ALL INDIA TRADE UNIONS RALLY & PARLIAMENT MARCH ON 12-12-2013 IN DELHI

10^TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SOUTHERN INITIATIVE ON GLOBALISATION AND TRADE UNION RIGHTS (SIGTUR)

Perth, Australia – from 2^nd to 6^th December 2013

Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, Participated

Against the everyday reality of the human social and psychological destructiveness of Neo-liberal capitalist Restructuring, one hundred and twenty (120) trade union activists from fourteen countries across four continuents in the Global South, representing democratic unions from Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda, Japan, India, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea and Australia gathered in Perth, Western Australia from 2^nd to 6^th of December 2013.

The five days program of workshops and plenary debates focused on four issues: - (1) Challenging the power of global corporations (2) Public sector restructuring (3) Transport and Communications and (4) Trade Union education and empowering workers in the age of neo-liberalism. The congress endorsed continuing to build and strengthen global solidarity networks and actions in the above mentioned four areas. The congress recommended that noting the intense anti-privatisation and other public sector struggles which are presently being fought on all continents within the SIGTUR network, priority shall be given to intensifying these struggles and SIGTUR coordinators shall prioritize this defined objective. Further the congress noted development and emergence of global campaign against Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) by the SIGTUR participants and leading role played by them.

Congress recommended that SIGTUR participants shall work strongly for country to country and union to union initiatives and solidarity actions that intensify these campaigns. Congress decided that a continuing exchange of ideas on union education on workplace issues and political economy should be promoted across the network as part of a process of further developing the social and political consciousness of workers.

The congress was addressed by Com. Ged Kearney, ACTU President, Com. Christy Cain, State Secretary & National Vice President of Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), Com. Paddy Crumlin, National Secretary of the MUA & International President of International Transport Federation (ITF). There were II sessions consisting of workshops and plessary sessions.

The Indian delegation consisting of 13 leaders of various organizations was lead by Com. Amanulla Khan, All India President of the All India Insurance Employees Association. Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General represented the Confederation.

SIGTUR’S OBJECTIVE

“Step by step we will build a globally integrated labour movement in the south, in the most fundamental battle of our era. In this we represent the hopes and aspirations of generations to come; hopes for a just global economy providing security for all in society; for a planet whose fine tuned ecology is protected before all else and for world society that relegates the weapons and methods of warfare to the dustbin of history, where they truly belong. In each of these struggles we will never cease to advance, for while we have breath in our bodies we will remain committed to what is best and to what drives our movement: a solidarity which will last forever”.

ALL INDIA TRADE UNIONS RALLY & PARLIAMENT MARCH ON 12-12-2013 IN DELHI

CGHS - All empanelled private hospitals are required to provide credit facilities to the CGHS beneficiaries in case of emergency

CGHS is basically providing the dispensary services through its Wellness Centres manned by the General Duty Medical Officers. However, CGHS also provides the services of medical specialists through the Polyclinics and Central Government hospitals. In addition, the CGHS medical specialists also visit designated dispensaries on stipulated days in each week to provide medical consultation to the beneficiaries. Due to shortage of specialists in CGHS it is practically not feasible and financially viable to provide Specialist facilities in each CGHS Wellness Centre. Moreover, CGHS is also engaging contractual specialists against the vacant posts of specialists to provide the medical consultation services to its beneficiaries. CGHS has a dedicated wing of specialists at the Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi for its beneficiaries. The CGHS beneficiaries are also allowed to consult specialists at Dr. RML Hospital and other Government hospitals in NCR in respective specialties. In addition, CGHS has empanelled a large number of private hospitals to provide inpatient medical care to its beneficiaries on the advice of Government specialists.

Also, as per the Terms & Conditions for empanelment under CGHS, all empanelled private hospitals are required to provide credit facilities to the CGHS beneficiaries in case of emergency. Pensioners and other specified category of beneficiaries are entitled for credit facilities under normal circumstances also. Non-compliance of the said provision attracts penalty as per the Memorandum of Agreement signed by them.

This was stated by Sh Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.

