7th PAY COMMISSION NEWS - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NEWS

No Proposal regarding raising the retirement age before the Government Following is the text of the Press Statement issued by the Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions today, to clarify that there is no proposal before the Government regarding raising the retirement age of Central Government employees from 60 years to 62 years :- “Attention of the Government has been drawn to reports appearing in some sections of the media regarding raising the retirement age of Central Government employees from 60 to 62 years. In order to put at rest all such speculations, it is clarified that there is no such proposal before the Government.”

Andhra Pradesh Government Hikes Retirement Age to 60 The Andhra Pradesh state legislative has unanimously passed a resolution for increasing the retirement age from 58 to 60 for government employees. In addition to this, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has also announced a number of incentives and schemes for the state government employees. While introducing the Bill in the state legislative, the Chief Minister said that the current laws were implemented in 1984. The retirement age for central government employees has been increased to 60. According to a World health Organization report, the average lifespan for Indians is 65 years. Now that the state has been bifurcated, Andhra Pradesh requires the service of experienced employees. Therefore, the age of retirement is being increased from 58 to 60.

Jammu & Kashmir Employees Retirement Age hiked to 60, on par with Central Government Staff During the cabinet meeting of June 3 that was presided over by J&K Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, it was decided to increase the retirement age of state employees from 58 to 60, on par with the Central Government employees. It is worth mentioning here that the resolution marks the successful culmination of more than 6 years of protests and demands made by various employees unions across the state. There are also talks that the decision was made with the Lok Sabha elections in mind, which are due at the end of this year.

All set to hike central retirement age to 62 years It may sound like ridiculous as number of times articles regarding this topic has published in different websites and newspapers. But as per our sources and media reports, centre finally decided to hike retirement age to 62 years. The process has received PM's nod and awating cabinet approval which is likely to be obtained in the next meeting. The newly set up seventh CPC has recommended this hike in an interim report which got Govt. approval.

No. 18019/6/2013-Estt(L) Government of India/Bharat Sarkar Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training New Delhi, 21st October, 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Timely payment of dues of encashment of leave to Government servants retiring on attaining the age of superannuation — need to obviate delays in payment of such dues - regarding. The undersigned is directed to state that in terms of the provisions of rule 39 of the CCS(Leave) Rules, 1972, the authority competent to grant leave is suo mote required to issue an order granting cash equivalent of leave salary for both earned leave and half pay leave, if any, at the credit of the Government servant on the date of his retirement, subject to the prescribed limits. 2. It has since been brought to the notice of this Department that the concerned administrative authorities as indicated in First Schedule to the said rules including authorities subordinate to the leave sanctioning authori...

There is no hope of raising retirement age to 62 There is no hope of raising retirement age to 62 at this moment..! According to the information received from media that the Central Government has no proposal to hike in retirement age from 60 to 62 to Central Government employees at this moment. The Dopt Minister V.Narayanasamy said in the press conference, I would like to make it very clear that there is no thinking in the Government for increasing the retirement age. The retirement age hike news has been expected by the retiring employees following the declaration of 7th CPC...!