No proposal to reduce Retirement age of Central Government
Employees from 60 to 58 years – Replies Minister of State for Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions
There is no proposal
under consideration of Government to reduce the retirement age from 60 to 58
years for its employees.
The retirement age for Central Government employees was revised
from 58 to 60 years in 1997 on the basis of recommendations of the 5th Central
Pay Commission.
The Centre’s total wages and salaries bill for its employees for
the year 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 is Rs. 85,963.50 crore, Rs. 92,264.88
crore and Rs. 1,04,759.71 crore, respectively.
This was stated by the
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr. Jitendra
Singh in a written reply to Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Dr. T Subbarami Reddy
and Smt. Ambika Soni in Rajya Sabha, today.
Source: Press Information Bureau
Press Release of Ministry of Home Affairs
Attention
of the Government has been drawn to some news items appearing in a section of
the press regarding proposal of the Central Government to reduce the retirement
age of Central Government employees from 60 years to 58 years.
It has been clarified that Government has no proposal to reduce
the age of Central Government employees from 60 years to 58 years.
Source : Press
Information Bureau
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