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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
CHAPTER - 18
THE MACHINERY FOR JOINT CONSULTATION AND COMPULSORY
ARBITRATION
18.1 The Scheme for Joint Consultation and Compulsory Arbitration for the Central
Government Employees was introduced in the year 1966 on the lines of the Whitely
Councils of the United Kingdom. This is a declaration of joint intent regarding the
common approach of the Government of India on the one hand and the employees’
organisations on the other for joint consultation and smooth working. The basic
objectives of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) are as under:-
To promote harmonious relations between the government and its employees.
• To secure the greatest measure of cooperation between the government in
its capacity as employer and the general body of its employees in matters of
common concern; and
• To increase the efficiency of the public services, through a collaborative endeavour,
to narrow the area of “unresolved differences” and widen the ambit
of agreement on substantive issues of common concern.
18.2. The JCM scheme provides for a three tier machinery:-
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
the National Council as the apex body; (chaired by the Cabinet Secretary)
Departmental Councils at the level of individual Ministries / Departments including
their attached and subordinate offices and (chaired by respective
Secretaries)
Regional / Office Councils to deal with mainly the local problems at the level
of each individual office, depending on its structure. (chaired by Head of office
of respective organisations)
18.3. The scope of the JCM Scheme includes all matters relating to:
• conditions of service and work,
• welfare of the employees and
• improvement of efficiency and standards of work, provided, however, that
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