8th Pay Commission: 5 financial upgradations after 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 years proposed by Staff Side

In a bid to attract better talent, all pay commissions in the past have dealt with the issue of career progression of central government employees. While every pay commission improved up on their predecessors by announcing new measures, the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) is also set to grapple with this issue.

While it would be interesting to see what recommendations it makes with regard to career progression, the 8th CPC has already received some interesting suggestions from the NC-JCM Staff Side, which represents employees. Here's a look at what they have proposed.

In their memorandum to the 8th CPC, the NC-JCM Staff Side proposed five assured financial upgradations for any employee as below:

1. First financial upgradation after 6 years of service from the date of appointment.
2. Second financial upgradation after 12 years of service from the date of appointment.
3. Third financial upgradation after 18 years of service from the date of appointment.
4. Forth financial upgradation after 24 years of service from the date of appointment.
5. Fifth financial upgradation after 30 years of service from the date of appointment.

Why 5 promotions?

"...we propose that all the category of Central Government Employees should be given minimum 5 Promotions in a service career of 30 years. This we are proposing since many cadres in Group C like MTS, Fire Fighting Category, Drivers, Clerical Staffs, Store Keeping Staffs, Stenographers, EDP Staff, Telephone Operators, Artisan Staffs, Drawing Office Staff, Tradesman Mate (Semiskilled), Cooks, Industrial Canteen Employees, ANM etc don't get even 3 promotions in their service career and majority of them have to depend on MACP scheme which is of no benefit when compare to the ACP scheme," the Staff Side said.

They further suggested that the promotion Scheme for all category of Group "C" and Group "B" Employees should be in a time scale manner (Time Sale Promotion).

"This is required due to non-availability of higher posts due to the cadre structure and also employees recruited in the same batch almost belongs to the same age group and for years together vacancies doesn't arise in the higher posts. Moreover, time Scale Promotion Scheme is available in the case of Group "A" Officers, how the Group "C" and Group "B" employees can be discriminated. Therefore the Cadre structure of each category should be structured to ensure minimum 5 promotions in their service span of 30 years," the Staff Side said.

The 8th CPC is expected to reviews the memorandums submitted by various bodies representing employees and pensioners and submit its recommendations within 18 months from the date of its inception.