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AIBSNLEA WRITES 1. Subject: Questionnaire on 3rd PRC Pay Revision — Response from AIBSNLEA On the subject cited above, kindly refer to SR Cell letter number BSNL/20-1/SR/2016 dated 06 07 2016 wherein response/comments on the questionnaire framed by DPE have been from this Association Accordingly, the response/comments of AIBSNLEA on the said questionnaire are attached herewith for further necessary action at your end (Copy endorsed for kind information to:1 Smt Sujata Ray, Director (HR), BSNL Board, New Delhi — 110001:2 The Sr GM (Legal), BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi — 110001:3 The GM (Estt ), BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi — 110001:4 The GM (Pers), BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi — 110001:5 The GM (FP), BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi — 110001:6 The GM (SR), BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi — 110001:7 The GM (Admn), BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi — 110001) No. AIBSNLEA/CHQ/CMD/2016 DATED: 11.07.2016 (Addressed to Shri Anupam Shrivastava, CMD BSNL, New Delhi - 110 001) Response of AIBSNLEA on questionnaire from 3rd Pay Revision Committee for executives and non- unionised supervisors of CPSEs – w.e.f. 01.01.2017. 1.I Role of the Government & Uniform Wage Policies in CPSEs 1.II The 2nd PRC in the preface to its report stated that ‘Finally, we feel that time has come when we should no longer look at all these CPSEs spreading over a vast spectrum with a common approach.’ A decade has passed since then and in the present scenario what in your view should be the role of the Government with reference to wage policies in CPSEs. AIBSNLEA After 2nd PRC, a decade has been passed and in the present scenario in view of present liberalized and competitive economic scenario there is a need to motivate Executives and non-unionised Supervisors of CPSEs for achieving excellence in performance and higher productivity resulting into improved quality of service, customer’s satisfaction and greater revenue for the company. In such a scenario, the role of Government – as owner – should be there to decide the pay structure, perks and allowances of all CPSE executives. In case, if Govt. Leaves the job to the CPSEs, it may create chaos and feeling of insecurity among the employees. It will also entail huge expenditures as every CPSE will appoint their committees. The committee formations/ term of references/evaluation systems adopted by committees/ committee recommendations etc can’t stand on equal footings. So the role of the Govt should be there to avoid the bias of any CPSE and/or any Committee and to bring uniformity in such an important financial & administrative matter. 1.2 Flowing from the above, should there be some uniformity of pay scales and perks among CPSEs, or should these decisions be left to the best judgement of the respective administrative Ministries and the Boards of their CPSEs? AIBSNLEA Within the broad parameters so decided by the Government, there should be some uniformity of the pay scales and perks amongst CPSEs and concerned CPSE Boards shall be allowed to make positive changes to allow additional benefit in terms of pay & allowances and on the basis of performance of that particular CPSE, the competition in the concerned field and requirement to attract/retain talent in the company. 1.3 As part of Government’s policy for granting greater autonomy to the Boards of the CPSEs under the Maharatna, Nav Ratna and Mini Ratna schemes, should there be separate pay scales for ‘Ratna’ CPSEs? AIBSNLEA As suggested earlier, the Government – after making elaborate guidelines on the matter – there should not be separate pay scales for “Ratna” CPSEs to avoid discrimination. TELEWAVE 4 JULY-2016