Submission of Memorandum in respect of Administrative Staff to 7th
Pay Commission.
ALL INDIA
ASSOCIATION ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF (NG)
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROFRAMME
IMPLEMENTATION
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Hall No. 201 & 205, Vijay Stambh,
Zone I, M.P. Nagar, Bhopal- 462023
Tel : 0755-2553564(O),0755-2789523®
Email: pillai_tkr@rediffmail.com,
No. 5/Assn/GS/2014 Dated 10th July, 2014
To,
The Member Secretary,
7th Central Pay
Commission,
P.O. Box No. 4599, Hauz Khas
P.O,
New Delhi-110 016
Subject: Submission of Memorandum in respect of
Administrative Staff.
Respected Sir,
On
behalf of All India Association of Administrative Staff (Non Gazetted),
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, I am submitting herewith
the Memorandum in connection with the existing and proposed pay structure of
the Administrative Staff of National Sample Survey Office.
Here, we have to submit that
successive Pay Commissions have not considered uniformity
in the pay scales of Administrative Staff of Government of India. These
staff have been recruited centrally by the Staff Selection Commission and sent
to various Departments with different nomenclature & promotional
channel.
Hence it is requested that 7th
Pay Commission may bring uniformity in the pay scales of Administrative Staff.
The pay scale recommended for each cadre in the Administrative branch should be
in accordance with the responsibility actually attached with the posts. The
duties and responsibilities attached to the LDC & UDC in subordinate
offices are not in accordance with the DoPT manual. LDCs in subordinate offices
have been allocated major section with work of
higher quality worth to do by UDC/Assistants. Thus the demand for the
upgradation of the pay scale of LDC/UDC & Assistant may please be
considered.
It is also bring to your kind notice
that we may submit a Supplementary Memorandum if it is found necessary.
We
look forward for your sympathetic consideration, particularly for those Pay
Scales which involve upgradation /revival of post.
Yours faithfully
(TKR Pillai)
General Secretary
Mob. 09425372172
Copy for favourable
action to:
1. The
Secretary, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Sardar Patel Bhawan, Sansad
Marg, New Delhi.
2. The
Additional Director, General, NSSO (FOD), East Block No. 6, Level 4-7, R.K. Puram, New
Delhi.
3. The
Additional Director General, NSSO (DPD), 164, GLT Road, Kolkata.
4. The
Additional Director General, NSSO (SDRD), 164, GLT Road, Kolkata.
(TKR Pillai)
General Secretary
Mob. 09425372172
INDEX-CHAPTER-WISE
Chapter
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Description
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Page
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PART
I
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I
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Function and
Organizational set up of NSSO
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2
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II
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Modernization of the
NSSO by extensive use of computer
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3
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III
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Role of Administrative
Staff in NSSO Offices
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3
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IV
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Administrative Cadres
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4
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(i) Multi- Tasking Staff
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5
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(ii) Lower Division
Clerk
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5
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(iii) Upper Division
Clerk
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8
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(iv) Assistant
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9
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(v) Section Offer
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10
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(vi) Higher Administrative
Posts
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10
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(vii)Stenographers
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11
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V
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Official Language Staff
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12
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VI
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Career
Prospects/Promotional avenues
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14
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VII
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(i)Existing &
Proposed Pay Scale for Ministerial Staff
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15
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(ii) Existing &
Proposed Pay Scale for Stenographers
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15
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(iii)Existing &
Proposed Pay Scale for Official Language Staff & Other Common Cadres.
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15
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VIII
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ACP/MACP- Grant of Promotional
Hierarchy
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16
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IX
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Increment: Date & rate
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16
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X
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Requirement of Effective
Grievance Redressal Procedure
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16
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PART
II
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I
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Allowances and advances, facilities and miscellaneous
demands
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17
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PART -I
Chapter I
Function and organizational set up
of National Sample Survey Office
1.1 National Sample Survey Office(NSSO), a
technical Organisation of Government of
India, conducts nationwide sample surveys in socio-economic parameters viz.
Employment– Unemployment, Consumer Expenditure, Land-holding & livestock,
‘Debt, Investment and capital formation’, Migration, Disability, Morbidity,
service sector, Unorganized Trade/ Manufacturing etc. to facilitate
socio-economic planning, development, policy framing, research & other
economic/Administrative decision.
National Sample Survey (NSS) was
established in the year 1950 to conduct large-scale continuous survey operations
in the form of successive rounds to fill up data gaps for socio economic
planning and policy making of the country. In the year 1970 the NSS was
re-organised and brought under Government of
India as a single entity, namely NSSO with a Governing Council for the overall
direction to impart objectivity and autonomy in the matter of collection,
processing and publication of the NSSO data.
The
NSSO Investigator (Statistical Officer) is the first Government Employee, who
reaches the farthest and remote villages of the country to collect data for the
purpose of the economic planning and social re-organization of the country.
Thereby NSSO becomes instrumental in collection and compilation of information
thereby to assist the Government to solve several of the socio-economic
problems, faced by the country. Here the contribution of the NSSO for the five
year plans of the country is specially mentioned. The United Nations
Organisation and other International Organisations acclaimed the services of
the NSSO and the NSSO data plays a prominent role in the UNDP and other reports
of the UN. Here, in the Universities and Research Institutes of the country
NSSO reports are the main sources of teaching economics and statistics. It is
evident how the NSSO data are valuable for the overall economic and social
development of the country.
The
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation of Government of
India, with its two main functional organs - the Central Statistical office
(CSO) and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) - acts as the nodal agency
for coordination of statistical activities and maintenance of statistical
standards in the country. As a result, now the responsibility of conducting
large scale statistical surveys, making provision of data and calculation of
estimates on different aspects of Indian Society and Economy rests with the
Ministry of Statistics.
1.2 Organizational
set up
The
NSSO is headed by a Director General and having four Divisions viz. Field
Operations Division, Survey Design & Research Division, Data Processing
Division and Co-ordination & Publication Division. The Field Operations Division has its
Headquarters at Delhi and Faridabad with a network of six Zonal Offices, 48
Regional Offices and 117 Sub-regional Offices spread throughout the country.
The Data Processing Division has its Headquarters at Kolkata with 5 DP Centers
in various parts of the Country. The other offices are Survey Design &
Research Division has its Hqrs at Kolkata and the CPD at Delhi.
