Thursday, 23 July 2015
RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSIONS 46th SESSION OF I.L.C.
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Government Of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
(22-July, 2015 16:16 IST )
(22-July, 2015 16:16 IST )
Concluding Session of 46th ILC
The 46th session
of India Labour Conference concluded Yesterday at Vigyan Bhawan, New
Delhi where the recommendations and conclusions were adopted on 5 chosen
agenda items after the at length tripartite deliberations which lasted 2
days.
In
his concluding remarks, the chairman of the ILC and Labour and
Employment Minister of state (Independent Charge) , Shri Bandaru
Dattatreya reiterated his Governments commitment to reform process with
tripartite consensus to promote the employment generation at a massive
scale particularly for the aspiring youth population of this country.
Implementation of the conclusions/ recommendations of the 43rd, 44th and 45th Indian
labour conference, particularly on contract labour, Minimum wages and
scheme workers and tripartite mechanism Conclusions of the committee are
as follows:-
The committee debated the recommendations of the 43rd, 44th and 45th Indian
labour conference at length and expressed its concern over
non-implementation of the conclusions, particularly on contract labour,
Minimum wages, scheme workers and tripartism. It was therefore
unanimously recommended that concrete measures should be undertaken to
expeditiously implement the recommendations in letter and spirit.
Periodic reviews should be undertaken by the stakeholders.
Recommendations of conference committee on “social security for organized, unorganized and migrant International workers”
There
was an in-principle agreement for coverage of all workers organized as
well as unorganized under social security with support wage by
Government, if required, for providing decent living conditions. The
committee recommended that:
I. Mechanism
for identification and registration of unorganized workers should be
provided. Special drive should be launched for the said purpose and, if
required, direct registration by the Government.
II. Schemes for organized/ unorganized workers should be made efficient.
III. Budgetary provisions should be made for those unorganized workers who are not covered under any specific social security scheme.
IV. The cost of registration of unorganized workers should be borne by the Central/ State Government.
V. There
should be proper utilization of fund collected through building
construction cess and administrative expensed should not be for what is
not stipulated.
VI. The
Anganwadi/ Asha/ Mid-day meal and other such workers, the committee
reiterated that they should be extended coverage under ESI/ EPF.
VII. As regards ESIC, the following recommendations were given:-
a. ESIC to expand to cover all states/ UTs. All districts where scheme is running at present should be covered fully/
b. The
ESIC scheme to be expanded to unorganized sector by reducing the
threshold form present 10. Self employed should be provided medical
benefit, in phases.
c. The
ESIC should directly run the health services in all the states. Stated
should not be asked to bear the cost of Medical expenses.
d. Medical
Facilities should be expanded at a fast pace; establishments of
hospitals and dispensaries should be decided based on geographical
necessity.
e. All construction workers should be covered under ESI.
f. ESI coverage for round the clock for medical benefit.
VIII. As regards EPF, recommendations were:-
a. Medical Scheme to EPS pensioners from the surplus Corpus of EDLI Scheme.
b. Extension of coverage by reducing threshold form 20 to 10. ‘Member of LUB opposed this’
c. Coverage of both inter-state and international migrant workers under EPF Act.
d. EPF pension should be enhanced and linked with price index.
IX. Wages definition should be uniform for all labour laws.
X. There should be a mechanism so that employers can deposit social security contributions at single window.
XI. For construction workers, there should be a single contribution from employer.
XII. Implementation of the decisions taken by 43rd, 44th and 45th ILC with regard to Social Security.
However, on the point of optional schemes for ESI & EPF, the
employee’s representatives strongly opposed whereas the employers
representatives were of the view that options should be available.
Removal of Conditions on payment Ceiling eligibility Limits, Decisions
to pay Minimum Bonus without linking to loss when the performance
indicator satisfy grant of bonus- The major conclusions emanating from
the discussions in the committee are as follows:
The Conference committee on amendment of Bonus Act – Removal of
Conditions on Payment Ceiling, Eligibility Limits. Decisions to pay
Minimum Bonus without linking to loss when the performance indicator
satisfy grant of bonus constituted to discuss the Agenda item No. 3 of
46th session
of the Indian Labour Conference met under the chairmanship of Captain
Abhimanyu, Minister of Labour, Govt. of Haryana. Shri Om Prakash Mittal,
General Secretary, Laghu Udyog Bharti (LUB) and Ms. Meenakshi Gupta and
Mr. B.B. Mallick, Joint Secretary, MoLE respectively were the
Vice-Cheirman and Member Secretary of the Committee. The Committee had
the representation of all the stake-holders (Workers’ Group, Employers’
Group and State Government).
2.
At the very outset, the chairman of the committee welcomed all the
representatives. He observed that the issue of bonus has been pending
for long. He expressed the hope that all the partners would understand
and appreciate the position of each other and give recommendations
keeping in the view the larger national interest. The Vice-Chairman also
welcomed all the Members. Thereafter, the Member Secretary introduced
the subject. The agenda has following 3 issues:-
(i). Removal of calculation ceiling;
(ii). Removal of Eligibility Limit; and
(iii). Decisions to pay Minimum Bonus without Linking to loss when the performance indicator satisfy grant of bonus.
