In an unfortunate event
which has occurred yesterday in broad day light, the Government of India has
brutally killed the morale of 4.7 Million of its employees. Even more worse
thing is the Government has been boasting that it has given a great gift to its
employees.
Government is
highlighting a few things which are very misleading to the common public. Govt
says that the minimum basic is increased from 7000 to 18000 showing that the
basic is more than doubled. But the fact is, a government employee's salary
depends on many factors not only basic. Even though the basic is doubled, the
total salary hike is not more than 5000 to 6000.
A salary of govt employee
is calculated as follows.
Total salary = (Sum of
allowances ) - (Sum of Deductions)
Allowances are
1. Basic Pay ( Which the
Govt says has increased more than double)
2. Dearness allowance (
Calculated based on the price rise index)
3. House rent allowance (
Differs for people living in metros, cities, towns and villages)
4. Transportation allowance
( Differs for people living in metros, cities, towns and villages)
Now the points here most
common people do not know is,
1. Dearness allowance
will become 0% which now stands at 125% of basic. It is customary to start
dearness allowance from 0% from the beginning of new pay.
2. Govt has reduced the
present House rent allowances from 30% in metros, 20% in cities and 10% in
towns and villages to 24% in metros, 16% in cities and 8% in towns and villages
respectively.
3. Only 19 cities in
India have been given a transportation allowance of 3600 and all other places
will have TA of 1800 only.
The point is even though
Government is boasting about doubling of basic, the actual salary of normal
clerk has increased to the extent of only 6000 to 9000.
Where as common public
will think that since salary is increased by 23.55% or more than double
basic, govt employees will now get 70000 to 80000 per month.
That is absolutely false.
A govt servant with 10 years of service in clerical cadre used to get a salary
of around 35000 will now get a salary of around 42000 only.
We all know the fact that
price rise is on the top gear, petrol prices never to be coming down thanks to
customs tax which gets modified every fortnight, a common man living in cities
cannot live a normal life with these salaries.
We also do have families
to look after and children to raise. Ambitious children who have the mettle to
do great things in future.
But throwing peanuts for
our services which is not less valuable than gold is unjustifiable. Government
servants are the tires on which this country rides. A flat tire, a punctured
tire will only leads to accidents.
Government should realize
their mistake and give the servants what they truly deserve.
We the servants of the
Government of India request all the common people to support us in meeting our
demands.
We request all the
government employees to stay strong and stay united until the govt gives us
what we truly deserve.
