Salient features of the One Man Committee Report headed by Shri Kamlesh Chandra
The old system of payment of Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) is dispensed with and replaced with a new wage payment system. Under the new wage payment system, 11 TRCA slabs are subsumed into 3 Wage Scales with two Levels each for BPMs and for other than BPMs. One wage scale would be common for both the categories of GDSs.
The minimum working hours of GDS Post Offices and GDSs are increased to 4 hours from 3 hours.
The new working hours for GDS Post Offices will be 4 hours and 5 hours only.
The Level 1 GDS Post Offices / GDSs will have 4 hours as working hours and Level – 2 will have 5 hours as working hours.
The Point System for assessment of workload of BPMs has been abolished.
The new wage payment system is linked to revenue generation of GDS Post Offices. Under the new system, there will be no increase in wages of BPMs from Level -1 to Level -2 on the basis of workload but the same will be increased based on achievement of prescribed revenue norms which is fixed at 100% for normal areas and 50% for special areas.
The GDS Post Offices not achieving the prescribed revenue norm within the given working hours will have to open GDS Post Offices for minimum of additional 30 minutes beyond the prescribed working hours.
The GDS BPMs will be paid Revenue Linked Allowance @10% beyond level-2 wage scale if they will be successful in achieving revenue beyond prescribed norms
The GDS Post Offices has been categorized into A, B; C and D categories based on the revenue generation norms. The GDS Post Office in A category will achieve 100% revenue norm. The Committee has recommended a set of actions for each category of GDS Post Offices.
The six approved categories of GDSs are subsumed into two categories only. One category will be Branch Post Master and all other 5 categories of GDSs are subsumed into one Multi Tasking Category.
The GDSs working in the GDS Post Offices will be known as Assistant Branch Post Master (ABPMs) and those working in the Departmental Post Offices will be known as Dak Sevak (DS).
The minimum wage has been increased to Rs. 10000/- per month and maximum pay to Rs. 35480/- per month.
The rate of annual increase is recommended as 3%.
A Composite Allowance comprising of support for hiring accommodation for GDS Post Offices as well as mandatory residence, office maintenance, mobile and electricity usage charges etc. has been introduced for the first time.
Children Education Allowance @Rs. 6000/- per child per annum has been introduced for GDSs.
Risk & Hardship Allowance @Rs. 500/- per month for GDS working in the special areas has also been introduced.
A Financial up-gradation has been introduced at 12 years, 24 years and 36 years of services in form of two advance additional annual increases.
The Ceiling of ex-gratia gratuity has been increased from Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 5,00,000
The GDS Contribution for Service Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) should be enhanced maximum up to 10% and minimum up to 3% of the basic wage per month, whereas the Department should contribute a fixed contribution of 3% of the basic wage of the GDSs.
The coverage of GDS Group Insurance Scheme has been enhanced from Rs. 50000/- to Rs. 5,00,000/
The contribution of Department in Circle Welfare Fund (CWF) has been increased from Rs. 100/ per annum to Rs. 300/ per annum.
The scope of CWF is extended to cover immediate family members such as spouse; daughters, sons and dependent daughters in law in the scheme.
The Committee also recommended 10% hike in the prescribed limits of financial grants and assistances in the Circle Welfare Funds.
The Committee has recommended addition of Rs. 10,000/ for purchase of Tablet / Mobile from the Circle Welfare in the head “Financial Assistance of Fund by way of loans with lower rate of interest (5%)”.
Provision of 26 weeks of Maternity Leave for women GDS has been recommended.
The wages for the entire period of Maternity Leave is recommended to be paid from salary head from where wages of GDSs are paid.
The Committee has also recommended one week of paternity leave.
Leave accumulation and encashment facility up to 180 days has been introduced.
Online system of engagement has been recommended.
Alternate livelihood condition for engagement of GDSs has been relaxed.
Voluntary Discharge scheme has been recommended.
The Discharge age has been retained at 65 years.
The Limited Transfer Facility has been relaxed from 1 time to 3 times for male GDSs. There will be no restriction on number of chances for transfer of women GDSs. The powers for transfer has been delegated to the concerned Divisional head.
The ex-gratia payment during put off period should be revised to 35% from 25% of the wage and DA drawn immediately before put off.
The Committee has recommended preferring transfer before put off duty.
Lingaraju says
December 30, 2017 at 7:18 pmsir when Gds employee promted to depatment in exams ;his service has counted OR taken forword to his service book ?
SESHADRIVIKRALA says
December 29, 2017 at 12:28 pmVery good and APPRECIATED MATTER SOLVED…WHY NOT THE GOI GO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MATTER OF????100% QUESTIONS ON THE ISSUE SINCE DECADES….
