NDGBGOA WISHING YOU ALL
A
HAPPY, SAFE,PROSPEROUS AND FRUITFUL,
YEAR 2018.
S. CHANDRAKANTH RAO. JAIGOPAL SINGH
PRESIDENT. GENERAL SECRETARY
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
LTR ON CADRE REVIEW, RISK ALLOWANCE AND INCENTIVE FOR JWM
NDGBGOA
Ref.No- NDGBGOA/CR/2017/12 Date-12/12/2017
To
The Secretary,
Ministry of Defence,
Govt. of India,
South Block,
New Delhi.110011. Kind
Attn.- Joint Secretary/LS
Sub- Cadre Review of JWMs-Reg
Respected Sir,
The Central Executive of this Association request your
kind intervention and necessary action for an early Cadre review of JWM Cadre
of Ordnance Factories in a time bound manner priority. It is brought to your
kind notice that Cadre Restructuring of Group B Cadre in Ordnance factories has
not being carried out during the last 23
years which is demoralizing the whole cadre due to lack of any career
prospects. Effectively, Group B cadres
are eligible to get only MACP benefit without any promotional avenue. Even
after implementation of 7th CPC and Gazette notification for JWM
cadre, OFB has not yet implemented the proposal in Ordnance Factories. Only
recommendations of preceding pay
commissions are being implemented for the Group B cadre. Ordnance Factory Board
is not able to carry out any cadre restructuring proposal till date. Therefore,
it is requested to complete the cadre restructuring of Group B Cadre in
Ordnance Factories either by OFB or by outside agency at the earliest please.
Sir, It is
brought to your kind notice, that 5th and 6th CPC has
demoralized the middle management cadre due to merging the cadres as a result the cadre became is left without
any promotional prospect except MACP benefits. The promotional channel for 7256 JWMs (Group B Gazetted) has been
compressed to 188 AWM (Group A) with ratio of 39:1 which is negligible. The
promotional channel for Group B cadre is as follows:
AWM-188
JWM-7265 (AFTER RATIONALISATION)
CM -12085 (AFTER RATIONALISATION)
Sir, after
implementation of 6th CPC OFB constituted a Committee for Cadre
Restructuring of Group B (NG, G) cadre headed by Shri P.W.Ralegankar (IOFS).
The committee has made a detailed study on Stagnation of the Cadre and
submitted a feasible proposal on 07/09/2012. But OFB has not taken any decision
on the proposals till date. In the meanwhile 7th CPC
recommendations were implemented, however, OFB is yet to implement the 7th
CPC proposals relevant to Group B (NG, G) cadre as well.
Sir,
It is our sincere opinion that if we, the organization as a whole,
want to involve seriously and sincerely to restore our core competency towards
indigenous production of Arms and Weapons to meet our defence preparedness then
we strongly feel that it is essential to address the deviation occurred from
the system prevailed earlier and it is of paramount importance to rectify it at
least now through a meaning full cadre review at middle management level. This
can be seen in other Government Organisation like DRDO, ISRO, CSIR, Department
of Atomic Energy (DAE) and all Public Sector Unit. The middle management cadres
were given proper promotional avenue in all these organization.
In view of above, Central Executive of this
Association propose followings for cadre review for the middle management cadre
in Ordnance factory Organisation at the earliest.
1.
Cadre
Restructuring of Group B (G &NG) to be presented in such a way to make minimum 06 Promotional Avenue in the
service span (30-35 Year) at par with other cadre (Group C & A) without
stagnation.
2.
Cadre
Restructuring of Group B (G &NG) may be undertaken by an OUT SIDE AGENCY which
can submit it report within a time frame of 06 month to OFB and MoD.
3.
AWM
post may be considered as a probationary post and Group B Gazetted can be
considered to promote directly to WM (Level-11) by giving importance to the
experience in Ordnance factories.
The Central Executive of this
Association requests your kind intervention, speedy direction and early
finalization of Cadre review of Group B cadre in Ordnance factories please.
With
profound regards,
Yours faithfully.
-Sd-
(Jaigopal Singh)
General
Secretary
Copy to:-
1.
The DGOF & Chairman,OFB,Kolkata
2. The Under
Secretary D(Estt./Gaz.), New Delhi.
NDGBGOA
To
The Joint Secretary/LS,
Ministry of Defence,Govt. of India,
The Joint Secretary/LS,
Ministry of Defence,Govt. of India,
South Block, New Delhi.110011.
Sub: Risk Allowance to Officers working in Danger Area--reg.
Ref No- DOP&T O.M
No-21012/01/2010-Estt(AL) Dated- 18th Oct,2012
*****************************
Sir,
Reference cited above, the Central
Executive Committee request your kind attention and further action to grant
RISK Allowance to all the Officers (Group A and Group B) working in Danger area
where the Industrial Employees are eligible to get the same Allowance.
