Is the central government planning to change the retirement age of employees working in various central departments? This question is frequently raised by members of parliament. The government has once again responded to it.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh has made it clear that the government has no such plans at present. That is, the retirement age of government employees will remain 60 years.
Are the vacancies of retired employees being eliminated?
Another 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 abolished 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: why is the retirement age of central and state government employees different? In response to this, the government said that this subject comes under the jurisdiction of the states, so the central government does not keep any data on it.
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Did the employee unions demand to change the retirement age?
Many times, there is a discussion that the employee unions are demanding to increase or decrease the retirement age. On this, the government said that till now, no such formal proposal has come from the National Council (Joint Consultation Mechanism).
Retirement age of central government employees
At present, the retirement age for central government employees is 60 years only, although this age may vary in 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.