3.
It was mentioned that last revision in the limits (Calculation Ceiling –
Rs. 3500 and Eligibility Limit-RS. 10,000) was done in 2007 based on
the recommendations of the 41st ILC.
4. The committee had very intense detailed discussions on all the aspects of the Agenda Item no. 3.
(i). The
Trade Unions were of the view that all the ceilings under the payment
of Bonus Act. 1965 i.e. eligibility ceiling, calculation ceiling and
maximum percent of bonus payable need to be removed. They further
expressed that they would like to reiterate the stand taken by them in
the tripartite meeting held on 20 October, 2014.
(ii). The
Employers, representatives were of the view that total removal of
various ceilings may lead to spurt in industrial relation issues. They
observed that while making any change in the payment of Bonus Act, 1965
productivity of the workers and paying capacity of the employers have to
be taken into account. They further observed that they are not in
favour of indexation of cost of living for the purpose of ceiling and
bonus calculation. The term ‘Employee’ should be substituted by the term
‘workman’ as defined under the industrial disputes Act. The present
system of prescribing limits both for eligibility and calculation should
be retained.
(iii). The
State Government representatives were of the view that minimum, limit
of bonus (8.33%) may continue. Regarding limits with regard to
calculation and payment ceiling it was stated that they had no comments
to offer. They further observed that distinction between statutory bonus
and productivity linked bonus is quite relevant in this regard.
(iv). The
State Government representatives also suggested that the central
Government may consider notifying the limits for eligibility of bonus
and calculation of bonus through and administrative process based on
tripartite mechanism rather then legislative process every time.
Appropriate amendment to the payment of Bonus Act, 1965 may have to be
carried out accordingly.
Labour laws Amendments proposed/ done by central or State Governments Conclusions of the committee are as follows:-
1.
The committee reiterates historical role of tripartite mechanism
functioning in the country before any enactment/ amendment of labour
laws.
2. Any labour law amendments/ enactment should take into account three purpose namely:
(i). Rights and welfare of workers;
(ii). Sustainability of enterprises and job creation; and
(iii). Industrial peace.
3. The labour laws need to be relooked and updated in a time bound manner.
4.
Committee recommends that the overall exercise of the labour law
amendments should be discussed in the tripartite forum and the broad and
specific proposals should also be discussed in tripartite meetings.
Recommendations of committee on “Employment and Employment Generation” of 46 the Indian Labour conference (ILC) are as follows:-
1. The committee noted that the recommendations of 43rd to 45th ILC on Employment & Employability need to be fully implemented.
2. Recognising
the employment potential in micro and small industry, especially in
rural areas, an effective single-window system be established to
promoted agro-based and micro & small industries with facility like
concessional finance etc. A system for centralized marketing of products
manufactured by these industries can also be developed.
3. Enhance the outlays and threshold for public employment generation programmes in both rural and urban areas.
4. Fill up vacant posts in Central Government, State Governments and Public Sector Undertakings in a time bound manner.
5. Reiterate the necessity for publishing quarterly employment and unemployment data.
6. With
Central and State Government moving to on-line systems for employment
exchanges there is a need for capacity building of Employment Exchanges
officers for their revised roles under National Career Service (NCS).
Need for integration of Central and State IT initiatives to avoid
duplication.
7. Utilization
of idle capacity in Vocational and Educational Institutions and closed/
sick industry for demand responsive training.
8. Enhance and expand areas for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) with effective assessment.
9. Enhance number and improve quality of assessors for vocational training and consider including ITI faculty for assessments.
10. To
identify labour-intensive industries and new areas where jobs can be
created like renewable energy and reusable resources etc. and providing
employment liked training.
11. Evolve strategies for increasing female workforce participation in both public and private employment.
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POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION, GDS (NFPE) NATIONAL UNION GDS
No.PF-PJCA/2015 Dated: 22nd July,2015
To
Ms. Kavery Bajerjee,
Secretary,
Department of Posts,
New Delhi-110 001
Sub: Progress on the items of PJCA Strike Charter of Demands.
Ref: Directorate, SR Division No. 08/07/2014-SR dated 5th May,2015.
Madam.
Kindly
refer to the discussion held in the meeting on 30.04.2015 on PJCA
Strike Charter of Demands. There is no remarkable progress on most of
the items.
Though
all items are important but two items are most important which are
mentioned below and the reply given by the Department is also reproduced
below:
Item -2 Inclusion of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) in the terms of reference of 7th Central
Pay Commission. Grant of civil servant status to GDS and grant
of all benefits of departmental employees on pro-rata basis without any
discrimination.
Reply: It was decided that the proposal will be strongly recommended and referred to D/o Expenditure for reconsideration. (Action DDG (Estt)
Item.
9: Implement cadre restructuring in postal, RMS, MMS and Postal
Accounts as per the proposal signed with the JCM (DC) staff
side
Reply: The
proposal for cadre restructuring of Gr. ‘C’ employees, will be sent to
DOP&T next week. The proposal for MMS and DAP will be sent to
DOP&T within a period of two months. (Action DDG (Estt) / DDG(PAF)
But it is very sorry to say that no progress is reported on the both items. It is learnt that 7th CPC
is now preparing report and may submit its report to Finance Ministry
upto 31s August, 2015 and its report will be implemented w.e.f.
