“Again
a news is circulating in the media that the retirement
age for Central Government employees is going to be raised from 60 to
62.”
At
present, the retirement age for Central Government employees is 60. There is no
factual basis for the news that the government is planning to increase the
retirement age for Central Government employees from 60 to 62.
A
familiar article about raising the retirement age first published in 2011 are
being republished now in some blogs and websites.
We
are presenting the following explanation after constant enquiries from our
readers about this news.
There
might be other reasons behind these rumours on retirement
age. The recent wages revision report for the employees of the Central
Public Sector Enterprises(CPSE) contain recommendations on retirement age.
But
there are no such recommendations in the report of 7th Central Pay Commission
for Central Government employees. Big debate also took place in 2015 about the
raising the retirement age to 62. That time federations leaders also said that
the recommendation on retirement age does not come under the purview of the
Seventh Central Pay Commission.
The
employees have now questioned the changes in the powers of the Pay Commission
or Pay Revision Committee that are directly constituted by the Central
Government.
Information
about retirement age continues to spread like wild fire because the issue is
immensely popular among the Central Government employees. Interestingly, the
issue of raising the retirement age has as many supporters as detractors.
The
retirement age was first increased by the Congress Government under the
leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, in 1962, from 55 to 58. The Vajpayee
government, in 1998, increased the retirement age from 58 to 60.
Source: http://7thpaycommissionnews.in/
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