1.3 SANCTIONED STRENGTH OF OFFICERS AND STAFF IN
NSSO
Division
|
ISS
Officers
|
Technical/Field
Staff
|
Admin./Hindi
& Other Staff
|
Total
|
SDRD
|
31
|
3
|
78
|
112
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FOD
|
158
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3227
|
915
|
4300
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DPD
|
61
|
528
|
253
|
842
|
Total
|
250
|
3758
|
1246
|
5254
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Chapter II
Modernization
in the NSSO by extensive use of computer.
2.1 Since the age is of
computerization and online operation of work, the responsibility and quality of
work to be dealt with are high nature. Fifth & Sixth Pay Commissions in their
reports had given more stress for doing work in the offices of Government of
India in computer and recommended pay scale in accordance with volume of modernization
in the offices.
2.2 In NSSO modernization by extensive use of
computers and modern instruments has been started since last twenty five
years. All Administrative Staff even MTS
have been trained to handle the computer. As a result all the work in
Administration and Accounts branches, including preparation of pay bills and
related work are done in computer with the facility given in various packages
in it. As a result now-a-days, web sites and e-mail are become medium of
communication and the Administrative Staff of NSSO Offices are fully trained
and developed to take up the challenge.
Chapter III
Role of Administrative Staff in NSSO
Offices
3.1 The quality control of the NSSO
data and overall management of the NSSO offices rest with the highly qualified
& trained technical officers of Indian Statistical Service. In order to assist
them in the collection and compilation of the statistical data, a subordinate
statistical service, consisting group B technical officers, has been
constituted by the Government of India.
3.2 Being a technical
department, the Administrative Staff posted in the NSSO offices have
multifarious functional role to play. Since the overall control and management
of the Administration rests with the technical ISS Officers, the administrative
staff has a very prominent role in the decision making and other matters of
routine administration for which level of understanding to handle the rule and
other routine Administration should be high. In addition, Administrative staff
assists the ISS Officers in correspondence, table work, Inspection report,
report writing, compilation and finalization of data, report analysis and
survey design and preparation of various statistical directives for field
survey, scrutiny points, data entry of several plan schemes etc which require
specialized attention and skills. Having
smaller offices with independent Administrative set up; expansion of field set
up, field work & Field Staff;
the four fold increase of ISS Officers
together with the decrease of the person
meant to handle these work in
administrative branch by 33% during the last 25 years in a phased manner,
increased the burden of Administrative Staff in NSSO Offices. As a result the
per capita work load in these offices especially in FOD Regions has increased manifold
and therefore the Administrative Staff posted there has to do work with
additional burden.
3.3 Administrative
Staff in NSSO Offices have been trained to handle the computer and all the work
are being done in computer in addition
to their normal duties, which to an extent, helped to equalize the increased work load, but no pay
parity has been given to them. Considering the nature of work attended by the Administrative
Staff in NSSO offices, they cannot compare or equalize with similarly placed
staff elsewhere. Existing pay scale
allowed to the Administrative Staff including group B Gazetted posts which are
promotion post of the group C Ministerial Staff along with the Hindi
Translators and other cadres related to this Association are given below:
S.No
|
Category of post
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Pay scale
|
Grade Pay
|
Sanctioned strength
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FOD
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DPD
|
SDRD
|
||||
1.
|
CAO
|
15600-39100
|
7600
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1
|
||
2.
|
DD Admn
|
15600-39100
|
6600
|
1
|
1
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1
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3.
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Sr. AO
|
15600-39100
|
5400
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2
|
1
|
|
4
|
AO
|
9300-34800
|
4600
|
15
|
5
|
|
5.
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Office Superintendent
|
9300-34800
|
4200
|
58
|
6
|
2
|
6.
|
Assistant
|
9300-34800
|
4200
|
65
|
17
|
3
|
7.
|
UDC
|
5200-20200
|
2400
|
137
|
30
|
11
|
8.
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LDC
|
5200-20200
|
1900
|
202
|
31
|
10
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9.
|
Steno Grade I
|
9300-34800
|
4200
|
40
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
Steno Grade II
|
9300-34800
|
2400
|
27
|
5
|
2
|
P S
|
9300-34800
|
4600
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
11.
|
Junior Hindi Translators
|
9300-34800
|
4200
|
31
|
6
|
1
|
12.
|
Sr. Hindi Translator
|
9300-34800
|
4600
|
1
|
||
13.
|
Hindi Officer/DD (OL)
|
15600-39100
|
5400
|
1
|
1
|
1
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14.
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Data Entry Operator
|
9300-34800
|
2400
|
3
|
||
15.
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Lib. Inf Assistant
|
9300-34800
|
2400
|
1
|
1
|
|
16.
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Driver I
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9300-34800
|
4200
|
1
|
||
17.
|
Driver II
|
9300-34800
|
2400
|
5
|
||
18.
|
Driver III
|
5200-20200
|
1900
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
`19
|
MTS
|
5200-20200
|
1800
|
316
|
145
|
42
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Chapter IV
Administrative cadres
The Seventh
Pay Commission must bring uniformity in the pay scales of Administrative Staff
in various Ministries of the Government of India. The pay scale recommended for
each cadre in the Administrative branch should be in accordance with the
responsibility actually attached with the posts. The duties and
responsibilities attached to the LDC & UDC in NSSO Offices are much higher
quality than the duties of their counterparts
in Central Secretariat Offices. LDCs of NSSO Offices
have been allocated with independent section
worth to do by UDC/Assistants. Similarly
the Assistant are doing the work of Section Officer/Administrative Officer. In
the NSSO Regions Grade II Stenographers with Rs. 2400 Grade Pay assist Joint Secretary Rank Officers. In the NSSO (FOD) SRO
Offices MTS are doing the work of Ministerial Staff as there is no Ministerial
Staff posted there. No cadre review has been conducted for the Administrative
Staff since the inception of the Organisation. And the recommendations for
conducting cadre review in every 5 years by successive Pay Commissions have
been ignored.
4.1 Multi tasking staff
The Sixth Pay Commission has recommended to merge the
existing 5 pay scales (S1, S2, S2-A, S3 & S4) of Group D staff to a single
pay band and granted Rs. 1800 Grade Pay and named the post as Multi Tasking
Staff (MTS) i.e. amalgamating the posts with unskilled,
semi-skilled and skilled functions without any scientific basis or logic.
