Decisions taken in the Joint Meeting of the three recognized Federations AIDEF, INDWF & BPMS

Decisions taken in the Joint Meeting of the three recognized Federations AIDEF, INDWF & BPMS

Struggle Committee of Defence Civilian Employees to Save Defence Industry 

(A FORUM CONSISTING OF AIDEF, INDWF & BPMS RECOGNIZED FEDERATIONS OF TRADE UNIONS OF DEFENCE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES)

Ref. No : 02/AIDEF/INDWF/BPMS/18

Date : 05th January, 2018

Decisions taken in the Joint Meeting of the three recognized Federations (AIDEF, INDWF, BPMS) held at Kolkata on 05.01.2018.

A meeting of the three recognized Federations (AIDEF, INDWF, BPMS) was held at Kolkata on 05.01.2018. The following were present

AIDEF: S.N.Pathak / President 

C.Srikumar / General Secretary

INDWF: R. Srinivasan / General Secretary 

Pradip Basu/Vice-President

BPMS: Sadhu Singh / Organizing Secretary

 Mukesh Singh / Deputy General Secretary

The meeting reviewed the Black Badge demonstration held on 28.12.2017 all over the country. The meeting congratulated all the affiliated Unions, the Unit level unions, Associations and all the Defence Civilian Employees who participated in the demonstration. Thereafter, the meeting expressed its concern about the unhelpful attitude of the Government in not responding to the representations of the Federations and to settle the demands put forth before the Government. Thereafter, the following decisions are taken unanimously.

1) The demonstration before the Parliament at Delhi on 15.02.2018 as decided will be held successfully by mobilizing the Defence Civilian Employees. For this purpose the representatives of the three Federations, at Delhi will make the logistic arrangements including getting Police permission and setting up of stage, Public address system etc.

2) Since, the 5 DEF Group of Factories, 8 ABWs, 14 Station Workshops, 39 Military Farms 4 Depots and MES are going to be affected immediately due to the policy decisions taken by the Govt. recently, it has been decided that a “One Day Call attention Strike” is required to be observed by the employee of these Units. Accordingly, the following time table is decided :- 

a)21.02.2018: Strike Ballot by AIDEF Unions 

b)22.02.2018: Strike Ballot by INDWF Unions 

c)23.02.2018: Strike Ballot by BPMS Unions

Local Unions not affiliated to the three Federations in the action Committee may take the Strike Ballot as decide in the local action Committee at the Unit Level.

d) 28.02.2018: Issue of Strike Notice with Massive Demonstration.

e) 15.03.2018: “One Day Call attention Strike” by the Employees of 5 OEF Group of Factories, 8 ABWs, 14 Station Workshops, 39 Military Farms,, 4 Depots and MES.

3) All the Unions in all the other Defence Establishments will observe a solidarity action in support of the striking employees on 15.03.2018 by holding demonstration, gate meetings and rally etc.

4) After the Call Attention Strike on 15.03.2018 the three Federations will again meet and decide for a further serious action programme in all the Defence Establishments.

5) The campaigning programmes against the policy decisions of the Govt. in all the Defence Units may be continued and intensified by all the Unions.]

The three recognized Federation appeal to all the Unions, Associations and the Defence Civilian Employees to make the protest programme from 08.01.2018 to 12.01.2018 a grand success. The memorandum jointly to be submitted by all the Unions at Unit Level to the Defence Minister through Head of the Establishment on 12-01-2018 is also enclosed herewith.

C.Srikumar 

General Secretary – AIDEF

R.Srinivasan 

General Secretary – INDWF

Sadhu Singh 

Organizing Secretary – BPMS

Source: INDWF

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All India Defence employees Federation opposes corporatisation of Ordnance Factories

ALL INDIA DEFENCE EMPLOYEES FEDERATION

Survey No.81, Or.Babasahab Ambedkar Road. Khadki, Pune — 411003.