Source: PIB 

Age Limit for Dependent Children of Government Servants for availing Medical Facilities under CGHS

Age Limit for Dependent Children of Government Servants for availing Medical Facilities under CGHS

ENTITLEMENT FOR ECHS MEMBERSHIP

1. Further to central Org ECHS letter No B/49764/AG/ECHS dated 10 Oct 2003.

2. With imediate effect, ECHS facilities have been extend to dependents as applicable in CGHS vide MH & FW letter No 4-24/9G-C&P/CGHS (P) dt 31 May 2007 (Copy attached)

Annexure 3. VA : Age Limit for Dependent children 

Text of MH & FW OM No. 4-24/96-C&P/CGHS/CGHS(P), dt. 31.5.2007

Age Limit for Dependent Children of Government Servants and Pensioners for availing Medical Facilities under CGHS and Central Services (MA) Rules, 1944

The undersigned is directed to state that the age limit for dependent sons and daughters was earlier fixed vide Office Memorandum, No, B-12014/7/92-CGHS(P)dt. 31st December, 1993, issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, according to which for sons to be dependent on his father/mother, he had to be less than 25 years of age or till he started earning, whichever was earlier. 

As a result of stay granted by the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in Civil Miscellaneous Petition No. 115/97 in Civil Writ Petition No. 2542 of 1996 in Shri Madan Mohan Sharina Vs. Union of India, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare issued an Office Memorandum No.4-24/96-C&P/CGHS/CGHS(P) on 17th September, 1999, upper age limit for sons was removed subject to fulfilling other conditions regarding dependency and normally staying with the Government servant/pensioner. The Hon’ble High Court Of Delhi has dismissed the petition by its order on 29th November, 2006.

2. In view of the dismissal of the Writ Petition, it has been decided to re-fix the age limit for dependents, as indicated below:

(i)	Son	Till he starts earning or attains the age of 25 years, whichever is earlier.
(ii)	Daughter	Till she starts earning or gets married, irrespective of the age limit, whichever is earlier.
(iii)	Son suffering from any permanent disability  2 of any kind (physical or mental)	Irrespective of age limit.
(iv)	Dependent divorced/abandoned or separated from their husband/ widowed daughters and dependent unmarried/divorced/abandoned or separated from their husband/ widowed sisters	Irrespective of age limit.
(v)	Minor brother(s)	Upto the age of becoming a major.

3. The other conditions of dependency and normally residing with the Government servant/pensioner will remain the same.

4. This order will take effect from the date of issue of the Office Memorandum.

5. This order would also be applicable to Central Government employees covered under Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944.

6. This issues with the concurrence of IFD vide their Dy. No.2552/2007 dated the 15th May, 2007.

1. A son shall be entitled until he gels married. vide dt O.M. of even no. dt 25.2.2009 (Annexure 3.VAA).

2. For meaning of disability. refer O.M. of even No dt. 29.8.2007 (Annexure 3.VB) and dt. 2.8.2010 (Annexure 3.VBB).

Source : www.echs.gov.in

[http://echs.gov.in/images/pdf/ops/ops97.pdf]

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VOICE OF GDS CREATED THUNDERS IN THE PARLIAMENT STREET FOR THE CAUSE OF JUSTIFIED DEMANDS ON 12-12-13 …!!!

TODAY GDS NATIONAL CONVENTION BY AIPEDEU .

VOICE OF GDS CREATED THUNDERS IN THE PARLIAMENT STREET FOR THE CAUSE OF JUSTIFIED DEMANDS ON 12-12-13 …!!!

AIPEDEU MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED  TO HON’BLE PM & OTHERS.

Tele-Fax: 23697701

ALL INDIA POSTAL EXTRA DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES UNION

 (Central Head Quarter)

 First Floor, Post Office Building, Padamnagar, Delhi 110007

President:                  :    D.N. Giri
General Secretary     :    S.S. Mahadevaiah


To

Dr. Man Mohan Singh Jee,
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,
Government of India,
New Delhi – 110001
Shri P. Chidhambaram Jee,
Hon’ble Minister for Finance,
Government of India,
North Block,
New Delhi – 110001
Sri Kapil Sibal jee,
Hon’ble Minister of Communications & I.T.
Government of India,
Electronic Niketan,  CGO Complex,
New Delhi-110003

The Secretary,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhavan,
New Delhi-110001

MEMORANDUM

Respected Sir,


Most respectfully we are submitting herewith a memorandum on most urgent and pressing problems of the Gramin Dak Sevak employees for your kind perusal.

