No proposal to raise retirement age of govt employees: Singh

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 11 2014 | 4:40 PM IST
There is no proposal to hike the retirement age of central government employees from the present 60 to 62 years, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh told Rajya Sabha today.
Singh also said there is no proposal to fill up the backlog vacancies of SCs, STs and OBCs with genral category candidates.
The minister said "NO, sir" in a written reply to a question on whether the government has decided to increase the retirement age of central government employees from the present 60 to 62 years.
In another written submission, he said there is no proposal to fill up the backlog vacancies of SCs, STs and OBCs with general category.
He informed the House that around 1.75 lakh employees retire from the central government every year.
The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare has launched an initiative on a pilot basis for 2000 pensioners to help in the individual in transiting smoothly to a post-retirement life.
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First Published: Dec 11 2014 | 4:40 PM IST

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