Tele Fax (020) 25818761 Ernail defempfed@gmail.com

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All India Defence employees Federation opposes corporatisation of Ordnance Factories

AIDEF convey it, Stand to the Defence Minister Shri.Manohar Parrikar

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Non-implementation of decisions taken in the National 6th CPC Anomaly committee - AIDEF

AIDEF

All India Defence Employees Federation

No.04/1004/PM/AIDEF/14

Dt: 22/02/2014

To

Shri Manmohan Singh, 

Hon'ble Prime Minister,

Government of India, 

South Block, New Delhi.

Respected Sir,

Sub: Non-implementation of decisions taken in the National 6th CPC Anomaly committee.

Ref: Minutes of the National Anomaly Committee meeting held on 17/07/2012.

We wish to draw your kind attention to the above mentioned subject. After the implementation of 6th CPC recommendations w.e.f.1/1/2006, Govt. of India constituted a National Anomaly Committee with representatives of staff side to settle the various anomalies arosed as a result of 6th CPC. The following two major issues which affects the major section of the Central Govt. employees was raised in the meeting and discussed in the subsequent meetings and an understanding was reached between the official side and the staffside. However it is unfortunate that the Govt. has not taken any decision on these two issues which has now forced the employees to approach Court of Law. Therefore to avoid multiplicity of litigations in the service matters of the Central Govt. employees, we request you to kindly intervene in the matter and arrange to issue necessary instructions for implementing the following two major issues.

1) Anomaly in the entry pay between Direct Recruite and promotee

There arosed an anomaly in Rule-8 of the CCS(RP) Rules - 2008, basically due to the fact that it is for the first time that the pay commission has recommended specific entry level pay for Direct Recruits (DRs). This has resulted in employees who were appointed in service prior to the Direct Recruits and got promoted earlier getting less pay as compared to their counterparts recruited directly and who joined after 1/1/2006. The official She stated that in such cases stepping up of pay is permissible subject to certain conditions. However the staffside hoisted that on promotion , the pay of all the promotees should be fixed at the entry level of pay of that post as in the case of the Direct Recruits wherever there is a provision of Direct Recruitment in the Recruitment Rules. The staffside requested that wherever there is a provision in the recruitment rule for direct recruitment in a post then in such cases the entry pay given to a direct recruitee should be automatically given to the promotee irrespective of the fact, whether a junior direct recruite is available or not. This proposal of the staffside was agreed by the official side and the DOP&T has proposed for implementation of this decision to the Department of Expenditure for issuing necessary Govt. orders. However till date no Govt. orders is issued on the subject.

2) Grant of MACP benefits in the promotional hierarchy of the Post instead of the next Grade pay in the Pay Band.

In the ACP scheme implemented by the Govt. w.e.f. 9/8/1999, based on the recommendation of the 5th CPC, the benefit was given in the promotional hierarchy of the respective posts. However the scheme was modified as MACP by 6th CPC and while implementing the same from 1/9/2008, it was changed from promotional hierarchy to next Grade pay in the Pay band. Due to this the employees are subjected to huge financial loss. To quote an eg. in the ACP scheme an employee in the GP of Rs.1900 was given ACP benefits in the next promotional post in the GP of Rs.2400, whereas in the case of MACP the benefit was given only in the next GP of Rs.2000/-. This major anomaly was pointed out by the staffside in the National Anomaly Committee and the staffside has given various suggestions for the consideration of the official side, it was agreed in the meeting that the suggestions given by the staffside would be considered. However, since no positive decision was coming from the Govt., the aggrieved employees have started approaching various courts. The matter went up to the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the Supreme Court was kind enough to rule that MACP benefits should be given in the promotional hierarchy and not in the next GP. After this Judgement various Federations of the Central Govt. employees have represented to implement the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court to all similarly placed employees. However it is regretted to inform you that the Govt. has implemented the benefit only for the petitioner .

