ALL the 150-odd scientists of the
central pollution control board (CPCB),
New Delhi, have struck work from
April 21 to protest against the ministry
of environment and forests (MFF) for
not implementing the flexible complementing Scheme (FCS) since the
past 10 years. The FCS is a merit-based
promotion scheme begun in 1987 that
is applicable to only scientific and
technical staff. However, the MEF has
not considered CPCB scientists to be
eligible for this as, according to a senior
MEF official, "CPCB is not a scientific
organisation."
"This is absolutely ridiculous,"
states S K Tyagi, a scientist at CPCB. "We
figure in the department of science
and technology's list of research and
development organisations in the country." The MEF has approved the scheme
for most of its other agencies, like
the Botanical Survey of India, the
Zoological Survey of India and all
the laboratories of the Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research. "As a
result, people junior to us are earning
higher salary while we have not been
given any promotion for a long time,"
rues Tyagi.
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