No
plan to increase Central Govt Employees’ Retirement age: Zee News
A hot news is coming from
Zee News that DoPT has not been working on any proposal to increase
the retirement age to 62 from 60 years for
Central Government Employees. A senior official from DoPT has
confirmed the above news to media and also clarified that a committee has
been formed for increase the retirement age of specialists
in scientific and medical fields (scientists) to 64 years. Last
updates from parliament question session is also indicating that there is no
proposal under consideration in this regard.
The news article of Zee News, which is showing
updation time of 13.28 of 16th June, it means it is very latest
news in this regard, the text of the said news is reproduced below:-
New Delhi: Central government employees are in for
a disappointment as the Centre is at present not considering any move to raise
the retirement age to 62 years.
A senior official in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions, which acts as nodal department for personnel matters,
said there was no such proposal to increase the age for
superannuation of government employees.
"There is no proposal
to increase the retirement age to 62 from 60 years. The
Ministry is not working on any such proposal," the official said.
Recent media reports claimed that
the Ministry has written to Prime Minister's Office for raising
the retirement age and
sought the Union Cabinet's nod for the purpose.
There are about 50 lakh
central government employees working in various departments across
the country.
Officials in the Ministry said
increasing retirement age requires a detailed consultation with all
stake holders and discussion with the Finance Ministry.
Without the Finance Ministry's
permission, the matter cannot not be processed, they said.
At a time
when government is working on austerity drive by cutting expenditure
and putting in efforts to rein in current account deficit (CAD), the
move to increase retirement age will also burden the exchequer's
kitty, they said.
The CAD, which is the difference
between the inflow and outflow of foreign currency, had touched a record high
of 6.7 per cent in the October-December quarter of 2012-13 on the back of
rising oil and gold imports.
The retirement age for a
majority of central government employees is 60 years. However,
the age for retirement in case of teachers and scientists is 62
years.
The age of superannuation in states
like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Assam is also 60 years.
In a related development,
the government has decided to
further increase the retirement age of specialists in
scientific and medical fields (scientists) to 64 years.
"A Committee has been formed
under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh for the purpose," said another Personnel Ministry
official.
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