The educational qualification for direct recruitment for the post has been raised
to Matriculation and the status of the post has been raised from group D to
Group C. But a person who passed matriculation might have also been passed 12th
standard. And most of the persons who passed 12th standard may be a
graduate and applies for the post of MTS and other competitive examinations
simultaneously. As per the work allotment of MTS, circulated by the DoPT an MTS
who has been appointed through SSC has to do the work of Office Peon, Mali,
Cobbler, sweeper and many other functions. Thus most of the candidates passed
the SSC examination for the post of MTS do not join the post and those who
joined do not do several of the assignments earmarked in the recruitment rules
for the MTS with devotion. Thus the MTS may be paid Special Pay/Allowance in
addition to pay as much as to attract a person with a qualification higher than
matriculation to join the post.
4.1.1 Since the
educational qualification for the post of MTS has been raised to Matriculation
and most of the persons who are applying for the
post are holding the qualification of Higher Secondary/Graduation, there is a
higher rate of attrition in the cadre of MTS as
they tend to seek recruitment to higher posts. Thus
it is suggested that 50% post of the administrative post next higher to the MTS
may be filled through promotion/Departmental Examination.
4.1.2 As has
already been given in Para 1.2 above NSSO FOD has 117 Sub Regional Offices
(SRO) and in each SRO around 15 to 25 Technical Staff viz. Assistant Director,
Senior Statistical Officer and Junior Statistical Officers are posted. Since no
Ministerial Staff is posted in SROs, the duties of Ministerial Staff viz. Diary
of Dak, Dispatch, typing of letters in computer, filing etc in these offices are
discharged by the only MTS posted there. Most of these MTS posted in NSSO SROs
are holding higher educational qualification. Similarly, the MTS posted in NSSO
Regional Offices are also assisting the Ministerial Staff in day to day
Administrative matters, for which training has been given to them by the office.
Hence the MTS in NSSO Offices are
working as substitute to the Administrative Staff particularly in NSSO SROs and
as such their Grade Pay may be upgraded to Rs. 2000 and revised pay may be
granted accordingly.
4.2 Lower
Division Clerk
4.2.1 Having the strength of
Administrative staff in NSSO Offices especially in their field offices are
small in number, the LDCs posted there are engaged to do the skilled and
quality work. They have been allocated with major administrative sections worth
to do by the UDC/Assistants because sanctioned strength of UDC/Assistants are
very less. All LDCs are doing their respective work in computer. LDC/UDC has
also to assist the technical officers in work relating to the field
matters. Major duties and
responsibilities assigned to the LDCs are as given below:
a) Maintenance and up keeping of service
books, grant of annual increment, leave cases and other work viz. noting,
drafting, correspondence related to the service matters of the staff.
b) Scrutiny of TA Bills, Medical Bill,
LTC, Tuition fees, overtime bill etc.
c) Preparation and maintenance of GPF accounts
Registers.
d) Preparation of bills (Pay, Medical, TA,
LTC, GPF, Tuition fee, GPF etc...) & contingent expenditure,
e) Maintenance of store including purchase
and disposal of the articles etc. Maintain the
Receipt, proper storage, distribution,
safe custody, accounting of stores, procurement of
stationery items etc.
f) Maintenance of registers and files in
all subjects.
g) Dealing the work of Income Tax
h) Preparation of seniority lists.
i) Typing (on computer) of Inspection
report, scrutiny notes, data entries and all typing related all administrative
matters
j) Processing of records/documents
including technical data, noting drafting, typing etc.
k) Dealing the cases of monthly/quarterly/half
yearly/yearly returns.
l) Assist the ISS Officer and other
technical officers in correspondence, table work, report writing, data entry of
several plan schemes, compilation and finalization of data etc.
m) Despatch and dairying of the letters and
all other document related to the entire office,
including
technical section.
n) RTI Matters
o) Discharging the duties and
responsibilities of Cashier; and several other duties.
4.2.2 LDC & DEO The pay scale of Data Entry Operator (DEO) during
5th CPC was 4000-100-6000 and that of LDC was 3050-4950. The
difference in pay scale between DEO & LDC was due to the reason that the
educational qualification required for data entry operator prior to 6th
CPC was 12th standard & Computer proficiency and the educational qualification for LDC was
Matriculation with manual typing. But Sixth Pay
Commission has increased the educational
qualification for the post of LDC equal to Data Entry Operators. And the technical
qualification/skill for the candidates appear for the post of LDC requires
typing speed 10500 key depressions per hour
(KDPH)/9000 KDPH English and Hindi respectively on computer whereas the
candidate appearing the DEO requires 8000 KDPH (Since the issue has been raised by this Association for the last 2
years and filed a case in the Jabalpur CAT, now the DoPT thorough a notification
has changed the 8000 KDPH to 15000 KDPH).
Please see table 1 below:
Name of post/Educational Qualification
|
3rd CPC
|
4th CPC
|
5th CPC
|
6th CPC
|
DEO (10+2) & Typing
8000 KDPH in computer (now 15000 KDPH).
|
NA
|
1200-30-1560-40-2040
(EDQ: 10+2)
|
4000-100-6000/
(EDQ: 10+2)
|
5200-20200(GP 2400)
(EDQ: 10+2)
|
LDC(up to 6th
CPC Matriculation & 35 words per minute in manual type writers and 6th
CPC onwards 10+2 and
Typing 10500 & 9000
KDPH English & Hindi respectively in computer.
|
260-6-326-8-390-10-400
(EDQ: Matriculation)
|
950-20-1150-25-1400
(EDQ: Matriculation)
|
3050-75-3950-80-4590
(EDQ: Matriculation)
|
5200-20200 (GP 1900)
(EDQ: 10+2)
|
EDQ=Educational qualification.
4.2.3 As
regards the work assignment, the DEO has only to entry the data given to them
whereas the LDC has multiple tasks and discharges a very
responsible & decisive role in subordinate offices in addition to computer
work.
4.2.4 LDC & Postman: The postman
in postal Department with matriculation has been granted Rs. 2000/ Grade pay by
the 6th Pay Commission. During the 3rd & 4th CPC Postman was a Group D post
with pay scale Rs. 210-4-270 & Rs.825-15-900-20-1200 respectively
and educational qualification required for the post was 8th
Standard. The Fifth Pay Commission has leveled the pay scale of Post man i.e.
Rs. 3050-75-3950-80-4590 to the post
of LDC after increasing the educational qualification for the post to
Matriculation.
4.2.5 LDC & Police Constable: The Police
Constable with matriculation has been granted Rs. 2000/ Grade pay by the 6th
Pay Commission. During the 3rd & 4th CPC Police Constable was a
Group D post with pay scale Rs. 210-4-270 & Rs.825-15-900-20-1200
respectively and educational qualification required for the post was 8th
Standard.
