The Madhya Pradesh government has announced to reduce the retirement age of employees hired on a contract basis. These employees will now retire at 62 instead of 65.
In a slew of new reforms related to manpower in the armed forces initiated by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, the retirement age of officers and jawans from technical branches is proposed to be increased.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took a jibe on Nitish Kumar's decree wherein he asked the retirement age of government employees to be reduced to 50.
In a statement issued, the Tamil Nadu government said the retirement age of government employees, teachers working in government and government-aided schools, and state government undertakings has been increased. The government said the order comes into effect immediately.
Minister of State for Prime Minister Office, Jitendra Singh clarified that central government is not reducing the age of government employees.
Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal presented state govt Budget 2020 of Rs 1.54 lakh crore on Friday. One of the key announcement made by the Punjab Finance Minister is reducing the retirement age of government employees to 58 and releasing 6% pending DA arrears in a week's time.
With an eye on the assembly elections in 2022, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal on Friday presented a populist but deficit Rs 1.54 lakh-crore budget for 2020-21.
This is the fourth budget of the Amarinder Singh-led government in the state. Badal said a rural development fund fee and market committee fee would be reduced to just one per cent from four per cent.
The government on Thursday said it is not planning to reduce the retirement age of employees of state-owned telecom firms BSNL and MTNL to 50 years.
"No Sir. Presently, there is no proposal to reduce age of retirement on superannuation from 60 years to 58 years," Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
Amid debate on increasing the retirement age of judges of higher judiciary, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde said Thursday that they are "willing to work" longer if the superannuation age is raised.
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