NEW DELHI: 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.