4.2.6 Notice Server of Income Tax The Notice Server of Income Tax was
also Group D officials during 3rd and 4th Pay Commission
and was getting pay scale lesser than the pay scale of LDC. But similar to the
Post Man & Police Constable, the pay scales of this post has been upgraded
to the level of LDC after raising their educational qualification to
Matriculation during 5th CPC. And 6th CPC upgraded the
pay scale of these posts and granted Rs. 2000 Grade pay in the pay band Rs.
5200-20200.
Please see table 2 below:
Name of post/ Educational Qualification
|
3rd CPC
|
4th CPC
|
5th CPC
|
6th CPC
|
Post Man/Police Constable/
Notice Server of Income Tax (8th
Class till 5th CPC and thereafter Matriculation )
|
210-4-270
(EDQ: 8th)
|
825-15-900-20-1200
(EDQ: 8th)
|
3050-75-3950-80-4590
(EDQ: Matriculation)
|
5200-20200 (GP 2000)
(EDQ: Matriculation)
|
LDC (up to 6th
CPC Matriculation & 6th CPC onwards 10+2 & Proficiency in
Computer.
|
260-6-326-8-390-10-400
(EDQ: Matriculation)
|
950-20-1150-25-1400
(EDQ: Matriculation)
|
3050-75-3950-80-4590
(EDQ: Matriculation)
|
5200-20200 (GP 1900)
(EDQ: 10+2)
|
4.2.7 Action
taken by the Government to remove the anomaly:
In order to remove disparity, a request was sent to the DoPT by our
Association and the DoPT termed the case related to anomaly and sent to the JCA
for disposal (Letter enclosed in Annexure I). JCA returned the case to DoPT
directing them to consider the case at their level in consultation with
Ministry of Finance (Copy enclosed in Annexure II). And finally Ministry of
Finance vide OM No 58 (2)/E. III (B)/2014 dated 12th November 2013
has directed the Ministries/Associations
for sending proposals to the Ministry of Finance through FA, DoPT for approval
(Copy enclosed in Annexure III). Ministry
of Statistics & Programme Implementation was also directed to do action for
necessary upgradation of LDC vide Ministry of Finance OM No.58 (2)/E. III
(B)/2014 dated 18th February 2014 (Copy enclosed in Annexure IV) But
the directions contained in the aforesaid OM were insufficient to consider the
upgradation of Grade Pay of LDC w.e.f.
1.1.2006 i.e. the date of implementation of the 6th CPC and
that is why this Association has filed a case in the CAT Jabalpur (Application
No.200/00205/2014-submitted in Annexure V)
4.2.8 JCM Staff Side Proposal: JCM
Staff side has proposed the upgradation of LDC to the post of UDC (Para 12.6).
It is requested to please grant upgradation of the Grade Pay of LDC to
the Grade Pay of UDC. The present Grade Pay of UDC as granted to the Army
Ordinance Corps by the DoPT is Rs. 2800(Copy enclosed in Annexure VI). Thus the
pay the LDC may be granted accordingly.
.
4.3 Upper
Division Clerk
4.3.1 UDCs are the first
level supervisory staff in subordinate offices, the link between LDCs, who have
been allocated responsible sections, and Section Officer. The pay structure
given to the post by the 6th Pay Commission was very meager in view
of the role played by them in the Administrative Offices of the Government of
India. And as such the demand for upgradation of the Grade Pay of the UDC in
subordinate offices have been raised immediately after the implementation of the
6th Pay Commission. Even though the Government has not taken a
common decision to upgrade the Grade Pay of UDC for all Central Government offices,
DoPT has revised the Grade Pay of UDC in Army Ordinance Corps vide letter No.
A/26576/CPC/Clerks/OS-20/268/D (O-II)/2011 dated 23rd September 2013
(Copy enclosed in Annexure I).
4.3.2 The average time
period in NSSO for the promotion from LDC to the post of UDC is 15 to 18 years.
In NSSO Offices the number of post of Assistant are very less and as such the work
earmarked for the post of Assistant have been allocated to UDCs. The details of work assigned to the UDCs are
given below:
a)
Preparation of pension papers and
allied correspondence.
b) Preparation of
budgets.
c) Processing cases
under Right to information act 2005.
d) Scrutiny of TA
Bills, Medical Bill, LTC, Tuition fees, overtime bill etc...
e)
Preparation of bills (Pay,
Medical, TA, LTC, GPF, Tuition fee, GPF etc...) & contingent expenditure
and all other works related to accounts.
f) Maintenance of
store including purchase and disposal of the articles etc.
g) Dealing with
Recruitment matters
h) Dealing with Audit
matters.
i) Dealing with legal
matters
j) Preparation and
maintenance of GPF accounts Register of Group D employees.
k) Maintenance of
registers and files in all subjects related to the work allotted to them.
l) Maintenance and up
keeping of service books, grant of annual increment, leave cases,
correspondence related to the service matters of the staff and all other
works related to Establishment.
m)
Noting, drafting etc related to
their section and additional assigned to them from time to time.
n)
Dealing the cases of various times
of monthly/quarterly/half yearly/yearly returns.
o)
Typing (on computer) of work
related to their section and also assigned by the concerned officer from time
to time.
p)
Discharging the duties and
responsibilities of Cashier
q) RTI Matters
r)
All other works allocated from
time to time by the superior officers.
4.3.2 In addition, the UDCs
are responsible for the scrutiny of important documents/ registers maintained
in various sections of the office and held accountable for all lapses at their
level. The UDCs should have full knowledge of the rules and regulations and
updating of the same with latest circulars issued by the Government from time
to time. The vigor and vitality is
mandatory for the post to handle complex nature of work. In contrast, the UDCs
working in Central Secretariat is less accountable and is having less work-load
as compared with the UDCs of subordinate offices
Thus the Grade of
UDC in NSSO may be upgraded to that of Assistant to get Rs. 4200 Grade Pay.
4.4 Assistant
4.4.1 In NSSO Offices,
Assistants are doing valuable supervisory work and training a team of UDC/LDC
in day to day administrative work. In addition, preparation of Budget, MPER,
Pension papers, Monthly Reconciliation Statement, handling the court cases,
doing DPC matters, Income Tax, inspection of service books and other matters
related to employees periodically, audit work, noting & drafting relating
to important cases etc are the part of their job.
4.4.2 There was historical parity amongst the Assistants in Central
Secretariat and subordinate offices. On
this matter the Fourth Pay Commission’s observes that:
8.41 The scale Rs.425 (pre-revised) covers posts of
Assistants and Stenographers in different Ministries/ Departments, auditors
under C & AG. The recruitment is
either through competitive examination or by promotion from the scale of
Rs.330-560.
