7th Pay Commission – Full Text of letter addressed by Union Minister to Prime Minister in support of early setting up of seventh Pay Commission
Shri.Ajay Maken, Union Minister has recently addressed a letter to Prime Minister for early setting up of Seventh Pay Commission
The following is the full Text of Letter dated14th March, 2013 to Prime Minister by Shri Ajay Maken, Union Minister regarding request to early setting up of Seventh Pay Commission.
March 14, 2013
It is with a sense of pride that I seek to underline that about 3,2 million Central Government Employee and an equalnumberof pensioners inducting service personnel, hold you in high esteem and think of you as one amongst them. They look up to you as a leader who would not only empathize with their concerns but ensure deliverance as well. It was you who had constituted the Sixth Central Pay Commission (CPC) in 2005 which should have been set up in 2003 by the NDA Government.
2) Central Government Employee who are inducted in Government through a process of rigorous screening and testing as also stringent evaluation of a jobperformanceare supposed to be the brightest. With globalisation and multi-national corporation coming into thecountry, we have at hand a two fold challenge:
(a) do have a personnel pool with high acumen to deal with these MNCs,
(b) simultaneously a dress the challenge of high attrition on which in itself is a result of MNCs having come in. In order to attract as also retain the brightest minds in Government employment it is but necessary that Central Pay Commission are set up regularly to look into and evaluate their pay structures and submit recommendations.
3) Ever since the setting up of the second Central Pay Commission all pay commissions have been set up in the 3rd year of every decade baring the one time when the NDA Government did not do so in the year 2003. The pay commissions are then required to submit their recommendations/reports in three years time. However, you had set up the sixth pay commission in 2005 and submitted its report in an year and half, much to the relief and succour of Government employees. We are again in the third year of the on-going decade and Central Government Employees are justifiably looking forward to the Seventh Pay Commission that would look into their needs.
The present wagestructureof the Central Govt. Employees has been made on the basis of the Sixth Central Pay Commission’s recommendations, which were implemented with effect from 11.2006 in the case of Pay and in the case of allowances with effect from 1.9.2008. The erosion of real wages owing to the degree of inflation in the economy is hurting these employees very badly. The retailpricesof those commodities, which go into the making of minimum wage, have risen by about 160% between 1.1.2006 to 1.1.2011, in comparison to D.A. compensation, which on that date had been just 51%. It is also an acknowledged fact that the 6th CPC had computed the minimum wage by suppressing the retailpriceof these commodities in the market on the specious plea that official statistics of the retailpricesof these commodities were not available. They therefore, computed the retailpriceby increasing the wholesalepriceby 20% for each of the commodity whereas the actual retailpricein the market was 60% more than the wholesaleprice.
4) Broadly, one’s -emoluments should be adequate enough to commensurate with boundless and limitless assignments and to his duties and responsibilities in a better, effective and honest manner. The same has also to place, an employee to be in a position to fulfil his social and family obligations, such as education of children, their marriage, maintenance of a reasonable living standard for himself and his family members expected of Government servants and also to take care of his postretirementlife.
5) The basis of fixing wages in the past was largely a consumer need related, which was considered at a bare minimum like the minimum nutritional level, minimum clothing, housing etc. But today life is more complex and living standards are not based on simple living and the same cannot be restricted to only for the working class. The producer of wealth being the consumer oriented also requires consumers, including the Central Government employees.
6) These employees are also placed in a disadvantageous situation vis-a-vis their counterparts in Central Public Sector undertakings, in whose case, the wage revisions normally takes place after every five years through Collective bargaining. The wage revision of the Central Government employees if not after five years it must be after every ten years and the Government needs to consider setting up of the Seventh Centra1 Pay Commission immediately. While conceding the fact that the Central Pay Commission is founded only in every 10 years, however with the coming of the year 2011,pricesof most of the products needed in day to day life is increasing.
7) In brief the following decision need to he taken on Priority so that apositivemessage goes among serving Central Government Employees, Pensioners and Service and Para Military Personnels, the decision will also have bearing upon State Governments Employees:-
A notification for constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission is the need of the hour, which is bound to have bearing upon about 20 million employees, which are opinion makers. Therefore the issues may please be considered by the concerned Ministries on Priority and appropriate decision is taken.
Sir, I will be extremely obliged if the above submission is considered favourably in larger interest of government employees as well as the party.
Source : Hindustan Times
State-wise educational loan outstanding of Public Sector Banks
The Government receives suggestions and representations highlighting the requirements of students in availing education loans, under the Model Educational Loan Scheme of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). These are forwarded to Banks for corrective action.
Keeping in view the needs of the students and suggestions received from the stakeholders the Scheme is modified by Indian Banks Association (IBA) from time to time. The last such revision was made in September, 2012.
The outstanding education loans by Public Sector Banks has increased from Rs.35,855 crore in 19.11 lakh accounts as on last reporting Friday of March, 2010 to Rs.52,982 crore in 25.09 lakh accounts as on 31.12.2012. State-wise details, including for Kerala, is Annexed.