Sir, we once again request your kind intervention in the matter and necessary directions may please be given to the DOP&T and Department of Expenditure to settle the above major two anomalies, seas to avoid any further litigation on the matter.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

Sd/-

( C.SRIKUMAR) 

General Secretary

&

Standing Committee Member

National Council (JCM)

Source:http://aiamshq.blogspot.in/2014/05/aidef-writes-to-prime-minister.html

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Eight trade unions backing call for strike tomorrow

Eight trade unions backing call for strike tomorrow

Government employees and many of those working in the private sector will go on a one-day countrywide general strike on Tuesday under the banner of eight major trade unions including Congress-affiliated INTUC against price rise, violation of labour laws and disinvestment of PSUs.

"Nearly six crore workers will participate in the strike across the country. Those employed in private sector will also join the strike in many places," AITUC general secretary and CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta told a news agency in New Delhi on Monday.

AITUC, CITU, HMS, AIUTUC, TUCC, AICCTU, UTUC and federations of different categories of workers and employees will participate in the general strike, which has been called by Coordination Committee of Central Trade Unions headed by INTUC president G Sanjeeva Reddy, he said.

"This is going to be biggest strike that ever happened in recent years in this country as after 63 years all the trade unions have come together on a common platform," Dasgupta claimed.

All the "branches of economy" will be affected due to strike as workers from sectors including coal, power, telecom, banks, insurance, defence, port and dock, road transport, petroleum and construction will join the call, he said.

Trade unions earlier had drawn up a five-point charter "asking the government to curb the price rise but nothing was done," he charged.

"The trade unions have been agitating against disinvestment of public sector. They (trade unions) are angry because labour laws are being violated," he said.

Trade unions want massive investment for social security for unorganised labourers. "We are also protesting job loss and contractualisation of jobs in the country," he added.

Dasgupta said that the strike will not be the "last thing". If the situation does not improve, workers will march to Parliament in February next year.

"Trade unions can not be marginalised. They must be heard.We want social justice, reasonable share of the wealth workers produce. That's all," he added.

BJP-affiliate Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), however, has kept itself away from the strike call.

"BMS is not participating in the strike as it is politically motivated and not for the welfare of workers," vice president of Delhi unit of the union Kiran Dutta said. (RBY-06/09)

Source: DDI News

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News from Secretary General of Confederation

                                     News from Secretary General Confederation
            (CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS)

The last National Sectt. Meeting inter alia discussed the possibility of a joint action programme with the AISGEF and AIDEF in the event of the Government introducing the PFRDA Bill and the new direct taxes code in the Budget session of the Parliament. While the AISGEF was to take a decision in the matter in their all India Conference which was scheduled to be held in the first week of February at Hyderabad, the AIDEF had promised us to discuss the issue in their organizational fora and revert back to us. So far we have not received any communication from the AIDEF. The All India Conference of the AISGEF had to be postponed due to the ongoing agitation in Andhra Pradesh. Hence, no finality could be reached on the proposal for organizing a day’s strike somewhere in March, 2010.

The Budget session is likely to commence on 22nd Feb.2010. The National Secretariat had discussed of the necessity of organizing a demonstrative programme in the first week of the Parliament session. It was decided that Lunch recess programme should be organized in front of all offices eliciting the participation of all the employees in the respective office on a pre determined date. Taking into account the requirement of sufficient time to organize the programme, we call upon the affiliates and State Committees to ensure that the lunch hour demonstration is organized in front of all offices on 10th March, 2010 to oppose the introduction of the new Direct Taxes code and the reintroduction of the PFRDA Bill. The following telegram/Savingram may be sent to the Hon’ble Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Kumar Mukherji, (at North Block, Central Sectt. New Delhi.)

Reintroduce the statutory defined benefit pension scheme for all CGEmployees recruited after .1.1.2004 by withdrawing the PFRDA Bill and amend the direct taxes code as demanded in the memorandum submitted by the Confederation of CGE and Workers.

Enclosed herewith is a copy of the letter sent by the Confederation to the Hon’ble Finance Minister in response to the draft proposal placed on the website by the government.
With greetings,

                                                                                                           Yours fraternally,
                                                                                                              K.K.N. Kutty
                                                                                                           Secretary General.



To
Shri Pranab Kumar Mukherji,
Hon’ble Finance Minister,
Govt. of India,

North Block,
New Delhi. 110 001.