8.44 Considering the duties and responsibilities of
these posts and the fact that promotions to these are made from more or less
similar levels, we recommend that all categories of posts presently covered by
the scales a) 425-800 b) 425-700 c) 440-750 d) 470-750 and e) 440-750 may be
grouped together and given the scale of Rs.1400-2300.
And the
recommendation was accepted by the Government.
These positive recommendations have been bypassed by the Government to
give higher pay scale to the Assistants in Central Secretariat
.
4.4.3 Again, 6th
Pay Commission observed that “Earlier,
the respective pay scales of Rs.5500-9000 and 5000-8000 existed for Assistants
in Secretariat and in Field offices. This disparity was aggravated in 2006 when
the Government further upgraded the pay scales of Assistants belonging to
Central Secretariat Service to Rs.6500-10500”. 6th CPC in its report Para 3.1.3 further
observes that “higher Pay Scales in
the Secretariat Offices may have been justified in the past when formulation of
proper policies was not paramount importance. The present position is
different. 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. The field offices are at the edge
of administration and may, in most cases, determine whether a particular policy
turns out to be a success or failure in terms of actual benefit to the
consumer. Accordingly, the time has come to grant parity between
similarly placed personnel employed in field offices and in the Secretariat.
This parity will need to be absolute till the grade of Assistant.” And accordingly the pre-revised pay scales Rs. 5000-8000 to 6500-10500
have been merged and granted Rs. 4200 Grade Pay. But later, Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) vide O.M.
F. No. 1/1/2008-IC dated 13/11/2009 has upgraded the grade pay of the Assistant
in CSS to Rs. 4600/ and
the Assistants in the subordinate offices has been left out. In this way, the
parity up-to the post of Assistant as recommended by the 6th CPC and
accepted by the Government overturned.
4.4.4 On
this subject, All India MES Clerical Cadre & Group D Employees Association
has filed OA No. 2389/2012 before Central Administrative Tribunal
Principal Bench against the two different pay structures for subordinate and
Central Secretariat Ministerial Staff. The court observed that while doing
their right for fixation of pay scales, the employers should ensure that these
fixations have been done on the basis of some rational grounds and the
traditional parity reinforced by the recommendations of the Pay Commission should
not be disturbed. The court further observed that
“What is not understood is as
to how a higher scale of pay or grade pay which is justified on the ground of
direct recruitment is extended to the promotees also. If that is justified on
the ground that both direct recruits and promotes are doing the same work and,
therefore, differential can be introduced, then how can it be justified that
the same treatment cannot be given to a cadre which hitherto enjoyed parity
with the Assistants/PAs of CS/AFHQ only on the ground that they are appointed
100% by promotion”.
The Court directed the respondents to constitute
and Expert Group to consider up-gradation of grade pay of Assistant/Office
Superintendent/Stenographer Grade I to the level of Assistant/Steno Grade I in
Central Secretariat. The expert group constituted by the Ministry of Defense
has recommended upgradation of grade pay of Assistant/Steno I/Office Superintendent equal to
Central Secretariat. Now the case is under consideration of the Ministry of
Finance.
Thus parity between Central
Secretariat Assistant and the Assistant subordinate offices should be restored.
4.5 Section Officer
Section Officers (No post of Section Officer is
sanctioned in NSSO office in place the duties of Section Officer is discharge
by the Administrative Officer with a meager grade pay Rs. 4600 i.e. equal to
the Grade pay of Assistant in Central Secretariat) next above the level of
Assistant is the real in-charge of administrative matters in subordinate
offices. They are responsible for finalizing all Administrative, Accounts,
Court and all other matters related to Administration/Accounts in field offices of the subordinate
offices and put up to the Controlling Officer for
his approval. Administrative Officer with Rs. 4600 Grade Pay in most of the
offices is functioning as Head of Office as well. Since the Controlling Officers are from Indian Statistical Services, they are mostly
concentrating on technical or field matters. Moreover, they have got
periodical inter departmental transfer
liability. Looking to the heavy responsibilities
assigned to the Section Officers or equivalent post, the 6th Pay
Commission has granted Rs.4800 Grade Pay in PB II with a provision to automatic
upgradation of the grade pay to Rs. 5400 after completion of 4 years
service(Para 3.1.14 of 6th CPC Recommendation). But the same has not
been implemented in NSSO Office despite repeated
requests.
Thus the post of Administrative Officer
Grade II with Rs. 4600/ Grade pay in NSSO Offices may be upgraded to Rs. 4800
and named as Section Officer.
4.6 Higher
Administrative Posts:
In NSSO Offices no post of Administrative Officer above
Rs. 5400 Grade Pay is allocated. However, posts of Deputy Director (Admn),
Chief Administrative Officer etc have been allocated in the promotional
hierarchy of the Administrative Staff. But Staff Side JCM in their Memorandum
to 7th Pay Commission has proposed Cadre of Administrative Officers
in three Grades above Rs. 5400 Grade Pay. It was also proposed that wherever
the three Grade are not available they may be granted the next three successive
pay scales i.e., Grade A entry scale, senior time scale of pay, and the one
next above. Staff side (JCM) has also recommended for uniformity in the pay scales of Administrative Staff in
various Ministries of the Government of India in view of the fact that lack of
common cadre structure the administrative Staff posted in the smaller
Department face heavy stagnation and retires on the post of UDC/Assistant
itself.
It is proposed that recommendation for
creation of 3 Administrative Grade above Section Officer commencing from Rs.
5400 Grade Pay may kindly be made to bring the administrative staff posted in
smaller offices to the mainstream.
4.7 Stenographers
4.7.1 The recruitment of
Stenographers for various offices of Government of India is being done by SSC
through tough competitive Examination. A person with vast General knowledge,
command in English/Hindi Languages and the competence do very good stenography
can only succeed the examination of the SSC.
4.7.2 Direct recruitment of
Stenographers both in Central Secretariat and Subordinate offices are done
through SSC only. Stenographers in Central Secretariat get frequent career
progress because of their placement in Central Secretariat at the entry level.
For Central Secretariat Stenographers, promotional posts are being created in
frequent intervals through periodical cadre restructuring and accordingly they
get frequent promotion. Since in subordinate offices there is no promotional
avenue for stenographers and therefore most of them do not get more than one
promotion during the service period. In NSSO Offices, not a single cadre
restructuring is done since its inception and as such the stenographers posted
there are in constant stagnation.
