The Hindu Business Line : Cashew body employees demand implementation of pay package

Kochi, Jan. 15 The employees of the Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPC) have sought the intervention of Union Commerce Minister and the Commerce Secretary to get the sixth Pay Commission recommendations and promotions due to them implemented.

In a representation signed by around 20 employees of the CEPC, an autonomous organisation under the Commerce Ministry, they said that the Economic Officer of the Union government had circulated order No A-16018/1/2006/EIII dated September 4, 2008 to all Autonomous Bodies/EPCs/Statutory Bodies to implement the Sixth Central Pay Commission from September 30, 2008. This was followed by another order No 7/23/2008-E-III dated September 30, 2008 from the Ministry of Finance that 80 per cent of funds will be provided by the Central government for implementing the report for autonomous bodies, quasi-government organisations, etc which are following central DA pattern. The CEPC management, despite these orders, has not initiated any action to implement the pay commission recommendations even after the lapse of six months.

They said the CEPC followed central DA pattern and had implemented all the previous five Pay Commission recommendations.

They alleged that only the CEPC had not implemented the latest pay commission recommendations where as all the other Export Promotion Councils/Commodity Boards/Statutory Bodies have implemented it.

Besides, the employees alleged that they had been denied their legitimate promotions/ upgradations/accelerated career promotions to posts fell vacant due to normal retirement/ resignation etc., by the CEPC management.

A senior CEPC management source, when asked about the implementation of the pay commission recommendations, told Business Line that the Council had already taken it up with the Commerce ministry and its reply was awaited.

According to the Government order “the adoption of revised pay structure based on these orders by Autonomous Organisations etc., both where the pattern of emoluments structure is identical to the Central government and where the emoluments structure is not similar will be subject to the following conditions as far as budgetary support for additional expenditure is concerned”:

(a) 80 per cent of the additionality will be met by the Central government; (b) 10 per cent of the additionality will be met by the Autonomous Organisations etc., through additional generation of revenue; and (c) balance 10 per cent of the additionality will be managed by the Autonomous organisations etc through savings.

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