Centre to raise retirement age of employees to 62 years? Here’s the truth
1 month ago

Centre to raise retirement age of employees to 62 years? Here’s the truth

Live Mint  

Social media is a very useful platform where a lot of good and informative content is shared; however, it is also a place where misinformation and fake news are spread. In the latest development, a social media post has gone viral claiming that the Indian government has raised the retirement age of all central government employees to 62. Earlier in August 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has confirmed the Lok Sabha that there is no proposal which they may be consideration to make any changes in the retirement age of central government employees. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, the Union Minister stated that 122 government officers have been given compulsory retirement in the past three years under separate provisions of service rules. “There is no proposal under consideration to change the retirement age of central government employees,” Union Minister of State for Personnel added.

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Fact Check: Viral notice about change in retirement age of govt employees is FAKE
1 month ago

Fact Check: Viral notice about change in retirement age of govt employees is FAKE

India Today  

Sharing the photo of what appears to be an official notification, many on social media claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre increased the retirement age of central government employees from 60 to 62 years. àä¸àå‹àä¶àä² àä®àå€àäáàä¿àäïàä¾ àäªàä° àäµàä¾àäïàä°àä² àä¹àå‹ àä°àä¹àå‡ àä–àä¬àä°àå‹àä‚ àä®àå‡àä‚ àäæàä¾àäµàä¾ àä•àä¿àäïàä¾ àäœàä¾ àä°àä¹àä¾ àä¹àåˆ àä•àä¿ àä­àä¾àä°àää àä¸àä°àä•àä¾àä° àäèàå‡ àä•àå‡àä‚àäæàåàä°àå€àäï àä•àä°àåàä®àäšàä¾àä°àä¿àäïàå‹àä‚ àä•àå€ àä°àä¿àäŸàä¾àäïàä°àä®àå‡àä‚àäŸ àäÆàäïàå àä®àå‡àä‚ 2 àä¸àä¾àä² …

Decision to progressively raise retirement age unveiled
3 months, 1 week ago

Decision to progressively raise retirement age unveiled

China Daily  

Older performers dance at an event held by the Beijing Folk Custom Museum to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival in Beijing on Oct 23. China will progressively raise the statutory retirement age in next 15 years starting from 2025, after conducting thorough research of the nation's current population structure and people's health condition, with the move aiming to facilitate more …

Decision to progressively raise retirement age unveiled
3 months, 1 week ago

Decision to progressively raise retirement age unveiled

China Daily  

Older performers dance at an event held by the Beijing Folk Custom Museum to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival in Beijing on Oct 23. CHENG GONG/FOR CHINA DAILY China will progressively raise the statutory retirement age in next 15 years starting from 2025, after conducting thorough research of the nation's current population structure and people's health condition, with the move …

China is raising its retirement age - to 63 years for men, 55 and 58 for women
3 months, 1 week ago

China is raising its retirement age - to 63 years for men, 55 and 58 for women

New Indian Express  

China said Friday it would gradually raise its statutory retirement age, as the country grapples with a looming demographic crisis and an ageing population. State news agency Xinhua said top officials in Beijing had decided that "the statutory retirement age for male workers will be gradually extended from the original 60 years to 63 years". For women workers the retirement …

Structural employment challenge prompts retirement age delay
3 months, 1 week ago

Structural employment challenge prompts retirement age delay

China Daily  

A senior plays Chinese chess with her grandson at a park in Beijing in May 2021. The Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, is holding its 11th session in Beijing from Tuesday to Friday, and deliberation on a delayed statutory retirement age is on the agenda. Compared with developed countries, China's statutory retirement age is …

Structural employment challenge prompts retirement age delay
3 months, 1 week ago

Structural employment challenge prompts retirement age delay

China Daily  

A senior plays Chinese chess with her grandson at a park in Beijing in May 2021. The Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, is holding its 11th session in Beijing from Tuesday to Friday, and deliberation on a delayed statutory retirement age is on the agenda. Compared with developed countries, China's statutory retirement age is …

Increase PU faculty’s retirement age to 65: Sanjay Tandon to Shah
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Increase PU faculty’s retirement age to 65: Sanjay Tandon to Shah

