core sector communique

Air India Constitutes Committee to Implement Justice Dharmadhikari Committee Report Civil Aviation Ministry To Seek Dispensations For Incentives To Employees

Air India Ltd. has constituted a Committee to implement the recommendations of Justice Dharmadhikari Committee report in a time bound manner. The Committee constituted on the direction of Ministry of Civil aviation has representation from both erstwhile Air India and Indian Airlines. The Committee includes Shri Syed Nasir Ali, Director, M/o Civil Aviation & OSD, Air India, Shri A.J. D’Souza, G.M. (Finance), Air India, Shri S.N. Bhattacharya, G.M. (Pers.), SR, Air India and Shri S.U.Shukla, G.M.(P), WR, Air India. The Committee has already started functioning and had its first meeting on 21st June, 2012 to prepare a roadmap for timely implementation of Justice Dharmadhikari Committee report. It will interact with various associations and employees of the Company to resolve any issue arising in the wake of the implementation of Justice Dharmadhikari Committee report. Simultaneously the Ministry of Civil Aviation is approaching the Union Cabinet to seek certain dispensations required to give incentives on the basis of industry standards to certain class of employees like pilots, engineers and cabin crew, as such incentives fall beyond the guidelines of the Department of Public Enterprises, The whole process of fixation of pay, level mapping and inter-se seniority is expected to be completed within 6-8 weeks.