths are allowed to live
in peace and harmony; no communal violence erupts; all able bodied people have
jobs and livelihood, there must be a Government which exist for the sake of the
poor inhabitants of this country. Central Government employees must take
an active role in the ensuing General election and strive with their best to
bring about such a Government.
13. This convention calls upon every worker of the Confederation to fan out
and reach out to the rank and file of its membership, explain the stupendous
task ahead; to work in consonance with the understanding depicted in this
resolution and ensure that they become instruments for a great political change
in our country.
14. The Convention authorises the National Secretariat to review the
political situation emerging after the election and take appropriate decision
to mobilise the rank and file of the workers for an eventual industrial action
to seek settlement of the 15 point charter of demands.
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