New Delhi / No proposal to put retirement age at 60: Government

The government is not considering to retire government officials at the age of 60, MoS for Personnel Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Singh added that the government also has no proposal of retiring an official on completion of 33 years of service. As per reports, there are over 49 lakh central government employees.

News18 : Dec 06, 2019, 11:45 AM
New Delhi: There is no proposal to put retirement age at 60 or after completion of 33 years of service for central government employees, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.

"There is no proposal to reduce retirement age below 60 years," Union Minister Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.

The government was asked whether it was actively considering to retire government officials either at the age of 60 years or after completing 33 years of service, whichever is earlier.