Cabinet decision to increase retirement age deferred
The government may make the announcement in the Prime Minister’s 15 August address…
A proposal to increase the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 62 years came to the Cabinet on Thursday but a decision was deferred. The government might make the announcement in the Prime Minister’s Independence Day address, his last before general elections in 2014. The ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions has proposed an increase in retirement age of government employees from 60 to 62 years, top sources confirmed.
There are around five million central government employees in India. The previous occassion the government raised the retirement age of central government employees was in 1998, from 58 to 60 years. The move is meant to ease the financial burden on the government in terms of its pension liabilities, sources said.
The retirement age of professors in all central universities was recently raised to 65 years. D L Sachdev, national secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress, said his union was totally against the increase of the retirement age beyond 60. It would hurt the youth, especially when the government is doing nothing to create jobs for them, Sachdev said.
Congress-affiliated Indian National Trade Union Congress national president Sanjeeva Reddy said his union had been demanding increase in the retirement age to 62 years and would welcome it.
Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V Narayanaswami had ruled out an increase in the retirement age to a question in Parliament in the winter session this year. An official in the ministry, when asked, refused to speak about it.
It is a most welcome proposal to be supported by every central Govt. employee. No Central Govt. employee should support the stand of AITUC of D.L. Sahadev but support that of INTUC of S. Reddy. INTUC - Zindabad, AITUC -Mudrabad!
ReplyDeleteDecision regarding enhancement of retirement age should be taken keeping the views of CG employees. It not only blocks the opportunity for new entrants, but also increases inability of the department due to modernisation and shifting to core banking. Most of the employees do not know latest technology and if let continued, the technology implemented by the Govt. will not be successful
ReplyDeleteGOOD DECISION...........BUT HAVE TO WAIT FOR OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
ReplyDelete60yrs r much to serve
ReplyDeleteAfter 60 play 2nd inning of life serving society, nation entry in politics,spiritual field.