Coal India forms JBCCI-X for pay revision of 3 lakh coal miners

Sambalpur,
Sep 1: In yet another historic move under the Union Government, Coal India
Limited has constituted 10th Joint Bipartite Committee for the Coal Industry
(JBCCI) for pay revision of its over three lakh non-executive employees working
in its eight subsidiaries. 

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The decision
in this regard was taken at the 15th meeting of the Standardisation Committee
of JBCCI-IX held at Coal India headquarters in Kolkata on Wednesday.

It was
decided that 18 nominated representatives from five Central Trade Unions, INTUC
(4), BMS (4), HMS (4), AITUC (3) and CITU (3), and equal number of management
representatives will participate in the JBCCI-X to determine the pay revision
for workers in Coal India.

Guided by
the Central Government to ensure a fast decision-making process for the benefit
of workers, the first meeting of JBCCI-X is expected this month only to
determine the wage structure of (National Coal Wage Agreement) NCWA-X, which
will be effective from July 1, 2016.

Over 20,000
non-executives (workers) of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) will be among
more three lakh beneficiaries at sister subsidiaries of Coal India, Eastern
Coalfields Limited (ECL), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), Bharat Coking Coal
Limited (BCCL), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), Western Coalfields Limited
(WCL), South-Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) and Central Mine Planning and
Design Institute Ltd (CMPDI).