The Department of Posts is the only department of the Government of India where there is a special category of employees working called Gramin Dak Sevaks. In fact the Gramin Dak Sevaks are the backbone of the postal department. The postal functions rendered at the nook and corner villages of the country covering 74% of population by the Gramin Dak Sevaks are of high order and quality. Almost every postal service i.e. M.N.R.E.G.S., Postal Life Insurance ( P.L.I/R.P.L.I) old age pension is provided in one or the other way at the Branch offices manned by the Gramin Dak Sevaks. The GDS officials are working more than ten hours a day to serve effectively to the villagers. But they are getting wages only for three to five hours work. Unfortunately, most of the facilities granted by the department to the departmental employees are denied to these low paid poor employees where as the duties, services, functions, risks and responsibilities of the G.D.S employees are similar and equal to those of departmental employees.  Unlike other Bureaucratic committees, the independent committee headed by a retired Justice Charanjit Talwar had studied the service conditions of GDS, traveling length and breadth, and recommended all benefits due at par with Departmental staff but unfortunately the same were not implemented by the then Govt. in 1999.  A few benefits were extended to them, that too with the same tradition of continuing exploitative policies.  In fact the recommendations were based on rational and justified reasoning! 

        All India Postal Extra Departmental Employees Union (GDS) on behalf of Two lakh Sixty Thousand GDS employees would like to bring the following unsettled and most pressing issues of Gramin Dak Sevaks on the occasion of Parliament March by Ten Thousand Gramin Dak Sevaks on 12.12.2013.

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1.             Departmentalisation of Branch Post offices.

2.             Grant Civil Servants Status to Gramin Dak Sevaks.

3.             Inclusion of GDS wage structure and Service Conditions in the preview of 7^thCentral Pay Commission.

4.             Merger of 50% D.A with Pay for GDS.

5.             Provide cent percent compassionate appointments to the wards of deceased GDS employees.

6.             Revise BPM cash handling norms Rs. 20,000/- per one point.

7.             25% Postman, MTS vacancies are filled by the senior GDS officials on the basis of seniority cum fitness.

8.             Stop 25% Postman/MTS vacancies offer to open market. Those vacancies also should be filled up by GDS.

9.             Enhance the office maintenance allowance (House rent) of the Branch Post offices.

10.          Regularization of causal, Part time, contingent employees and revision of their wages with effect from 01.01.2006 and grant of DA.  

 

We once again respectfully crave your indulgence for judicious settlement of the issues.



With high regards

 Dated:  12.12.2013                                                        

Yours faithfully,

                   Sd/-                                                                               

 (S.S. Mahadevaiah)

  General Secretary

Source : http://ruralpostalemployees.blogspot.in/

Reservation in Employment in Private Sector: Govt reply in Rajya Sabha

Press Information Bureau 

Government of India

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment 

12-December-2013 16:23 IST

Reservation in Employment in Private Sector  

A high level Coordination Committee under the Chairmanship of Principal Secretary to Prime Minister was constituted in October 2006, to carry forward the dialogue with the Industry on Affirmative Action, including reservation in Private Sector. The Coordination Committee is serviced by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. The Coordination Committee has been holding meetings with the apex Chambers from time to time. The Industry Associations viz. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have developed their respective Voluntary Code of Conduct (VCC) for member companies wherein stress has been laid on equal opportunities in employment for all sections of society, removing bias in employment to disadvantaged sections of society, increasing employability of socially disadvantaged sections through skill upgradation, continuous training and providing scholarships.

A brief summary of updated actions taken on Affirmative Action in the Private Sector in respect of three Industry Associations as provided by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is as follows:

i)          Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

a)         Affirmative Action Council (AAC) has been formed. The AAC has identified 4 areas of Affirmative-work, Employability, Entrepreneurship, Education and Employment.

(b)        Affirmative Fund has been set up.

c)         126032 candidates from Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) community have been trained in various vocational skills.

d)         56141 Scholarships have been provided to SC/ ST students.

e)         81 Entrepreneurship development training programmes have been held.

f)         Mid day meal programmes have been started in backward districts in all four zones of the country.

g)         395 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) have been adopted for upgradation.

h)         822 companies have adopted Voluntary Code of Conduct.

ii)         Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

a)         89219 candidates from SC/ST community have been trained in various vocational skills.

b)         482 Scholarships have been provided to SC/ ST students.

c)         3503 Entrepreneurship development training programmes have been held.

d)         9488 SC/ST students have been provided free education.

e)         451 companies have adopted Voluntary Code of Conduct.

iii)        Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)

a)         995 companies have adopted Voluntary. Code of Conduct.

b)         150 ITIs have been upgraded.

c)         1519 SC/ST students have been imparted Skill Upgradation and Entrepreneurship Development trainings.

d)         100 scholarships provided to SC/ST students for studying in premier institutions like IITs/ IIMs.

e)         14950 candidates have been trained under Skill Development programmes.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Manikrao Hodlya Gavit in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.

