Minutes of the Ist Meeting of the Pay Commission Committee (PCC)

Minutes of the 1^st meeting of the Pay Commission Committee (PCC) held in the Conference Room with the representatives of the Federations and Associations at 1100 hours on 26.02.2014

List of those present in the meeting is annexed.

1.       At the outset, Smt. Arti C. Srivastava Member-Secretary extended a warm welcome to all the invitees, Member-Secretary further informed that a Pay Commission Cell (PCC) had been constituted under the chairmanship of Shri Aditya Mishra Sr. DDG/CP at OFB Hqrs to initiate deliberations and invite suggestions from all the stakeholders. Three preliminary meetings of the PCC have already been held. The meeting with the representatives of the Federations and Associations have been Convened, as part of the series of the meetings proposed to be held with all stakeholders to formulate views on various issues. A portal has also been launched on the OFB COMNET to seek views of the officers, staff, and employees on matters concerning 7^th pay Commission and the General Mangers/Head of Units have also been requested vide Letter dated 14.02.2014 from Chairman, PCC to have wide-ranging consultations in this regard and communicate their views and recommendations in the matter.

2.       In his opening remarks, Chairman, PCC observed that Terms of Reference (TOR) of the 7^th Pay Commission are yet to be framed. However, at this stage, it is desirable if we pro-actively initiate all preparatory actions and crystallize our views and recommendations so that the same could be collated and complied in the form of a comprehensive, presentation before the Pay Commission at the appropriate time. Particularly, views are being sought on the methodology to be followed by the PCC, issues to be projected before the 7^th Pay Commission and the areas/material/data to justify special considerations to the OF organisation vis-à-vis other organisations/cadres. In this connection, Chairman, PCC highlighted that issues relating to anomalies arising out of the implementation of VIth Pay recommendations, thrust areas for the organisation, uniqueness about OFB, best practices in manufacturing sector, structural and policy limitations of the current system and the emerging ethos in line with other organisations could be deliberated. Therefore, Chairman, PCC invited representatives of the Federations and Associations to share their views in the matter.

3.       From the views offered by the representatives of the Federations/Associations, it emerged that detailed proposal can be prepared only after the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the 7^th CPC are finalised. The representatives of each Federation/Association however briefly raised the issues which would merit detailed consideration/deliberations at a later stage. Also based on the experience of the previous Pay Commission, it was proposed that :

I.          It should be impressed upon the 7^th CPC that the Ordnance Factories Organization as an industry has a different role to play and that is working is different from other Central Government Deptts. With employees working under hazardous conditions and hard stations.

II.    All cadre review proposals to be finalised immediately.

III.   Anomalies arising out of the 6^th Pay Commission be settled.

IV.  Categories found to be not adequately taken care of in the 6^th Pay Commission be given thrust.

V.  Recast skills, functions, roles of employees and the pay structure to bring parity among various categories.

VI.   Outsourcing of activities to be discouraged.

VII. OFB to take lead in interacting with 7^th CPC as done on earlier occasions.

4.       After detailed discussion, it emerged that pending finalisation of the Terms of Reference of the 7^th Pay Commission by the Government, certain issues, summarised below, were required to be addressed and the views concretised to establish a platform for formulating clear and effective recommendations on various issues :

		ACTION BY
i.	Early finalisation of all cadre review proposals	DDG of the respective Cadre Controlling Authority Division
ii.	Settlement of anomalies arising out of 6th Pay Commission	DDG/Admin, DDG/G & DDG/IR (for ii, iii and iv
iii.	Examine issues which have resulted in litigations	And v
iv.	Policy issues which require immediate consideration
v.	Strengthening of the PCC Cell at OFB Hqrs.

5.       The Meeting ended with thanks to the Chair.

Sd/ Smt. Arti C. Srivastava

(Smt. Arti C. Srivastava)

Member-Secretary

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