Lok Sabha Question No. 1584 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Implementation of Fifth Pay Commission
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: B. SREERAMULU, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, ANJU BALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1584 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2018

## IMPLEMENTATION FIFTH PAY COMMISSION

1584.  SHRI B. SRIRAMULU: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

## Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry of Culture has implemented the recommendations of Fifth Central  Pay  Commission  for  all  its  employees/staff  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Ministry of Culture has consulted the Ministry of Finance regarding the  implementation  of  the  said  recommendations  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Task  Force  constituted  in  the  Ministry  for  categorization  and staffing  pattern  of  libraries  has  submitted  its  report  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereon;
- (d) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  implement  the  pending  service matters/recommendations  of  various  Pay  Commissions  related  to  Library Sector; and
- (e) whether  the  Ministry  has  raised  the  pending  anomaly  with  respect  to  grade pay of the Library Information Assistants with Anomaly Committee set up after Seventh Pay Commission and if so, the details thereof?

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA) MINISTER OF STATE FOR CULTURE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## ANSWER

(a) to (c): Recommendation of 5 th CPC has been fully implemented in respect of Ministry of Culture (Secretariat) proper in accordance with the Notification issued by Ministry of Finance/ Department of Personnel & Training. There were recommendations on categorization and staffing pattern of libraries. A High Power Committee  was  constituted  in  2003  to  examine  the  recommendations  of  the  5 th Central  Pay  Commission  in  respect  of  library  staff  and  to  suggest  a  categorization formula, staffing pattern etc. The High Power Committee could   not    complete   the work. Thereafter, a Task Force was constituted in the Ministry in 2009 for examining various recommendations of the 5 th Central Pay Commission  regarding libraries  and

to  devise  a  proper  formula  for  the  categorization  of  various  types  of  libraries;  to recommend  revised  criteria  for  the  categorization  of  Libraries  and  to  explore  the possibility of setting up of Library Cell in the Ministry. The report of the task force was  discussed  in  the  stakeholders  meeting  held  on  18.03.2011  and  the  revised categorization formula was finalized taking into account the suggestions made by the participants. The final version of the revised categorization formula was sent to DoE, Ministry of Finance in June, 2011 to which DoE observed that by implementation of the revised categorization formula, the libraries would be upgraded and consequently the pay scale of the Library in-charge would also be upgraded. The matter was again sent to DoE with clarifications to which DoE recommended to identify 10-12 libraries and apply the revised categorization formula to test its utility. Thereafter, Members of  the  task  force  visited  16  Central  Government  Libraries  for  application  of  the revised categorizations formula and submitted their reports and recommendations on the application of revised formula for the categorization of Libraries. The matter was referred to Dept of Expenditure to take a final decision on the recommendations of the Task Force.

The  Dept  of  Expenditure  examined  the  matter  and  advised  to  initiate  steps  in accordance with the latest recommendations of the Seventh CPC.

- (d) As stated in reply to part (a) to (c) above.

(e) The issue of the anomaly with respect to the grade pay of LIA and ALIO was raised with the Seventh CPC to which Seventh CPC observed that: 'The Commission is of the view that the posts are appropriately placed and no upgrade is justified. The Commission, however, suggests that the Ministry of Culture as the nodal ministry for this category, carry out a census of Central Government librarians.'

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