7th CPC Minimum Wage issue should be finalised with in three months: NC JCM writes to Finance Minister

National Council (Staff Side)

Joint Consultative Machinery

for Central Government Employees

August 12, 2016

We solicit your kind reference to the discussion, the representatives of NJCA had with you in the presence of the Honourable Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh and the Railway Minister, Shri Suresh Prabhu and the MOS (R) Shri Manoj Sinha on 30th  June, 2016.

We were expecting a quick action on the part of the Government to operationalise the assurance of setting up a high level Committee 10 go into the Minimum wage, Multiplication factor etc. However, we are disappointed that even after a lapse of more than a month no order has been issued by the Government in this regard.

The employees, as you are aware, were angry over the arbitrary determination of the minimum wage by the 7th CPC by mutilating the Dr. Aykhroyd formula and also the proportionate multiplication factor.

We, therefore, appeal to you that the concerned authorities may be asked to expedite the issuance of orders setting up the committee and finalization of the  Report within the available time of remaining three months.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)