GOM MEETING TO BE HELD SOON TO RESOLVE OUR WAGE ANOMALY ISSUE

The GOM  Meeting note which includes Agenda and other reports pertaining  to the committee of joint secretaries {COJS}Report is being prepared by the concerned authorities in the Ministry of I&B.The GOM note along with the reports will be submitted to our Honble Minister shri.Manish Tewari for his approval and for onward transmission to the chairman of the GOM and Honble Finance Minister shri.P.Chidambaram to fix a date for GOM  Meeting soon.The long awaited wage anomaly issue is getting top priority in the forth coming GOM Meeting.
    The president of our Federation visited newdelhi recently and met various competent authorities in the Ministry of  I&B and in the Directorate of Doordarshan and also met various Honble Ministers and persuaded our long pending wage anomaly issue for speedy redressal .

Ministry of I&B Seeks extension of time for complying the Honble CAT Order

The Ministry of I&B filed a Miscellaneous application dated 8/4/2013 before the Honble CAT,Ernakulam bench for extension of time so as to enable them to place the COJS {committee of joint secretaries} recommendations before the GOM {Group of ministers} Meeting and it is also assured that the approval of the cabinet on the recommendations of the GOM will be Solicited ,thereafter.It has also been mentioned in the Miscellaneous application that whatever best action required to be taken on the part of Government has been  taken already in all earnestness.
     The above matter will be listed for hearing before the Honble CAT,Ernakulam bench after 13/4/2013,when the tribunal reopens after summer vacation.

The Honble Tribunal gives Last Chance to the Ministry of I&B to Implement it's Order

Recently the Ministry of I&B filed an affidavit before the Honble Tribunal,Ernakulam Bench,stating  that the recommendations of the Committee of Joint Secretaries {COJS}on the Prasar Bharati's considered opinion on the views of the employees association will be placed shortly before the new GoM for its approval.Thereafter ,the approval of Cabinet on the Recommendation of the GoM will be solicited.
      For the reasons stated above the Ministry of I&B sought further extension of time for implementing the Honble CAT Order.The Honble CAT gave three months time starting from 10/01/2013, as last chance to the Secretary, Ministry of I&B{Ist Respondent} to comply its order ,which was delivered in our Federation's favour.                                                                     

GOM ON PRASAR BHARATI RECONSTITUTED : NEW GOM MEETING SOON

The GOM  on Prasar Bharati have been reconstituted on 7/11/2012.Three new Ministers have been inducted in the new GOM.The President of the FDCP met our Honble Minister for I&B shri.Manish Tewari on 22/11/2012 in the Ministry and requested to settle the long pending wage anomaly issue at the earliest and the Minister gave us a very positive response..The same matter was also taken up by the president with other competent authorities in the Ministry of I&B.The Federation president during his New delhi visit also met shri.A.K.Antony.Honble Defence Minister,shri.Kodikunnil Suresh,Honble Mos for Labour&Employment,Dr.Pallam Raju,Honble HRD Minister and Dr.Shashi Tharoor,Honble Mos for HRD and Persuaded to take up our wage anomaly issue with our Honble Minister for speedy implementation.From Reliable sources from the Ministry we came to know that the new GOM Meeting will be held soon to resolve our long pending Wage anomaly issue.Further Updates in the above matter will be mailed to all unit secretaries of  FDCP. as and when we get the information from our Ministry of I&B.

COJS MEETING CONCLUDED ON 31/07/2012

The COJS (Committee of 4  Joint Secretaries ,comprising of one each from Ministry of  I&B, Ministry of Expenditure, Ministry of Law and from Ministry of Personnel)formed by the Ministry of I&B,under the directions of the GOM on Prasar Bharati to look in to the wage anomaly existing in Prasar Bharati,have finally concluded their meeting on 31/7/2012.The Report of the meeting is being made ready by the concerned section of our ministry and very soon it will be submitted to the GOM for final approval..All Unit Secretaries are requested to open their Mail  Box for further details and updates.

14,000 vacancies in Prasar Bharati:Smt. Ambika Soni

Thiruvananthapuram: There are as many as 14,000 vacancies in Prasar Bharati, Information and Broadcasting Minister smt. Ambika Soni said in Thiruvananthapuram on 27/6/12."Of these vacancies, 3,500 will be filled up this year," she told reporters.Mrs. Soni was addressing a press conference with Home Minister P Chidambaram and Minister for Law and Justice and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid.

Jawhar Sircar to be appointed Prasar Bharati CEO

Senior IAS officer Jawhar Sircar is all set to be appointed the next CEO of national broadcaster Prasar Bharati after a panel headed by the Vice President recommended his name to the government. Sircar, a 1975 batch officer who is posted as the Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, was picked up from among twelve candidates by a panel which apart from Vice President Hamid Ansari included Press Council chairperson Markandey Katju and Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary in the Information and Broadcasting ministry.