MP to consider raising retirement age to 62 yrs: Chouhan

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Press Trust of India Bhopal
Last Updated : Aug 18 2013 | 1:25 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh government would consider raising the age of retirement of state government employees from the current 60 years to 62, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.
"We will consider the matter," Chouhan told PTI recently when asked whether the issue was under consideration of the state government, in view of the Chhattisgarh government recently increasing the age of retirement to 62 years from 60 for its employees.
"Madhya Pradesh will consider such issues in its own manner and will not follow what other states are doing on the matter," the chief minister said during his ongoing Jan Ashirwad yatra in the state's newly created Agar-Malwa district.
The announcement by Chhattisgarh had led to speculation that Madhya Pradesh too could make an announcement in this regard as already it (retirement age) is different for school teachers, college/ university professors and doctors (specialists) in the state.
For the university/ college teachers and doctors (specialists) in Madhya Pradesh, the retirement age is 65 years while for the school teachers it is 62.
For rest of the employees, the age of superannuation is 60 years in the state.
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First Published: Aug 18 2013 | 1:25 PM IST

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