No move to cut retirement age

New Delhi  27.04.2020

There is no move to bring down the retirement age of Central government employees, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Sunday, refuting reports in a section of media that there was a proposal to retire the employees early.

Central government staff retire at the age of 60. Strongly refuting the reports that the government has moved a proposal for reducing the retirement age of government employees to 50 years, the Minister said,

“There is no such move to reduce the retirement age nor (there) has been such a proposal discussed or contemplated at any level in the government," according to an official communique. Singh said, there are certain elements which have been planting such disinformation in a section of media and attributing it to government sources or the Department of Personnel. PTI