LET THERE BE ONE MORE EXPERT COMMITTEE TO HANDLE AND DECIDE ON MERIT OF LAW and ORDER, CRIME,and not on CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AND SPECIFIC PROVISIONS… CONSTITUTION is written CITIZENS OF INDIA AND SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TAKEN…
IN THE RAILWAY’S PASSENGERS SAFETY AND SECURITY,L&O ,,,CRIME
THERE can be AMENDMENT for OVERALL DEVELOPMENT of RAILWAYS OPERATION SYSTEM… WITHOUT KEEPING STATE AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT POWERS AND AUTHORITY ON THE YET TO BE SYSTEMATISED FOTCE FOR RAILWAYS…READ…
RAILWAY SAFETY COMMISSIONER
…. RPF…ARE THE RAILWAY BOARD SERVICE SYSTEMS… BEING USED AS AND WHEN AND WHEREVER REQUIRED…READ…
RPF…GRP… IN THE RAILWAY TRAINS , PLATFORMS… RAILWAY cases..in… NATIONAL CONSUMER FORUMS… AND…
PARLIAMENT Q&A…ON MENTAL AGONY,STRESS AND STRAIN…VOL.RETIREMENTS…IN CENTRAL ARMED FORCES… answer…
Nicely presented…In fact RPF… RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE SERVICE PERSONNEL IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT is UNDER THE CONTROL AND COMMAND OF GOI… MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS…IS to be debated and decided…FROM THE ABOVE ANSWER… SHOW THE REALITY … …EXPOSED… THEY…RPF… NEITHER COME UNDER CPMFS,NOR UNDER ARMED FORCES OR CARFS … CENTRAL ARMED RESERVE FORCES…CATEGORY …. THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY AND IN CLEAR TERMS DEFINED CATEGORY…. AS THAT OF OTHER RAILWAY EMPLOYEE… BY RPF ACT, AND RECOGNISED BY GOI.. .AS RECOMMENDED BY VII CPC…EXCEPT THAT,THEY..RPF… CARRY ARMS AND AMMUNITION AS THAT OF OTHER UNRECOGNISED UNIFORM SECURITY SYSTEM ,,,,ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY AND FOR MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS BY UOI…. WHILE OTHERS LIKE BANKS, PUBLIC UNDERTAKING S HAVE THEIR CHOICE pvt.security PERSONNEL… SOME WITH ARMS AND SOME WITHOUT ARMS,,,, WHAT TO WRITE MORE…MY ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN LCI-LAWYERS CLUB INDIA WEB ON 14-12-2017….THE DISCONTENTMENT, APATHY CHOAS, STRESS AND STRAIN , AGONY…DOES PREVAIL in RPF SINCE DECADES…
WHILE IN RPF,ASC..
GROUP’A’ OFFICERS ARE SUBJECTED TO TRANSFER to ANY OTHER STATES, REGIONS IN INDIA…A GREAT BRAHMA ASTRAM IN THE HANDS OF RAILWAY BOARD RPF SINCE DECADES…
WHY THEN SAME IS NOT CONDITIONED BY UOI FOR IPS, IAS,ETC… EXCEPT DEPUTATIONS…
ONE STROKE STORY… ORGANISED CADRE SERVICES SENT TO STATES ON COMPLETION OF TRAINING…. BUT FOR RPF… GROUP’A’OFFICERS ARE SUBJECTS TO TRANSFER ANY WHERE IN INDIA… CATCH UP STORY… herein…The king orders to catch all the bulls in the forest, one cow… not knowing the matter, started running away along with bulls… Elephant came to rescue and said, to cow….why running away you are not bull, ..cow said that I know about,,, but , the matter is not known TO the chargers and chasing every one…by the time they come to know about difference between….cow and Bull,it takes another 20 years… Elephant.. said,,o… SAME with me also then…and it started running, THUS PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHER ANIMALS TO FOLLOW THE Suite.
WHO WILL BELL THE CAT TO GET ONE POLICE FORCE FOR THE INDIAN RAILWAYS… RAILWAY POLICE WITH TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION …ON…POLICE RIGHTS THROUGH OUT INDIAN RAILWAYS OPERATING SYSTEM… LIME PRESENT SYSTEM IN RPF WITHOUT POWER AUTHORITY TO DEAL ON TRAIN PASSENGERS THEFT LUGGAGE AND LAW, AND ORDER, CRIMES… BUT RPF PERSONNEL MOVE THROUGH OUT INDIAN RAILWAYS…ON DUTY…
SEE also…
SESHADRIVIKRALA VIEWS AND VISION BLOG ON WEB
&.
. ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN INDIAN RAILWAYS MAGAZINE…2006+++ON RPF RELATED MATTER…
Presentation of FLAG to. RPF BY PRESIDENT OF INDIA AS ONE OF THE ARMED FORCES of UOI…
HIS SPEECH AND MY ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE MATTER…+++REPEALING ACT,2001???