The government may make the anouncement in the Prime Minister's 15 August address
From Business Standard
Sreelatha Menon | New Delhi August 3, 2013
A proposal to increase the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 62 years came to the Cabinet on Thursday but a decision was deferred. The government might make the announcement in the Prime Minister’s Independence Day address, his last before general elections in 2014. The ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions has proposed an increase in retirement age of government employees from 60 to 62 years, top sources confirmed.
There are around five million central government employees in India. The previous occassion the government raised the retirement age of central government employees was in 1998, from 58 to 60 years. The move is meant to ease the financial burden on the government in terms of its pension liabilities, sources said.
The retirement age of professors in all central universities was recently raised to 65 years. D L Sachdev, national secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress, said his union was totally against the increase of the retirement age beyond 60. It would hurt the youth, especially when the government is doing nothing to create jobs for them, Sachdev said.
Congress-affiliated Indian National Trade Union Congress national president Sanjeeva Reddy said his union had been demanding increase in the retirement age to 62 years and would welcome it.
Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V Narayanaswami had ruled out an increase in the retirement age to a question in Parliament in the winter session this year. An official in the ministry, when asked, refused to speak about it.
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A proposal to increase the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 62 years came to the Cabinet on Thursday but a decision was deferred. The government might make the announcement in the Prime Minister’s Independence Day address, his last before general elections in 2014. The ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions has proposed an increase in retirement age of government employees from 60 to 62 years, top sources confirmed.
There are around five million central government employees in India. The previous occassion the government raised the retirement age of central government employees was in 1998, from 58 to 60 years. The move is meant to ease the financial burden on the government in terms of its pension liabilities, sources said.
The retirement age of professors in all central universities was recently raised to 65 years. D L Sachdev, national secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress, said his union was totally against the increase of the retirement age beyond 60. It would hurt the youth, especially when the government is doing nothing to create jobs for them, Sachdev said.
Congress-affiliated Indian National Trade Union Congress national president Sanjeeva Reddy said his union had been demanding increase in the retirement age to 62 years and would welcome it.
Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V Narayanaswami had ruled out an increase in the retirement age to a question in Parliament in the winter session this year. An official in the ministry, when asked, refused to speak about it.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/cabinet-decision-to-increase-retirement-age-deferred-113080201034_1.html
नई दिल्ली/अगरतला. सीमा सुरक्षा बल (बीएसएफ) ने बाढ़ प्रभावित उत्तराखंड में आपदा राहत के लिए 16 करोड़ रुपये के अनुदान का फैसला किया है. बीएसएफ ने एक वक्तव्य जारी कर बताया, "हम अपने सभी कर्मचारियों की एक दिन की तनख्वाह दान करेंगे." बीएसएफ का कहना है कि यह लम्बे समय तक होने वाले पुर्नवास और पुर्ननिर्माण के लिए कुछ उजड़े हुए गांवों को गोद लेगी. वक्तव्य के मुताबिक, "बचाव अभियान के दौरान मारे गए एवं लापता हुए उत्तराखंड के पुलिसकर्मियों एवं इंडो-तिब्बत पुलिस के कर्मचारियों को भी दो-दो लाख रुपए दिए जाएंगे." वहीं, त्रिपुरा के राज्यपाल देवानंद कनवर उत्तराखंड में बाढ़ एवं भूस्खलन प्रभावित लोगों की मदद के लिए एक महीने की तनख्वाह 1.10 लाख रुपये दान करेंगे. राज भवन के एक अधिकारी ने संवाददाताओं से कहा, "राज्यपाल ने उनके सचिव से उनकी एक महीने की तनख्वाह 1.10 लाख रुपये उत्तराखंड के मुख्यमंत्री राहत कोष में देने के लिए कहा है." राज्यपाल ने आपदा में मारे गए लोगों एवं प्रभावितों के प्रति गहरा दुख व्यक्त किया है. पर्वतीय राज्य उत्तराखंड में 15 जून को हुई अप्रत्याशित भारी बारिश की वजह से सैंकड़ों लोगों की जान चली गई और हजारों प्रभावित हुए हैं.