No move to reduce retirement age: NEW DELHI,December 18: Setting aside all speculations, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today stated in the Rajya Sabha that there is no proposal under the consideration of Government of India to reduce the retirement age of its employees. In reply to a question, Dr Jitendra Singh categorically made it clear that as of today, the retirement age of Government of India employees is 60 years and there is no such proposal to reduce it to 58 years. He further recalled that before 1997, the retirement age of Central Government employees used to be 58 years, but after that, on the basis of the recommendations of the 5th Central Pay Commission, the retirement age was increased to 60 years and it continues to be so. In response to another question, referring to the recent decision of Haryana State Government to lower the retirement age of its employees from 60 years to 58 years, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the different State Governments have their own service rules and conditions for their employees which fall in the respective State Government’s domain. This, however, does not correlate with the service conditions laid down by the Government of India for the Central Government employees,he added. To a question as to whether government is considering to fix single (common) retirement age limit for all the State Government and Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employees in the country, Dr Jitendra Singh said that there was no such proposal at present. Age of retirement for employees of State Government and PSU is decided by the respective State Government or Board of PSU depending on their requirement, he added.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:48:24 +0000
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