4.7.3 It is pertinent to
mention here that both Central Secretariat and Subordinate Office Stenographers
are working with All India Cadre Officers who work both in Central Secretariat
and Subordinate offices. Hence the level
of work output as Stenographic Assistant done by the Stenographer in Central
Secretariat and Subordinate Offices are the same.
4.7.4 As per the provision
given in the Hand Book of Personal Officers published by the DoPT the
Stenographic entitlement of the officers posted in Attached/Subordinate offices
is as follows:
1. Joint Secretary or equivalent Private Secretary with Rs. 4800
Grade Pay with
automatic upgradation to Rs.5400 after 4 years.
2. Director/Deputy Secretary Steno
Grade I with Rs. 4600 Grade Pay
3. Deputy Director Steno
Grade II with Rs. 2400 Grade Pay
4. Section Officer/equivalent Steno Grade II with Rs. 2400/ Grade
Pay
4.7.5 In
most of the FOD Regional offices and also in Zonal Offices, Deputy Director
Generals with Joint Secretary Rank has been posted. In the Hqrs offices of FOD,
DPD & SDRD also large number of DDG, Director and Deputy Directors are posted.
Moreover, one Deputy Director in addition to DDG is posted in every Regional Office
as well as Zonal Offices. According to the norms given above, posts of Private
Secretary with Rs. 4800 Grade Pay should have been allocated to DDGs and
Stenographer with Rs.4600/ Grade Pay has to be allocated to Directors/Joint
Directors. But none of these DDGs has been provided with Private Secretary and
in place Steno Grade II is working in these offices. Since Deputy Director is also posted in all
Regional/Zonal Office the only steno Grade II posted is compelled to assist both
of the officers in their day to day office work.
4.7.6 On the other hand, DoPT
vide OM no. No.20/49/2009-CS.II (8) dated 22nd June, 2011 has
ordered to upgrade the Grade Pay of 30% UDC and Steno (NFSG)
of Central Secretariat to Rs. 4200 after completion of 5 years service
on the grade and the same was not made applicable to the UDC & Steno Grade
II in subordinate offices which have virtually demoralized all the
UDCs/Stenographers Grade II in subordinate offices.
4.7.7 In view of the above,
we suggest the following structure for Stenographers in NSSO Offices.
Sr. No.
|
Name of Officer
|
Post demanded
|
1
|
Additional
Director General
|
Personal
Secretary with Rs. 5400 Grade Pay
|
2.
|
Deputy
Director General
|
Private
Secretary with Rs. 4800 Grade Pay
|
3.
|
Director/Joint
Director
|
Steno
Grade I with Rs. 4600 Grade Pay
|
4.
|
Deputy
Director/SO/Asstt. Director
|
Steno
Grade II with Rs. 4200 Grade Pay
|
4.7.8 A
person appointed initially as Stenographer in the Central Secretariat often
goes beyond the post of Senior PPS. But in subordinate offices the
stenographers appointed are stagnating years together due to lack of sufficient
promotional avenue. Even though presently NSSO Offices have not the requirement of
personal staff above the grade given in the table, provision for granting next
two successive time-scales may be made to bring the stenographers of
subordinate offices equivalent to the Stenographers of Central Secretariat.
CHAPTER V
Official
Language Staff
5.1 While passing the
Official Language Act, the Parliament adopted a resolution on the Official
Language policy according to which the Central Government is committed to accelerate
the spread of Hindi. Accordingly the posts of Junior Hindi Translators, Senior
Hindi Translators, Hindi Officer and Assistant Director, Deputy Director, Joint
Director & Director (OL) have been created in the offices of the Central
Government. The qualification for the post of Junior Translator is Post Graduation
in Hindi or English. The post, which is a
challenging one, requires multifaceted talents.
They have to possess a sound knowledge of two languages and should have
linguistic ability to comprehend and also require skill of quality translation.
The translator has to play a role of motivator, orator, leader, editor,
conductor of various meetings and also should have the ability to teach Hindi
and organize Hindi workshops.
5.2 The Fifth Pay
Commission laid down the principle that the post requiring Post Graduation as
minimum academic qualification should be placed in the scale of Rs. 6500-10500.
Even after, the 6th CPC has recommended a poor Rs. 4200 grade pay to
Junior Translators.
5.3 According to the Model Recruitment
Rules for the various posts in Official Language Cadre for Subordinate Offices,
circulated vide DoPT O M No. AB-14017/46/2011-Estt (RR) Dated 19th
September, 2013 Educational and other qualifications
required for direct recruits as Junior Translator is Master Degree in Hindi
& English, the extract of the same is given below:
“Master's degree of a recognized University in Hindi with
English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at
the degree level OR
Master's degree of a recognized University in English with Hindi
as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree
level OR
Master’s degree of a recognized University in any subject other
than Hindi or English, with Hindi medium and English as a compulsory or
elective subject or as
the medium of a examination at the degree level OR
Master’s degree of a recognized University in any subject other
than Hindi or English, with English medium and Hindi as a compulsory or
elective subject or as
the medium of a examination at the degree level; OR
Master’s Degree of a recognized University in any subject other
than Hindi or English, with Hindi and English as compulsory or elective
subjects or either of the two as a medium of examination and the other as a
compulsory or elective subject at degree level;
AND
Recognized Diploma or Certificate course in translation from
Hindi to English & vice versa or two years’ experience of translation work
from Hindi to English and vice versa in Central or State Government office,
including Government of India Undertaking.”
5.4 It is regretted to
note that while a person with graduation are being selected to the post of
Assistants with Rs. 4600 Grade Pay in Central Secretariat, the Junior
Translator with Post Graduation in two languages get less Grade Pay than a Central Secretariat
Assistant i.e. Rs. 4200. We feel the Pay Structure of Official Language Staff
should be upgraded in accordance with the educational qualification. Restructuring
of the posts of Official Language Staff may be recommended so as a person
initially appointed as Junior Translator may get 5 promotions during the
service career.
5.5 In view of
the above we propose the following changes in the pay scale/Grade Pay of Hindi Staff.
1.
|
Junior
Translator
|
Grade Pay
Rs. 4600/
|
2.
|
Sr.
Translator
|
Grade Pay
Rs. 4800/(Automatic upgradation to Rs. 5400/ after 4 years in the Designation
as Hindi Officer)
|
3.
|
Hindi
Officer
|
Grade Pay
Rs. 5400/ (Group A)
|
4.
|
Deputy
Director (OL)
|
Grade Pay
Rs. 6600/
|
5.
|
Joint
Director (OL)
|
Grade Pay
Rs. 7600/
|
6.
|
Director
(OL)
|
Grade Pay
Rs. 8700/
|
Chapter VI
Career Prospects/Promotional avenues:
6.1 High level stagnation
de-motivates the employees. For the efficient functioning of an organization, the
primary pre-requisite is the systematic career progression of the workforce.