*****

Source : PIB

ATTENTION: Pre-2006 Defence Civilian Pensioners / Family Pensioners

ATTENTION: Pre-2006 Defence Civilian Pensioners / Family Pensioners 

NOTIFICATION 

Government of India 

Ministry of Defence 

Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) 

Draupadi Ghat, Allahabad – 211014 

ATTENTION: Pre-2006 Defence Civilian Pensioners / Family Pensioners 

Revision (as per 6th CPC) of pension / family pension of Pre-2006 Defence Civilian Pensioners / Family Pensioners has been carried out by Pension Disbursing Agencies (PDAs). Corrigendum PPOs for this pension revision are to be issued by PCDA (P) Allahabad based on the information to be provided in the prescribed format available on the website of PCDA Pension, by Pensioners / Family Pensioners / PDA / Head of the Office from where the Government Servant retired. No application is required from Pensioner / Family Pensioner whose Corrigendum PPO has already been issued as per 6th CPC.  

2. Pensioner / Family Pensioner may download the Application Form from our website www.pcdapension.nic.in and complete the Part-I of it and submit it to his PDA for further action. PDA in turn will verify and fill up the respective field in Part-II of the Application Form and return the same within three days to pensioner for onward transmission to the Head of the Office. All the Head of the Offices are requested to fill-up the respective fields in Part-III of the Application Form and forward the same to the undersigned within one month. 

3. Please visit our website www.pcdapension.nic.in for detailed instructions. 

  

G.K.BARANWAL

Asst. Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions)

Source: www.pcdapension.nic.in

[http://pcdapension.nic.in/6cpc/Circular-114.pdf]

KVS Orders - Regarding Re-employment of Principal/Principal Grad.II/Vice-Principal

KVS Orders - Re-employment of Principal/Principal Grad.II/Vice-Principal Reg.

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN (HQ)

18, Institutional Area, S.J.S Marg, New Delhi-110016.

F.16-2/2013-KVS(E.I) (Re-employment)

Dated: 12/12/2013

Subject: Re-employment of Principal/Principal Grad.II/Vice-Principal Reg.

Sir/Madam,

In continuation to this office letter of even no. dated 5.9.2013 please find enclosed herewith the proforma for consent of re-employment upto 31.03.2014. The consent of Vice-Principals/Principal Gr.II /Principal may be obtained in this proforma and forward the same for further necessary action.

Yours faithfully,

sd/-

(Neelam)

Asstt. Commissioner(Admn.)/Estt.

Source :www.kvsangathan.nic.in

[http://kvsangathan.nic.in/GeneralDocuments/ANN-12-12-13(2).PDF]

Reduction of Salary after inter-divisional transfer: Plea for higher pay dismissed by CAT

Plea for higher pay dismissed: Deccan Chronical

Chennai: The Madras bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has dismissed the petition of a railway employee who challenged reduction of his salary after inter-divisional transfer.

Petitioner E. Sam Solomon was serving as a station master in Tiruchy division in 2005. On his request, he was moved to Madurai division as the junior most assistant station master and posted to Kumaramangalam railway station in November 2008.

Later, he was declared medically unfit for the post. Hence, he was given alternative appointment as senior clerk in works branch, Madurai, in 2010 and his grade pay salary reduced from Rs 4,200 to Rs 2,800. Sam Solomon prayed to CAT to set aside the transfer order and direct southern railway to accord him relevant grade salary.

In its reply, southern railway stated that the applicant had specifically requested for transfer in the lower scale of pay and based on this, he had been transferred to the Madurai division with appropriate pay scale.

The bench, comprising judicial member K. Elango and administrative member Naresh Gupta, held that the applicant had sought reversion of his pay after promotion and in such a case he cannot continue in the pay scale of the higher post.

The inter-railway or inter-divisional transfer cannot be claimed as a right and such request considered on hardship. If so, such employees must be placed below all existing staff in the relevant grade in the new unit, the bench added.

Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com

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