Dear Sir,
Sub: Restoration of the deduction under Section 16(1) of the Income - tax Act. Withdrawn by the Finance Act, 2005. Request – Reg


We submit the following Note for your kind consideration on the above subject. The Finance Act 2005 had withdrawn the deduction admissible under Section 16(1) of the Income tax Act, to the salaried tax payers of the country. We were unable to comprehend the logic or reasoning of this decision. We had been representing for the restoration of this deduction which would go a long way in reducing the tax burden of the salaried tax payers. The unjustified withdrawal of this deduction which had been in the statute book for more than a decade and half in one form or the other has resulted in increasing the tax burden of the wage earners in the country.


We may also state in this connection that the salaried tax payers do pay their taxes to the Government without indulging in any evasion or avoidance and the tax on the salary earned by them is properly deducted at source by the employer. While the expenditure incurred by every tax payer in the country for the purpose of earning the income is allowed as an admissible deduction, no such deduction is now permitted while computing the taxable income from salary. Only the salaried tax payers are taken out of the ambit of this logical and genuine approach of taxation of income. We, therefore, request your good self on behalf of not only the Central Government employees but all salaried class of tax payers in the country to kindly consider re-introduction of the standard deduction which was to the extent of 30% of the total salary income of an individual. The enclosed Note presents the justification for the consideration of this request.

                                                                     Thanking you,

                                                                                                                       Yours faithfully,
                                                                                                                        K.K.N. Kutty.
                                                                                                                   Secretary General.


Section 16(1) Deduction.
Standard Deduction earlier allowed under Section 16(i) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 was withdrawn by the Finance Act 2005 with effect from the Asst. Year 2005-06. The basic premise on which the principle of taxation of income rests is that, it is not the gross income which is subjected to tax, but the net income arrived at after deducting the related expenses incurred in connection with earning such income, that are made the basis of taxation. This principle is observed while taxing all classes of incomes, viz., Income from Business & Profession, House Property, Other Sources, Capital Gains etc..

To illustrate the point further it could be seen that the assesses having Income from “Business & Profession” is entitled to deductions in respect of certain specified expenditure under Section 36 of the Income Tax Act and also general deductions in respect of any other expenditure, not being in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenditure of the assessee, laid out or expended wholly or exclusively for the purposes of the relevant business or profession u/s 37 of the Act. Similarly, income chargeable under the head “Income from House Property” is computed after making deductions in respect of certain expenses incidental to earning that income, under Section 24 of the IT Act. Analogously, the income chargeable under the head “Capital Gains” has to be computed by deducting from the full value of the consideration received or accruing as a result of the transfer of the capital asset, inter-alia the expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively in connection with such transfer, in terms of Section 48(i) of the I.T. Act and the income chargeable under the head “Income from Other Sources” has also to be computed after making deductions in respect of certain expenditure incidental to earning that income in accordance with Section 57 of the I.T. Act. In the case of income chargeable under the head “Salary”, only a presumptive deduction used to be allowed earlier towards expenses which the employee might have incurred for earning the salary income, in the form of Standard Deduction under Section 16(i) of the IT Act. This was withdrawn by the Finance Act 2005 and unfortunately, the Finance Act, 2006 or the subsequent one did not reintroduce the Standard Deduction in spite of various representations made before the Govt. from various quarters of the employees including the Service Associations

From the above, it would transpire that the Finance Act 2005 singled out the income chargeable under the head “Salary” to take away the deductions legitimately admissible for the expenses, which is wholly and exclusively incurred for earning the salary income. This is a clear case of deviation from the principle of equity enshrined in the Constitution and also the principles of taxation of income enshrined in the Income Tax Act which continues till its abolition in 2005. Ironically, identical Standard Deduction granted under Section 57(iia) in the case of income in the nature of family pension has been allowed to continue as such, while the Standard Deduction allowable in respect of income under the head “Salary” has been done away with. This is clearly discriminatory, unjust and as such should be restored in the Finance Act 2009 so as to bring about equity and justice.

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