But in most of the Departments especially smaller Departments stagnation has
come to stay for the last two decades. Considering this fact, the
5th Pay Commission had recommended two ACP in a time bound manner. The Sixth Pay Commission had awarded 3 time
bound MACP in replacement of previous ACP. But the scheme was found less
beneficial especially for lower category staff because the MACP was granted on
grade pay hierarchy and not promotional hierarchy. This has created a large scale anomaly.
6.2 Career Advancement of Officers:
Till
1996, the FOD, NSSO used to be headed by a Director. Regional level Offices were headed by Deputy
Directors and SRO level offices were headed by Superintendents. But now, the quantity and quality of work has
increased considerably and as such the ISS posts at Regional/Zonal level have
been upgraded to the level of Deputy Director General. Simultaneously, the strength of total ISS
cadre was increased manifold. In the year 1961 the total strength of ISS cadre
was 185 (116 primary posts with 69 promotion posts) which was increased to 690
and 799 respectively in the year 2002 & 2006. Today the position is 808 (232 primary posts
and 576 promotion posts). Besides a further upgradation of the posts are under
consideration.
6.3 Upgradation of the pay structure of SSS
staff:
The pay
structure of the Group B & Group C Field Staff has improved considerably,
in comparison with our cadres, by the recommendation of pay scale by the 4th
& 5th Pay Commissions, by implementation of Arbitration awards,
court decisions and re-structuring of the posts twice since 2002. Besides
subsequent to the merger of the Pay Scales during 6th Pay
Commission, three increments in the form of additional MACP have been granted
to them. Recently, through yet another cadre review, several posts of Assistant
Directors have been created in co-option of the posts of Senior Statistical
Officers. Besides a considerable increase in the post of Senior Statistical
Officers are also registered.
6.4 Bleak career prospects of Administrative/Official
Language staff:
The discontent amongst the Administrative Staff in
NSSO due to stagnation is in high magnitude today. Successive Pay Commission have recommended periodical
cadre review of the staff and asked to conduct cadre review in every 5 years. Despite
these recommendations and their acceptance
by the Government, no cadre review has been conducted for the Administrative
Staff in NSSO Offices since the inception of NSSO. As a
result the persons holding the posts of LDC, UDC, Stenographer, Junior
Translators etc are stagnating for more than 20 years on the same post. And in
this way majority of the Ministerial Staff in the NSSO have hardly reach the
post of Assistant at the time of their retirement and many of them are retiring
on the post of UDC itself.
6.4.1 Even
though NSSO Offices has to promote official language and all
efforts are being made for the same, the Official Language Staff who are
instrumental in implementing the official language policy are being ignored; a
clear picture of same has been given in Chapter V above. A person appointed as
Junior Translator in FOD, NSSO hardly reach the next promotion post till his
retirement as only one Senior Translator is available. The position of other
Divisions is not different.
6.4.2 In view of the above, a strong policy for
promotional avenues to the employees especially the Administrative Staff and
Official Language Staff should be formulated. The VII CPC therefore, should recommend the implementation of cadre
review strictly to ensure five
hierarchical promotions to all employees in their career on the
pattern adopted for Group A Officers. The qualifying period for the 1st
promotion for an LDC may be reduced to 5 years from the present 8 years.
CHAPTER VII
7.1 Existing & Proposed Pay Scales for Ministerial Staff
Sl. No.
|
Categories
|
Existing Pay Band
|
Grade Pay
|
Proposed Minimum Pay
|
Remarks
|
1.
|
MTS
|
5200-20200
|
Rs. 1800/
|
Rs. 33000+ Special Pay @ 15% of the Basic Pay
|
Upgradation of
Grade Pay to Rs. 2000 & Grant Special Pay to MTS in NSSO
|
2.
|
LDC
|
5200-20200
|
Rs. 1900/
|
Rs. 46000/
|
Upgradation of Grade Pay to Rs. 2800/
|
3.
|
UDC
|
5200-20200
|
Rs. 2400/
|
Rs. 56000/
|
Upgradation of Grade Pay to Rs. 4200/
|
4.
|
Assistant
|
9300-34800
|
Rs. 4200
|
Rs. 66000/
|
Upgradation of Grade equal to Central Secretariat
Assistants
|
5.
|
Section Officer
|
9300-34800
|
Rs. 4800/
|
Rs. 74000/
|
Upgradation of the Present
Administrative Officer is proposed.
|
6.
|
Admn Officer
|
9300-34800
|
Rs. 4600/
|
Rs. 88000/
|
After completion of 4 years as
Section Officer
|
7.
|
Deputy Director
|
15600-39100
|
Rs. 6600/
|
Rs. 102000
|
Grant of time scale on
completion of 30 years
|
8.
|
Chief Admn Officer
|
15600-39100
|
Rs. 7600
|
Rs. 120000/
|
7.2 Existing & Proposed Pay Scales for Stenographers
Sl. No.
|
Categories
|
Existing Pay Band
|
Grade Pay
|
Proposed Minimum Pay
|
Remarks
|
1
|
Stenographer Grade II
|
5200-20200
|
Rs. 2400/
|
Rs. 56000/
|
Upgradation of Grade Pay to Rs. 4200/
|
2.
|
Stenographer Grade I
|
9300-34800
|
Rs. 4200
|
Rs. 66000/
|
Upgradation of Grade to Rs. 4600/ proposed
|
3.
|
Private Secretary
|
9300-34800
|
Rs. 4600
|
Rs. 74000/
|
Upgradation of Grade Rs. 4800/
proposed
|
4.
|
Sr Private Secretary
|
9300-34800
|
Rs. 4800/
|
Rs. 88000/
|
Automatic upgradation of
Private Secretary after 4 years service
|
5.
|
Principal Pvt Secretary
|
15600-39100
|
Rs. 6600/
|
Rs. 102000
|
Grant of time scale on
completion of 26 years
|
6.
|
Sr. Principal Pvt Sec
|
15600-39100
|
Rs. 7600
|
Rs. 120000/
|
Grant of time scale on
completion of 30 years
|
7.3 Existing & Proposed Pay Scales for Official Language &
Other Staff
Sl. No.
|
Categories
|
Existing Pay Band
|
Grade Pay
|
Proposed Minimum Pay
|
Remarks
|
1.
|
Junior Hindi Translator
|
9300-34800
|
Rs. 4200
|
Rs. 66000/
|
Upgradation of Grade to Rs. 4600/ proposed
|
2.
|
Senior Hindi Translator
|
9300-34800
|
Rs. 4600
|
Rs. 74000/
|
Upgradation of Grade Rs. 4800/
proposed
|
3.
|
Hindi Officer
|
9300-34800
|
Rs. 4800/
|
Rs. 88000/
|
Automatic upgradation of Sr.
