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Will the Retirement age of central government employees go up from 60 to 62?

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Will the Retirement age of central government employees go up from 60 to 62?

As we heard every time before the budget session of parliament, this time also a rumor about raising the retirement age of central government employees from 60 to 62 is spreading here and there among the central government employees. May be the officers at the verge of retirement be happy about this rumor. Otherwise there is no reason to be happy about this rumor.. As India is having 51% of people below the age of 25 years , it is not a good news to millions of jobless people. Sources close to the trade union movements and Federations told that there is no such proposal with the government since none of the workers federations have demanded it.

In 2009, The Manmohan Singh government was serious in weighing the pros and cons of increasing the retirement age for government employees from 60 to 62 years.That time it was believed that the finance ministry had prepared a detailed note on the issue and sent it to the prime minister’s office (PMO) But the government shelved the idea, largely because of fears that a higher retirement age would adversely impact employment generation and create resentment in the bureaucracy because of blocked promotional avenues. At that time, it was the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) that was asked by the PMO to study the issue and prepare a report.

The BJP led National Democratic Alliance government had raised the retirement age from 58 to 60, in 1998, a move that benefitted 90,000 government servants and 50,000 defence personnel. At the time, the logic was: the retirement of 140,000 employees would have cost Rs 5,200 crore whereas paying salaries cost only Rs 1,493 crore.

Incase if the decision is finally taken, it will only be the third time the government will have raised the retirement age. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first prime minister to have increased the age of superannuation from 55 to 58 following the 1962 war with China. The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government did it a second time in 1998.

Source: Vinmoney

  
  

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  1. dont forget it to that
    01. Increase the retirement age of college teachers from 60 to 65 year.
    02. Already age is incresed at 62 yrs in Uttrakhand Govt. employees.

    so, why this is issue for Central Govt. employees. if this is injustice, than why it applicable in other Govt. employees.
    so, it will be, if applicable than for all govt. employees, otherwise not.

  2. If the superannuation age is increased from 60 to 62 it will be social injustice to the young generation of India and zest and zeal for the work will decline which will tell upon the health of mental,social equilibrium.

  3. The enhancement of retirement age from 60 to 62 will be seems short time saving in retirement payments but ultimately loss for govt. as govt. has to pay much higher pay then if any younger blood appointed, Also will also enhance figure of unemployment. In view of these, I am in favour of not to enhance retirement age if thinks for long term benifits.

  4. Enhancement of retirement age may be in the interest of bureaucrats as they gets more powerful post as well as others benefits (including curruption power) & who never want to quit as the same mentality of politicians. while others employees whose working culture is full of attention, hard work,duty against nature get early diseased condition the retirement age should not be enhanced. Age of retirement should not be treated as to compensate the fiscal defisate otherwise it will became a source of curruption & benifit providing matter to the desired currupt bureaucrats in the fothtcoming times

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