DRAFT
TERMS OF REFERENCE 7th CPC:
Finalized by the
Staff Side at the meeting of 25.10.2013.
A.
To examine the existing structure of pay, allowances and other
benefits/facilities, retirement benefits like Pension, Gratuity, other terminal
benefits etc. to the following categories of employees.
1 Central Government employees – industrial and non industrial;
2 Personnel belonging to All India services;
3 Personnel belonging to the Defence Forces;
4 Personnel called as Grameen Dak Sewaks belonging to the Postal Department;
5 Personnel of Union
Territories;
6 Officers and employees of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department;
7 Officers and employees of the Supreme Court;
8 Members of Regulatory bodies (excluding RBI) set up under Act of
Parliament.
B. To work out the comprehensive revised pay packet for the categories
of Central Government employees mentioned in (A) above as on 1.1.2014.
C. The Commission will determine the pay structure, benefits
facilities, retirement benefits etc. taking into account the need to provide
minimum wage with reference to the recommendation of the 15th Indian
Labour Conference (1957) and the subsequent judicial pronouncement of the
honorable Supreme Court there-on, as on 1.1.2014.
D. To determine the Interim Relief needed to be sanctioned immediately
to the Central Government employees
and Pensioners mentioned in (A)
above;
E. To determine the percentage of Dearness allowance/Dearness Relief immediately to be merged with Pay and pension
F. To settle the anomalies raised in various fora of JCM.
G. To work out the improvements needed to the existing retirement benefits, like pension, death cum
retirement gratuity, family pension and
other terminal or recurring benefits
maintaining parity amongst past, present and future pensioners and family
pensioners including those who entered service on or after 1.1.2004.
H. To recommend methods for providing cashless/hassle-free Medicare
facilities to the employees and Pensioners including Postal pensioners.
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