Hindi Translator after 4 years service
|
4.
|
Deputy Director (OL)
|
15600-39100
|
Rs. 6600/
|
Rs. 102000
|
Grant of time on completion 21
years
|
5.
|
Joint Director (OL)
|
15600-39100
|
Rs. 7600
|
Rs. 120000/
|
Grant of time scale on
completion of 26 years
|
6.
|
Director (OL)
|
15600-39100
|
Rs. 8700/
|
Rs. 139000/
|
Grant of time scale on
completion of 30 years
|
7.
|
Library Inf. Assistant
|
5200-20200
|
Rs. 2400/
|
Rs. 56000/
|
Upgradation of Grade Pay to Rs.
4200/
|
Driver(Ord. grade)
|
5200-20200
|
Rs. 1900/
|
Rs. 41000/
|
Upgradation of Grade Pay to Rs.
2400/
|
|
Driver grade II
|
5200-20200
|
Rs. 2400/
|
Rs. 56000/
|
Upgradation of Grade Pay to Rs.
4200/
|
|
Driver Grade I
|
9300-34800
|
Rs. 4200
|
Rs. 66000/
|
Upgradation of Grade Pay to Rs.
4600/
|
|
CHAPTER
VIII
ACP/MACP- Grant of
Promotional Hierarchy
8.1 The 5th CPC had recommended
the assured career progression scheme, which was adopted by the Government with
certain modifications. The scheme offered 1st and 2nd
financial upgradation on completion of 12 and 24 years service respectively. As
per the scheme, one is entitled for the financial up-gradation, only if he has
not get promotion within the time frame. The ACP Scheme was replaced by
modified ACP Scheme on the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission in which
provision of three financial up-gradations after completion 10, 20 & 30
years service is given. Since the MACP scheme is operated on grade pay
hierarchy, the person who granted MACP only get the next Grade Pay of the pay
band and not the Grade Pay of his next promotion post. As a result the scheme
became not attractive and on the request of the staff side a separate MACP
Anomaly Committee was constituted. In the Anomaly Committee Meeting staff side
demanded implementation of MACP on promotional hierarchy which was not agreed.
Then the Staff Side suggested that the scheme may be made optional and the
employees permitted to opt for either the ACP or the MACP as is beneficial to
him. This was also not agreed to by the official side without assigning any
reason. This has created a large scale anomaly and as a result dozens of cases
have been filed in various courts and all the court judgments were delivered in
favour of implementation of MACP on hierarchical basis but the Government has
not implemented the same till date.
8.2 Since
the Group A Officers are granted 5 time bond promotions and as such JCM Staff
side has proposed five financial upgradation in service career for an employee,
on completion of 8,7,6,5 and 4 years of service, our Association endorse the
proposal.
CHAPTER
IX
Increments
9.1 The Memorandum submitted
by the Staff Side, National Council has suggested (1) the rate of increment 5%
instead the present 3% and (2) two specific date of increment viz. 1st
January and 1st July. The Staff side also requested the Commission to specifically recommend that those
who retire on 30th June or 31st December are granted one increment on the last day of
their service. This Association endorses the JCM (Staff side) suggestion on the
matter.
CHAPTER
X
Requirement of Effective Grievance Redressal Procedure
10.1 Joint Consultative Machinery and Compulsory
Arbitration with an intention to redress the grievances of the employees have
been functioning since 1966. All non Gazetted officials in the Government of India
Offices were allowed to be members of the Association working under JCM Scheme.
Group B officials of the Headquarters Organizations have been covered under
this scheme whereas the Group B officials in subordinate offices have been kept
out of the purview of the JCM Scheme which is discriminatory.
10.2 Even though there is no
provision for re-identification of the cadres already identified under CCS
(RSA) Rules 1993, the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation has
re-identified the cadres without seeking
opinion from the concerned Association and re-recognized the lone
Association which has the support of more than 70% staff.
10.3 Moreover, the same cadres,
which have been removed in the name of Group B through the above exercise, are
members of the Association working under JCM Scheme in other Government of
India Departments and that Departments allowed them to function. For instance:
The Assistant or equivalent posts with 4200 Grade Pay working, in Central
Ground Water Board, Census, CPWD, Income
Tax, Central Excise and many other offices are allowed to function as part of
JCM. The Income Tax Inspector/Excise Inspector with Rs. 4600 Grade Pay, Senior
Accountant with 4600 Grade Pay in CAG, Post Master with 4200 and above and all
are allowed by the Government of India to
function under JCM scheme in their respective Departments.
10.4 It is, therefore,
necessary that all categories and cadres of employees and officers, who were
covered under the JCM Scheme in 1966 (i.e. the year in which the JCM came into
existence), must continue to be covered under the scheme irrespective of the
change of classification or revision of pay scales that have been ordered from
time to time. In the present context all employees drawing grade pay up to and
including Rs. 4800 (PB2) must be converge by the JCM Scheme.
Conclusion:
It is
re-iterated that in NSSO the Administrative Staff are an integral part of the
technical management. And with their active participation only the collection
and processing of the statistical data can be successfully conducted. Also
under the modernization, the NSSO has been fully computerized and the Administrative
staff does work in computer only. And also the MTS, LDC, UDC, Stenographers all
cadres in NSSO Offices are forced to do duties prescribed for higher posts due
to lack of sufficient higher posts and yet they have been denied a better grade
pay which is incommensurate with the duties they are forced to handle.
Considering the entire
special feature discussed above the proposal of upgradation of the Ministerial
and other staff may please be considered and the pay scale proposed therein may
be awarded.
PART
II
Allowances and advances, facilities and miscellaneous
demands:
This Association
has concentrated only on the issue of the pay structure of the Administrative
Staff of NSSO Offices. For all other issues/grievances related to our staff
viz. allowances and advances, facilities, miscellaneous issues, we endorse the
provisions given in the General memorandum of the National Council (JCM)/Confederation
of Central Government Employees & workers.
(TKR Pillai)
General Secretary
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