It is brought to your kind notice that, in
the manufacturing of Initiator, Propellant, Explosives, Filling of Ammunition,
electroplating, X ray unit, etc, Officers are directly involve in the health
hazard and also suffer in Accidents. In these section, IEs are getting the Risk
Allowance whereas, Chargeman and JWMs are not granted Risk Allowances even
though they are involved in the whole manufacturing process. As per
DOP&T, O.M. No- 21012/01/2010-EStt(AL) Dated- 18th
October,2012, Danger Building Officer are eligible for risk Allowance of Rs 400/- per Month(As per 6th
CPC) w.e.f 1st September 2008.
The amount will be raised by 25% every time with increase in DA of 50%
(125% DA as on 01/01/2016).Government has also accepted the risk allowance in 7th
CPC with a multiplication factor 2.25 with existing rate.
Therefore, the central Executive Committee request your earliest
intervention and necessary direction to grant Risk Allowance to all the Non
Gazetted and Gazetted Officers working in danger area (Section) where ever
Industrial Employees are eligible.
With regards,
Yours Faithfully.
-Sd-
(Jaigopal
Singh)
General Secretary
Copy to-
- The Under Secretary (D/CIV),MoD,Sena Bhawan, New Delhi.
NDGBGOA
Ref.NO.-NDGBGOA/CE/Incentive/
2017/12 Date-
12/12/2017
To
The Secretary,
Ministry of Defence,
Defence Production,
South Block,New Delhi.
Kind attn. Joint Secretary/LS, MoD/DP
Sub:
Incentive Scheme for Group B Gazetted Officer of Ordnance
Factories –Reg.
xxxxxxx
R/Sir,
Sir,
Group B Gazetted Officers are the most experienced Cadre in the Organisation,
those who used to take the whole responsibility of Safety, Quality,
Productivity and administration of each section. After implementation of 6th
CPC, all the cadres were benefitted in Ordnance factories Organisation except
Group B Gazetted cadre. The monthly salary of a Group B Gazetted Officers
became less as compared to their subordinate employees because of removal of
Allowances like OTA, NDA, and Bonus. Therefore most of the Group B Gazetted
Officers are demoralised in the organisation because of the lower pay than the
subordinate employee and negligible promotional aspect.
OFBoard was
constituted a Committee on incentive scheme before two year but the Committee
report was not yet finalised and submitted. Once again OFB has constituted a
new committee which may kindly be expedited at the earliest and Group B
Gazetted Officer may kindly be granted incentive scheme.
The central Executive of this
Association request you to implement
incentive scheme for Group B Gazetted officer at the earliest please.
Thanking you,
Yours Faithfully.
Sd-
(JAIGOPAL SINGH)
GENERAL SECRETARY
1.The Under Secretary(ESTT, Gazetted),New Delhi
Gist of The Meeting with Joint Secretary/LS at MOD on12/12/17.
Gist of The Meeting with Joint Secretary/LS at MOD on12/12/17.
Dear member, on 12.12.17 meeting was held at South Block, MOD with
JOINT SECRETARY/LS with the Office bearers of both the Association. Gists of
the meeting are as follows. Important 06 points were taken by JS/LS for
resolving within a period of One month. Within time period of 15 days, OFB will
give its follow of action. In the third week of January 2018 one meeting will
be conducted at OFB with MOD Official, OFB Official and Association.
1.
7th CPC Implementation for JWM CADRE.
- In this regard JT. Secy. directed to implement the proposal within January
2018 with corrections in Seniority.
2.
Seniority Anomalies – Jt. Secretary directed
to OFB to follow DOP& T guideline and 27.11.2012 should be taken as cut of
date and accordingly Seniority should be completed within Jan.2018.
3.
DPC for promotion to AWM for the year
15- 16 and 16-17 - In this regard JT. Secy. replied that he will talk to
UPSC and DOP &T for feasibility and directed to OFB for resubmitting the
DPC list. He assured that he will personally expedite the promotion case.
4.
DEFERMENT DATE OF PROMOTION- In this
regard, Jt. Secretary directed for examining all the cases and take
appropriate action within a month.
5.
Safety Officer Allowance- Proposal
will be put up to MOD within a month.
6.
Discrepancies in distribution in JTS
POST- In this proper Trade wise vacancy as per SRO to be put up.
7.
Risk Allowance- Risk allowances up
to JWM Level is agreed by Jt. Secretary for all the 45 Hazardous operation in
Ordnance Factories. He has directed to put up the proposal within a month.
8.
