No reduction in retirement age
There is no proposal under consideration of Government to reduce the retirement age from 60 to 58 years for its employees. The
retirement age for Central Government employees was revised from 58 to
60 years in 1997 on the basis of recommendations of the 5th Central Pay
Commission.
The Centre’s total wages and salaries bill
for its employees for the year 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 is Rs.
85,963.50 crore, Rs. 92,264.88 crore and Rs. 1,04,759.71 crore,
respectively.
This was stated by the Minister of State for
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a
written reply to Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Dr. T Subbarami Reddy and
Smt. Ambika Soni in Rajya Sabha, today.
