AGE RELAXATION IN JOB
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
29-March-2017 14:23 IST
Age Relaxation in Job
Relaxation of age up to 35 years (up to
40 years for members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) for the widows,
divorced women and women judicially separated (JSW) from their husbands who are
not re-married, for employment to Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ post
already exists in Department of Personnel & Training’s (DoP&T)
Office Memorandum (OM) No. 15012/13/79-Estt (D) dated 19.01.1980. Similar
relaxation also exists for Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ posts except where
recruitment is made through open competitive Examination in DoP&T OM
No. 15012/1/87-Estt.(D) dated 05.10.1990. All the above-mentioned instructions
have been reiterated vide DoP&T OM No. 41034/1/2014-Estt.(D) dated
30.01.2014.
It is incumbent upon all the Ministries/Departments of Government of
India to follow the above-mentioned instructions.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime
Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by
Shri B. Sriramulu in the Lok Sabha today.
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