Cadre Review of Group B cadre- In
this regard there was lengthy discussion. NDGBGOA suggested followings
a)
Cadre restructure of Group B cadre should be made at par with DAE and minimum 6
promotion channel should be given in the entire service. In this regard
Association suggests for promotional Channel of JWM to WM and AWM may be kept
as probation post.
b)
Association suggests for making CADRE REVIEW of Group B Cadre by some outside
agency as OFB is not proposing properly for which many queries are coming. Last
Cadre Review was also could not completed even though committee reported by
2012.
In this regard, JT. Secy. directed OFB to
constitute a committee within a month and Association view also will be taken
into consideration.
9.
Cadre Review of PS Cadre- The Cadre Review
proposal of increasing Sr PS in Factories has been forwarded to MOF for
approval.
10.
Revision of SRO for JWM Cadre- It
was decided to make new SRO with consultation with Service Association.
11.
Finalization in Transfer policy- In
this regard NDGBGOA represented that the transfer policy which was published by
OFB is not in true spirit. OFB should not include CCS Conduct Rule in the
policy.
In this regard JT. Secy. directed OFB for
making necessary correction and taking Association view for the same.
12.
Calculation of MCM (4200GP) for making
more number of JWM ( SG) Post-
In this point there was lengthy
discussion. Jt Secretary/LS has taken the proposal positively. But DDG/NG
expressed that if it is changed at this stage, then many Queries may come from
MoF and it may take more time for implementation. Finally Jt. Secretary
directed OFB for forwarding the proposed structure and implement within a
month and cadre review proposal should be put up quickly.
NDGBGOA suggested to make a legal cell
in OFB for implementing any Government Order, Otherwise OFB is always making
some mistake when implementing any order. Finally many court cases are being
filed and decisions are being pending for years together.
In
this regard IOFGOA was silent during the discussion.
13.
Gazette notification for JWM- OFB
replied that by March 2018 Gazette Notification for JWM will be over.
14.
Review of Hard station- In this regard
Association asked to make CFA as Hard station with showing CGDA order, JT
Secretary replied that it was not accepted by previous Secretary/DP.
Association requested to take up once again with the present Secretary/DP.
15.
Nature of work of JWM and making
Operational staff for granting of Overtime Allowance- In this regard JT.
Secy. Replied that Gazetted officers are not eligible for OTA. Association told
to make JWM as Non Gazetted and give OTA, NDA and BONUS. Association furnished
the Honorable CAT, Madras bench Order. Finally JT Secretary directed to
OFB for publishing Nature of duty of JWM Cadre and also told to make some
incentive scheme for JWM Cadre.
16.
Incentive for JWM Cadre- In this
regard Association represented that OFB always constituting committee for Incentive
Scheme but it is not finalizing for last two year. Jt Secretary directed OFB
for finalizing the committee report within six month and JWM should be included
for getting Incentive Scheme
17.
Revision of SRO 149 For QTR Allotment to
JWM- Previously JWMs were eligible for TYPE- IV Qtrs. which is not in the
present SRO.OFB was directed to make a proposal for Change in allotment rule
for Ordnance Factories as per rule.
18.
Ordnance Quota in Railway- In this
regard OFB was directed to put up the proposal to Railway and MOD.
Next month there will be meeting at
OFB and status of all the points will be reviewed and in the month of February
review meeting will be held at MOD.
For
information to all members.
S. C. RAO
JAIGOPAL SINGH
PRESIDENT
GENERAL SECRETARY
NDGBGOA.
NDGBGOA
Sunday, 26 November 2017
AGENDA POINTS FOR JT SECY/LS,,MOD MEETING ON 12/12/2017
Ref. No-NDGBGOA/CE/Agenda/MOD/ 2017/11 Date- 20/11/2017
To
The Joint Secretary(LS),
Ministry of Defence,
Defence Production,
South Block, New Delhi.
Sub-
Agenda points for the meeting on 12/12/2017-reg
Ref No- Minutes of the last meeting on 20th
Jan.2017 with Joint Secretary (LS)
MoD.I.D.No.19(8)/2015-US(G) Dated-
03/02/2017
R/Sir,
Reference cited above,
meeting was held at South Block ,New Delhi with both association on 20/01/2017
for resolving the long pending issues of Group B Gazetted Cadre of Ordnance
Factories. In that meeting following important burning issues were discussed
and for each point two to three month time was given to OFB for compliance
report. But it is deeply regretted that, even after completion of 10 month, not
a single point has been completed by OFB.
Therefore, The Central
Executive Committee of this Association furnishing the same points along with
some new points for discussion and decision in the meeting please. Agenda
points with decision along with new points are furnished below for further
action and decision in the meeting on 12/12/2017.
Agenda Point wise Discussion
held and Decision/Direction of the Chair
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Sl.
No.
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Agenda
Points
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Decision/Direction given by Chair and
current position.
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1
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7th
CPC matter for JWM Cadre.
