Suggestions - Indian Railway Singal and Telecommunication Staff Association
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Sixth Central Pay Commission:Suggestions
User Name: Indian Railway Singal and Telecommunication Staff Association Gorakhpur
International comparisons
Some countries have raised civil service pay scales almost to levels prevalent in the private sector on the hypothesis that a well-paid bureaucracy is likely to be honest and diligent. To what extent would such a hypothesis be valid and how far would such a course of action be desirable?
The justification for paying Civil servant equivalent to private sector employees for the purpose of removing corruption does not augur well in the prevailing situation.
Impact on other organizations
Salary structure in the Central and State Governments is broadly similar. The recommendations of the Pay Commission are likely to lead to similar demands from employees of State Governments, municipal bodies, panchayati raj institutions & autonomous institutions Their paying capacity is considerably limited. To what extent should this factor be considered in devising a reasonable remuneration package for Central Government employees?
For the simple reason that some of the State Govt. cannot afford to implement CPC, the Central govt. Employee cannot be deprived of their reasonable benefits under CPC.
Salaries
How should we determine the salary to be paid to a Secretary in the Central Government? Please suggest an appropriate basic pay for a Secretary? Can appointment to this post be made on a contractual basis where salaries and tenure are linked to the performance in terms of achieving defined targets?
Fixing salary for a Secretary in the Cabinet Govt. keeping in line with the State Govt. service is not possible. Appointing Central Govt. Secretary on contractual basis will not make them accountable or achieve reasonable or achieve reasonable target because of the insecurity to their job position.
What should be the reasonable ratio between the minimum and the maximum of a pay scale?
Not known.
Is it necessary to persist with a pre-determined minimum-maximum ratio on ideological considerations? Or is it more important to ensure efficient administration by preventing flight of outstanding talent from Government?
It is the prerogative of the Central Govt. to utilize the civil service talent even from the state but without depriving them of the pay benefits.
Relativities
Employees in the Secretariat and analogous establishments are entitled to higher pay scales than the corresponding field functionaries. This was supposed to compensate them for the loss of certain facilities available to them in field assignments and the extra effort required for decision-making at the policy level. Are these factors valid even today particularly in the context of decentralization and devolution of administrative powers? Is this discrimination between field and secretariat functionaries even justified today?
There is no much difference between field level civil servant and policy level making servants as they are being benefited in one way or other.
Group-A Services
Is there a case for a Unified Civil Service, merging therein all Central (both technical and non-technical) and All India Services, allowing vertical and horizontal movement ? Or should there be two distinct streams, one embracing all the technical services and the other for non-technical services?
Practically it is not possible either to have a unified civil service or two distinct services. As the first hand information is not available, it is unable to given any suggestion.
Professional personnel
Should there be a higher compensation package for scientists in certain specialized streams/departments like Department of Space, Department of Atomic Energy? If so, what should be the reasonable package in their case?
Though the amount cannot be quantified, higher scales of pay and exemption combined with post should be given to all personal involved in science and developmental activities like space and atomic energy.
Classification of posts
Presently, civilian posts in the Central Government are classified into four Groups (A, B, C and D) with reference to their scales of pay. The Fifth Central Pay Commission had recommended their reclassification into Executive, Supervisory, Supporting and Auxiliary Staff. Would you suggest any changes in the existing classification or should the classification recommended by Fifth Central Pay Commission be adopted with/without modifications?
Whether there is clarification or not, the VIPC should definitely reward for higher grades of Group-A service in order to attract talented people who are hitherto resorting either Private of abroad. The matter gets more important in the present era of globalization.
Restructuring of Group C & D posts
Should all lower Group C functionaries in the Secretariat be replaced by multi-functional Executive Assistants, who would be graduates and well versed in office work, secretarial skills and use of modern office equipment including computers? Should Similar arrangements can be evolved for Group C posts in other organisations of Government?
In future, it is the Group-C functionaries will face more responsibilities in their day to day work. Familiarization with modern gadgets like computer will be a must, but all the these efforts will bear fruit only by a methodical training at proper placement. 10.1 The minimum scale may be Rs. 8000/- taking into consideration the current price index and the basis of consumer price index. The present No. of scale may be reduced and ratio in between lowest and highest 1 to 7. 11.1 Performance based increments should be call of the day. This will make the. employee ever binding.
Revision of pay scales
Is there any need to revise the pay scales periodically especially when 100% neutralization for inflation is available in form of dearness allowance?
Increase in A will not compensate for increase in Pay scales.