01.01.2016. But there is no response about inclusion of GDS in 7th CPC.
The poor GDS employees are eagerly waiting the favourable decision but
it appears that they are being deprived from their basic rights and
natural justice.
Similar
is the position of Cadre Restructuring. After lapse of three months
period there is no response from Department. During the meeting it was
assured that cadre restructuring will be implemented before 31st July 2015 though later it was not mentioned in the minutes. If the Cadre restructuring proposal is not implemented before 7th CPC report, the entire process will go in vain and Postal employees will be deprived from their benefit.
It is
therefore requested to kindly bestow your personal attention on the
matters and cause early redressal of the grievances to maintain
co-ordial relations between staff and administration failing which the
unions will be compelled to launch agitational programmes.
Hoping for a positive response,
Yours Sincerely
(D. Theagarajan) (R.N. Parashar)
Secretary General Secretary General
FNPO
NFPE
Colour Scheme of Departmental and Rented Post Office Buildings
Copy of Postal Directorate letter no 18-15/2015-Bldg dated 16.06.2015 is reproduced below.
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Payments bank licence imminent for India Post If approved, it will be consistent with PM’s plan to use post offices to deliver financial services to remote areas
New Delhi: The grant of a payments bank licence to the India Post is imminent, according to a senior finance ministry official who did not wish to be identified.
If approved, it will be consistent with
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to utilize the existing network
of post offices to deliver, in addition to the existing bouquet of
postal services, financial services to the remotest parts of the country
through digital connectivity and innovations.
India Post has 155,015 post offices across the country, of which 139,144 are in rural areas.
To give a fillip to these existing branches, the department of posts has tied up with e-commerce firms such as Snapdeal
and Amazon to deliver parcels—parcel revenue for fiscal year 2014-15
rose 37% compared to a decline of 2% in financial year 2013-14, as
reported by the Press Trust of India on 12 July.
“India Post will most likely get payments bank licence as they have a good case,” said the finance ministry official.
On 9 July, communications and
information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to grant payments bank licence for the operation of Post Bank of India.
The finance ministry official cited earlier also said that post offices as payments banks may also be allowed to accept transactions for others who may be awarded payments bank licences.
The committee on payments banks headed by Nachiket Mor submitted its report last week and the licences are expected to be awarded by the end of August. However, the number of licences that will be issued is still not known.
Mor declined to comment, saying that as the head of the committee he cannot disclose details.
A payments bank
can take deposits, allow remittances and offer simple financial
products, but will not be allowed to lend. It will have to invest 75% of
its funds in government securities and the minimum capital required to
set up a payments bank is set at Rs.100 crore.
The central bank, in November, had invited applications for payments bank and small finance bank licences.
In total, 41 applications were received by RBI for payments bank licences,
including from Reliance Industries Ltd, Tech Mahindra Ltd, Aditya Birla
Nuvo Ltd and Airtel M Commerce Services Ltd, among others.
Shailendra Kumar Dwivedi, director,
Post Bank of India, India Post, said that he cannot confirm the
development and that he can only talk after the licence is awarded.
“Like everybody else, the minister
(Prasad) must have also heard it from some quarters. But given the
credentials and readiness of the postal department, it must get the licence,” he said, adding that right now, it is uncertain.
However, Dwivedi added that the
department has started the process of engaging with consultants who will
help implement and set up the bank as it anticipates the licence.
A representative of a consulting firm with which the department is in talks confirmed that the department is preparing to ensure a quick roll-out once the licence is granted.
The consultant declined to be identified because the firm has signed a client confidentiality clause.
“Since the basic idea is to cover the
unserved or underserved to make them included, it should be somebody who
has a large distribution network, reach, infrastructure and has prior
experience is similar business (financial services), maybe someone like
India Post or microfinance institutions,” the consultant said.
India Post already offers financial
services under the heads of post office savings scheme, postal life
insurance, money remittance service, mutual funds and forex services.
All India Postal Carroms Tournament - Regional selection trails
It
was informed by Circle office, Hyderabad vide letter no WLF/5-9/2015-16
dated 20.07.2015 that Regional selection trails in connection with 20
th All India Postal Carrom Tournament to be held at PTC Sharanpur from
07.09.15 to 11.09.15 will be held at Recreation club, Dak Sadan,
Hyderabad on 30.07.15 & 31.07.15 from 09.30 AM onwards.
Entries
of officials who desires to participate in the above selection trails
may be sent to A.D(Rectt&Wlf) O/O CPMG, Hyderabad on or before
29.07.2015 through proper channel.
All the Departmental, GDS and casual Laborer who have put in not less than 6 months service are eligible to participate.
Promotions and Postings in PS Group B cadre on Adhoc Basis
Copy of C.O, Hyd letter no ST/12-1/Adhoc Gr B/2015/I dated 20.07.2015 is reproduced below.
