Dear Comrades,
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.
Zee News
