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.
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.
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