Central government employees retirement age: Is the government considering changing the retirement age of central government employees? Know what the government said…
Central government employees retirement age: Is the central government really considering changing the retirement age of employees working in various central departments? Let us tell you that this question is being asked repeatedly by the members of Parliament for the last few days. Once again the government has responded regarding the retirement age of central employees.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh has made it clear that the government has no such plan at present. This means that the retirement age of government employees will remain 60 years for now.
Are the vacancies of retired employees being eliminated?
The second important question asked by a member in Parliament was whether the government is eliminating the vacant posts of retired employees? On this, the minister clarified that the government does not have any policy to eliminate vacancies after retirement. It was also asked how many posts have been eliminated since 2014, but the government said that no official data is available in this regard.
Why is the retirement age of state and central government employees different?
The question also arose in Parliament that why is the retirement age of central and state government employees different? In response, the government said that this subject comes under the jurisdiction of the states, so the central government does not keep any data on it.
Did the employee unions demand to change the retirement age?
Many a times there is talk that employee unions are demanding to increase or decrease the retirement age. On this, the government said that no such formal proposal has come from the National Council (Joint Consultative Mechanism) yet.
Retirement age of central government employees
At present, the retirement age for central government employees is only 60 years, although this age may vary in the states.
This clarification from the government has come at a time when various speculations were being made on this subject. Now it is clear that there will be no change in the retirement age in the near future.