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Gazette notification published on 15th
June 2017. But till date implementation in OFB is awaited. Moreover all the
4200 GP Post has not been considered by OFB for calculation of 4800 GP New
Post.
|
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2
|
Cadre
Review of JWM
|
In this regard, it was decided to put up new
proposal within two month. But till date OFB has not initiated any proposal.
In
this regard Our Association suggests for making a cadre restructuring for
granting minimum 05 Promotion to Group B cadre in a time bound manner.
|
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3
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Need of Increase in Sanctioned Strength of AWM
in proportion to Sanctioned Strength of JWM.
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In this regard proper action has not been taken
by OFB till date
|
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4
|
Career Progression of PS/Sr.PS Cadre.
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There is no progress in this point.
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5
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Revision of SRO-JWM-T&NT
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No action has been initiated in this regard.
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6
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Redressal of Anomalies in Seniority Lists of
JWM-
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It was decided in the meeting to update the
seniority list within one month. But till date seniority has not been revised
and updated.
|
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7
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DPC for Promotion from JWM to AWM against
2015-16 & 2016-17.
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In this regard, it was decided in the meeting to
complete all the DPC procedure within one month but it has taken considerable
point and now it was forwarded to DOP&T for clarification.
Association suggests making of Ad hoc promotion at par with railways.
|
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8
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Finalisation of Transfer Policy for JWMs
|
It was decided in the meeting to finalise the
new transfer policy with consultation of Association views within March. But
OFB has published the New Transfer policy with addition of CCS Conduct Rule
and not included the Association views. Moreover, in the New Transfer Policy
is totally different from the transfer policy of Group A Cadre and Non
Gazetted cadre of Ordnance Factories.
|
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9
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Anomaly in promotion from CM(NT/OTS) & OS to
JWM(NT/OTS)
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In this regard, action has been initiated but
the sanction strength of 01/01/2016 has not been taken.
|
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10
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Implementation of 7th CPC for JWM
- the strength of MCM was not included
in the proposal of 7th CPC for earmarking the number of post in
GP4800 – Level 8
|
In this Regard Decission may kindly be taken in
MOD level for Considering all the 4200 GP post for calculating 4800 GP Post
for Functional requirement of Ordnance Factories. If 4200 GP post (MCM) is
not included then there will be only 1600 Post in Technical cadre for whole
Ordnance Factories which will not solve the functional requirement. MCM post
is in the GP-4200 whose promotion is to Chargeman after that JWM. Therefore
MCM should be included for creating New post in 4800 GP for proper
promotional Hierarchy and functional requirement of Ordnance Factories.
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11
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Publication of Names of JWMs in Gazette of India
as Gazetted Officers.
|
It was decided in the meeting that OFB
Should initiate the process within one
month but till date it has not been taken up by OFB.
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12
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Review of List of Hard Station
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In this regard it was decided to review the list
of Hard Station but it has not reviewed.
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13
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Provision of Ordnance Quota in Railway
Reservations
|
In this regard action has not yet initiated by
OFB
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14
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Risk Allowance to Group. A & B officers
|
It is pending at MoD. Association suggests that
wherever Industrial Employees are eligible, all the Officers Group A and B)
should be granted.
|
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15
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Incentive Scheme as per recommendation of Shri.
AK Singh Committee
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In this regard no action has been initiated.
|
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16
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Restoration of date of Promotional of JWMs
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OFB is waiting for Judgment from Principal
Bench.
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NEW
POINTS
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18
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Option for JWMs those are already drawing MACP
in 4800 GP
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Association request that JWMs those are placed
in 4800 GP for 10 years may be given option for choosing MACP benefit instead
of promotion of new post(JWM/SG) to again in 4800 GP.
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19
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Considering JWM as Operational Staff in Ordnance
Factories and granting of Over Time Allowance.
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JWMs are directly involved in production
activities for which JWMs should be considered as Operational Staff and over
time allowance may be paid.
|
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20
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Grant of Notional Seniority to promote AWMs from
the vacancy year.
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Every year there is delay in promotion as a
result promotee are losing their seniority. Therefore seniority of promotee
should be granted notional from the
vacancy year itself.
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21
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Allowance to Safety Officers in Factories
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Safety Officer may be granted allowance at par
with railways.
|
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22
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Revision of SRO- 149 for allotment of quarter
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JWMs/PS with 4600 GP may be allotted Type –IV
Quarters as it was in 5th CPC.
|
Sir,
Central executive of this Association requests your kind intervention and
earliest action on the above points.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
-Sd-
(JAIGOPAL
SINGH)
GENERAL SECRETARY
1- DDG/NG & IR,OFB Kolkata
2- The Under Secretary(D/Estt. Gaz.), Sena Bhavan, New Delhi
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