Proposal of raising the retirement age of government employees..!


Is raising retirement age of Central Government Employee a threat for employment prospects of youth ?
At the end of Every Year people used to talk about the proposal of raising the retirement age of government servants. Normally the people who are at the verge of retirement from government service are eagerly expecting the government to increase the retirement age. The Government servants especially those who are in the pay structure of Pay band –I will have to face financial burden as the Pension amount they will be paid after commutation will be very meager and it is not sufficient enough to meet their expenses of day to day life. Because the Government employees those who are drawing grade pay of Rs.1800/-, 1900/-, 2000/-, 2400/-and 2800/- will get only around Rs.20000 as the gross salary of every month. It is understood that one cannot lead a financially successful life with this income alone. So many government servants, to run the life, forced to avail loans from where ever they can get. At the end, they are badly in debt at the time of retirement. 

That is why the government servants don’t feel happy about retiring from service. But extending the service of two years from 60 to 62 will not solve all their problems. It will help them to put off facing the financial crisis for at least two years. But the Government does not consider this aspect any way to increase the retirement age of central government employees from 60 to 62.

Extension of Service to  Bureaucrats
The Central Government always wanted to make better use of the knowledge and experience of its Bureaucrats even after their retirement. In other words Government wants to secure their top brass preferably IAS officers by giving service extension. Sometime extending their service for further period of two year is difficult task for the concerned department. Extension in service can be given only in “exceptional circumstances”. For example recently home Ministry wanted to give one year extension to its former Director-General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) as he has done commendable work in his stint . But it was denied by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). However, it was mainly the service rules that led to the ACC declining Home Ministry’s proposal. Normally IAS officers offered multiple service extension.

The Retirement Age of  Professors   
The Central Government has already increased the retirement age of professors in all the central universities from 62 to 65 years, two years back. Before that, the retirement age of professors of Central Universities was 62 with the provision for re-employment for three years after the superannuation. That time there was some allegation that this provision of re-employment was being “misused” by the authorities who took such decisions in an “arbitrary” manner. So Central Government decided to increase the retirement age of Professors to 65 uniformly.

One year extension for state government employees 
Recently the Punjab government’s decided to offer an extension of one year in service to its retiring employees with effect from October 2012 . The condition laid down for this offer was 1.Employees will be given an option to continue at the same salary.2. They will get no increments in salary during the extension period but will get any due promotions. The decision to give the extension was taken to meet the shortage of 35,000 employees who are expected to retire in next one year. Since, the move may affect employment prospects of the youth, the government increased the maximum age limit for recruitment into government service from 37 to 38 years.

The Retirement Age of  Judges
On August 18, 2012, The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, speaking at the 150th year celebrations of the Bombay High Court, said the government was in favour of raising the age of retirement of High Court judges. Presently, Supreme Court judges retire at 65 and High Court judges at 62.

Re engagement of Retired Employees in Railways
Whether it is true or not but it is believed that Railway gave its consensus to raise the retirement age of its employees, as it is already re-engaging their retired employee for daily remuneration after their retirement till the age of 62. It was followed from 1998 with the reference of Railway Board Letter No.E(NG)II/97/RC-4/8 dated 03.02.98. In 2009 the rates of Daily Allowances also revised for engagement of retired employees on daily remuneration basis.

So keeping in view of the entire above aspects one can assume that the state and central governments and some Departments are in fovour of increasing the retirement age of Central and State government employees.

       But Social Activists and youth associations are against this proposal and they expressed their dissatisfaction over this  and telling that the retirement age of central government employees should not be increased to 62 as increasing the retirement age is a threat for employment prospects of the youth.Many of them opined that instead of increasing, the retirement age should be reduced to 58 so that the youngsters will be given opportunity to get into Central government services.

[http://www.gservants.com/2012/12/02/is-raising-retirement-age-of-central-government-employees-a-threat-for-employment-prospects-of-youth/]

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Comments

Anonymous said…
Sir the Grade pay in PB1 atleast for a Graduate employee should be Rs 2400 in pay fixation it will help ful for educated Employee.
Regards Gowthaman Chennai..
Anonymous said…
Sir,u increase or decrease in retirement age it will not make difference as it's work culture require change,EX-they never come or leave work in time,work in snail pace,if working they require ----,payment and perk is assured irrespective of output plus etc etc.Let younger generation join and enjoy above benefit.Suggestion,retirement of 58yrs is advisable not 62yrs.
K D Yadav said…
Since the average life span has increased and it would be beneficial to raise the superannuation age of Central Govt. employees. Their experiences
are much better than a young. The age be raised upto 65 years. It is wrong to say that this will enhance unemployment. Simultaneously the present practice of appointment of retired employees as Consultant be stopped. Appointment of retired employees as Consultant involved malpractice causing loss to exchequer.
John Elangaloor said…
To reduce financial burden on account of paying pensions to retired/retiring government employees, it would be advisable to enhance retirement age from 60 to 65. Retiring government employees are more experienced and efficient than fresh entrants in government service. Expected life has also increased in the world.
Anonymous said…
Hey Hey... Extension of service by 2 years is very common in DRDO. Many Scientists of the grade pay of Rs 12000 and above retire very painfully even after the age of 62. DRDO fool the central GOVT by telling that out of total strength only 0.5% are extended. But the fact is Scientist H and above are only getting extension and nobody else and it is 100%. Are they very exceptional... Not at all. They do not even create a second line just to keep their seat intact.
Anonymous said…
Hello Everyone i think that the retirement age of central government employees should be increased to the age of 64 as you all can see many of the different departments have got their retirement age increased from 60 to 62 and 64 and 65. So there is no reason to be upset about it if the age limit is increased plus many central goverenment employees are asking for a age increase. I hope that the goverenment of india increases the age limit to 64 of the central government employees.
Anonymous said…
Hello Everybody,I think the age of retirement should not be increased because in our country we are have many young people unemployed. Experience Expertise all are no use in use in government Job. An young person will do more Job than a old person. Sorry some people don't want leave the Job Because get a Huge amount As Salary.
Anonymous said…
Do the youth don`t need any employment in the teaching field and other fields where the retirement age is being increased? So why are only the central govt employees being sidelined....are they not brainy enough?This is being unfair to the people who serve you the most!!and are always to your beck and call....and now when you could have rewarded them you are ignoring them completely!!
N. Narasimha Rao said…
To introduce new blood into government service the retirement age should not be increased. Some of the Employers are keeping the retirement age of their employees at 58. If retirement age is increased many young chaps will loose opportunity to join employment. A pensioner is sure to get his pension though retirement age is not increased or reduced.
N. Narasimha Rao, Amalapuram

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