State-wise educational loan outstanding of Public Sector Banks
( Amount in Rs crore ) ( No. of A/Cs in actual)
2010 / 2011 / 2012 / As on 31.12.2012**State/Union Territories / No.of Accounts / Balance O/S / No.of Accounts / Balance O/S / No.of Accounts / Balance O/S / No.of Accounts / Balance O/S
NORTH EASTERN REGION / 15502 / 375.1 / 17875 / 431.48 / 20071 / 510.36 / 25810 / 634.7
Assam / 11166 / 267.6 / 12941 / 303.82 / 14489 / 363.13 / 15868 / 398.41
Meghalaya / 930 / 22.22 / 1257 / 29.51 / 1445 / 34.5 / 1735 / 44.65
Mizoram / 439 / 16.37 / 585 / 21.22 / 664 / 23.92 / 753 / 27.66
Arunachal Pradesh / 463 / 10.03 / 372 / 8.29 / 476 / 10.54 / 539 / 12.41
Nagaland / 239 / 6.38 / 336 / 8.54 / 361 / 9.57 / 3139 / 62.9
Manipur / 1259 / 31.86 / 1164 / 35.28 / 1057 / 36.38 / 1160 / 35.13
Tripura / 1006 / 20.64 / 1220 / 24.82 / 1579 / 32.33 / 2616 / 53.54
EASTERN REGION / 188325 / 3841.58 / 239414 / 5064.19 / 259993 / 5922.57 / 333929 / 8150.42
Bihar / 43395 / 939.44 / 62597 / 1380.69 / 78733 / 1799.2 / 88851 / 2283.63
Jharkhand / 31620 / 687.61 / 38088 / 927.45 / 41552 / 1086.17 / 47946 / 1273.92
West Bengal / 60456 / 1195.03 / 72617 / 1373.54 / 71378 / 1512.76 / 69558 / 1627.94
Orissa / 52158 / 1002.88 / 65289 / 1363.94 / 67008 / 1474.88 / 69530 / 1695.2
Sikkim / 346 / 9.25 / 338 / 8.53 / 382 / 16.44 / 6353 / 115.69
Andaman& Nicobar / 350 / 7.37 / 485 / 10.05 / 940 / 33.12 / 51691 / 1154.04
CENTRAL REGION / 213087 / 4127.73 / 240483 / 4863.77 / 252846 / 5445.27 / 266631 / 6255.29
Uttar Pradesh / 109450 / 2287.8 / 126071 / 2790.72 / 136448 / 3095.02 / 143486 / 3572.67
Uttarakhand / 19725 / 396.69 / 22795 / 502.06 / 24536 / 560.06 / 25933 / 633.41
Madhya Pradesh / 72378 / 1195.17 / 76968 / 1289.16 / 76773 / 1477.34 / 81478 / 1711.02
Chattisgarh / 11534 / 248.07 / 14649 / 281.83 / 15089 / 312.86 / 15734 / 338.19
NORTHERN REGION / 159588 / 3962.4 / 174427 / 4239.92 / 182914 / 4526.94 / 188457 / 4894.98
Delhi / 36187 / 1155.04 / 36445 / 1096.2 / 36362 / 1104.9 / 33661 / 1079.19
Punjab / 30388 / 774.18 / 32700 / 831.35 / 32578 / 898.04 / 33169 / 941.7
Haryana / 30181 / 693.54 / 33815 / 769.41 / 36546 / 834.5 / 38976 / 970.23
Chandigarh / 5895 / 178.02 / 5905 / 182.81 / 5977 / 194.54 / 5477 / 181.87
Jammu & Kashmir / 3523 / 91.32 / 3672 / 93.26 / 3774 / 93 / 4160 / 105.89
Himachal Pradesh / 10254 / 194.6 / 12282 / 248.81 / 13827 / 279.86 / 14535 / 311.34
Rajasthan / 43160 / 875.71 / 49608 / 1018.09 / 53850 / 1122.1 / 58479 / 1304.76
WESTERN REGION / 169524 / 4146.68 / 186269 / 4325.97 / 198923 / 5087.41 / 216641 / 5325.32
Gujarat / 40520 / 1166.44 / 43780 / 1108.43 / 44221 / 1200.43 / 44661 / 1207.99
Maharashtra / 125063 / 2882.58 / 138197 / 3122.21 / 150829 / 3789.26 / 167335 / 3995.13
Daman &Diu / 440 / 13.57 / 245 / 4.11 / 97 / 2.89 / 624 / 17.12
Goa / 3362 / 80.57 / 3481 / 84.31 / 3588 / 89.29 / 3810 / 99.07
Dadra & Nagar Haveli / 139 / 3.52 / 566 / 6.9 / 188 / 5.54 / 211 / 6.01
SOUTHERN REGION / 1165397 / 19401.18 / 1353076 / 22416.5 / 1458356 / 25234.93 / 1477479 / 27721.54
Andhra Pradesh / 215832 / 4761.77 / 218054 / 5008.1 / 213281 / 4988.98 / 154765 / 4022.32
Karnataka / 156179 / 2814.7 / 167291 / 3103.71 / 167517 / 3402.17 / 179571 / 3633.15
Lakshadweep / 14 / 0.16 / 15 / 0.23 / 24 / 0.36 / 230 / 3.7
Tamilnadu / 555223 / 7111.79 / 689094 / 9234.2 / 786634 / 11265.55 / 831651 / 13043.35
Kerala / 228395 / 4576.67 / 267703 / 4903.62 / 278992 / 5376.3 / 296992 / 6743.6
Pondicherry / 9754 / 136.09 / 10919 / 166.64 / 11908 / 201.57 / 14270 / 275.42
TOTAL / 1911423 / 35854.67 / 2211544 / 41341.84 / 2373103 / 46727.48 / 2508947 / 52982.25
Source: RBI. **
Source: PSBs (Data is Provisional)
The above detailed information was submitted by the Minister of State for Finance Shri. Namo Narain Meena in the Lok Sabha on 8th March, 2013.