How should pay be fixed in the revised pay scales? Should there be a point-to-point fixation? If not, please suggest a method by which it can be ensured that senior personnel are not placed at a disadvantage vis-ŕ-vis their juniors and due weightage is given for the longer service rendered by the former
Weight age should be given to Sr. Personnel by having a distinct pay scale though in the same grade which will encourage experience being put the advantage.
Compensatory Allowances
Is City Compensatory Allowance a sufficient compensation for the problems of a large city? If DA and HRA provide full neutralization, do you think CCA should continue? Is there a need for changing the basis of classification of cities and the rates of CCA? If so, please suggest the revised basis and rates.
The CCA rate may be raised according to the classification of cities taking into consideration of the population and life style and it may be pad at the minimum of Rs. 200/- and the maximum of Rs. 1000/- according to the pay scale respectively .
Pay and perquisites for Armed Forces
What should be the basis for determination of pay scales for Armed Forces Personnel? What percentage weightage should be assigned to (i) parity with civil services, (ii) comparison with private sector, (iii) special and hazardous nature of duties, (iv) short career span and (v) restricted rights?
Not known.
How should the pay of a soldier, sailor and airman be determined? How should it relate to the minimum wage in Government and the pay of a constable in paramilitary or internal security forces?
Not known.
Abolition of feudalism
Should all vestiges of feudalism in the country like huge residential bungalows sprawling over several acres, large number of servant quarters, retinues of personal staff, bungalow peons, use of uniformed personnel as batmen or on unnecessary security or ceremonial duties etc. be abolished? Please make concrete suggestions.
The economic situation of the country does not encourage all such Para Phernalia which has been in existence since Independence. Though it cannot abolished it can be regulated to certain extant.
Specific proposals
In what manner can Central Government organizations functioning be improved to make them more professional, citizen-friendly and delivery oriented?
The functioning of the court should be made more transparent which will enable even a common man to understand what is going on in Govt. Dept. Proposal as 2 & 6 may be strictly made to adhere. If right decision are taken at the right time, litigation and other consequences can be avoided.
New concepts
Do you think the concepts of contractual appointment, part-time work, flexible job description, flexi time etc. need to be introduced in Government to change the environment, provide more jobs and impart flexibility to the working conditions of employees?
Not available in Government Department.
For improving punctuality/introducing new concepts like flexi time, should biometric entry/exit be introduced?
Not advisable /Fair.
What steps should be taken to ensure that scientists, doctors, engineers and other professionals with sophisticated education and skills are retained in their specialized fields in Government? Should they be appointed on contract with a higher status and initial pay, advance increments, better service conditions, etc.?
The existing personal may b encouraged to take up more responsibility by giving them performance based incentives.
Should there be lateral movement from Government to non-Government jobs and vice versa? If so, in which sphere(s) and to what extent ?
Not feasible.
It has been suggested that existing Government employees should be encouraged to shift to employment on contract for specified periods in return for a substantially higher remuneration package. Would you agree?
Agreeable /Possible especially when the work involved in.
Performance Appraisal
In what way should be present system of performance appraisal be changed? Should be ACR be an open document?
In place of CR, the genuine performance appraisal based on real time day to day work should be done so as to avoid favoritism.
How far has the introduction of self-assessment helped in the process of appraisal?
Not heaped the organization in any way.
Should appraisal be done for an entire team instead of for individuals?
Yes. This will encourage the sprit of co-operation.
In what manner can Government employees be made personally accountable for their acts of omission or commission, without any special safeguards? Would you recommend any amendments to Article 311 of the Constitution, Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Section 17 and 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and various rules relating to conduct of Government servants and disciplinary proceedings?
To ensure the real Democracy and equality among the People /Govt. Workers, the appropriate amendments to the Conduct rules should be done to make the Govt. Employees more accountable and dedicated to follow the well known proverb "Govt. work is God's Work".
Holidays
Kindly comment on the appropriateness of adopting a five-day week in Government offices when other sectors follow a six day week. Please also state whether the number of Gazetted holidays in Government offices should be reduced? Please also comment on the appropriateness of declaring Gazetted holidays for all major religious festivals.
Five days work should be revised as six day week in all Government Organization . the status quo of Gazetted holidays can be gradually reduced taking into account of the popular opinion and the same should be applicable to employees working in open field
What do you think is the state of work ethics and punctuality in Government offices? Kindly suggest ways of improving these.
There is no absolute punctuality in the majority of Govt. Offices. It is sadly missing Attendance should be made strict and habitual late coming must be penalized, in the form of cut in increments of proportionate reduction in salary.