Hindustan Times  

Former Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon, who is currently co-incharge of party affairs in Himachal Pradesh, has asked Union home minister Amit Shah to increase the age of superannuation of the teaching faculty at Panjab University from 60 to 65 years. Former Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon, who is currently co-incharge of party affairs in Himachal Pradesh, has asked Union …

Flexible model needed for raising the retirement age
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Flexible model needed for raising the retirement age

China Daily  

Older performers dance at an event held by the Beijing Folk Custom Museum to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival in Beijing on Oct 23. CHENG GONG/FOR CHINA DAILY The top authorities have said in a recent resolution issued after a top-level meeting that China will gradually raise the statutory retirement age in a prudent and orderly manner. As one of …

Power engineers’ body oppose governments move to increase retirement age of directors
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Power engineers’ body oppose governments move to increase retirement age of directors

Hindustan Times  

The UP Rajya Vidyut Parshad Abhiyanta Sangha, a power engineers’ body, has raised an objection to the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to increase the retirement age for directors in power corporations from 62 years to 65 years. The engineers’ body stated that all officers in power corporations retired upon reaching the age of 60. Allowing directors to serve until 65 …

Is 75-year retirement rule only for other BJP leaders and not Modi?: Kejriwal to PM
7 months, 1 week ago

Is 75-year retirement rule only for other BJP leaders and not Modi?: Kejriwal to PM

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, addressing a press conference on AAP’s “10 guarantees” for Lok Sabha polls at the party headquarters on Sunday, sought to know from Prime Minister Narendra Modi if the 75-year retirement rule was only for other party leaders or if he would retire next year, and urged him to name his successor. But I …

Jharkhand government reduces qualifying age for old-age pension from 60 to 50 years
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand government reduces qualifying age for old-age pension from 60 to 50 years

India TV News  

In a big development, the Jharkhand government has decided to reduce the qualifying age for old-age pension from 60 to 50 years. The Chief Minister further claimed that only 16 lakh people had received pension benefits in the 20 years after the formation of Jharkhand in 2000 but his government has provided pension to 36 lakh people, mostly those aged …

'Retire At 56? Unfair' : SC Judge Ajay Rastogi On Retirement Age In Kerala Govt Services
1 year, 10 months ago

'Retire At 56? Unfair' : SC Judge Ajay Rastogi On Retirement Age In Kerala Govt Services

Live Law  

On Thursday, while hearing submissions in a service matter, Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ajay Rastogi was bemused to know that in some government services in the State of Kerala the age of retirement is 56 years. However, Justice Rastogi pointed out that he had heard that, in Kerala the retirement age for public servants is 56 years. Justice Rastogi noted …

Is the government about to raise the retirement age again?
1 year, 10 months ago

Is the government about to raise the retirement age again?

The Independent  

Is the government once again going to push the age at which we can claim the state pension? The personal finance website Interactive Investor says bringing forward the increase to 68 from its latest date of 2046 to 2034 could mean a lost year of full state pension of £13,594 for people now aged 57, rising to £16,902 for those …

French PM proposes raising retirement age to 64 by 2030, unions call for strikes
1 year, 11 months ago

French PM proposes raising retirement age to 64 by 2030, unions call for strikes

The Hindu  

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday unveiled a contentious pension overhaul aimed at raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030, which prompted vigorous calls for strikes and protests from leftist opponents and labor unions. Borne said the minimum retirement age to be entitled to a full pension will be gradually increased by three months every year, …

Old Pension Scheme Not HP Election Jumla, Already Implemented in Ch'garh & Rajasthan: Priyanka Gandhi
2 years, 1 month ago

Old Pension Scheme Not HP Election Jumla, Already Implemented in Ch'garh & Rajasthan: Priyanka Gandhi

News 18  

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said promising return of old pension scheme by her party was not an election “jumla” as she accused the BJP of questioning the financial viability of the move while waiving loans of big industrialists. When the first cabinet meeting takes place of a Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, one lakh jobs would be …

Will Affect State Exchequer, Fresh Job Opportunities: Karnataka High Court Dismisses College Dean's Plea To Increase Retirement Age
2 years, 6 months ago

Will Affect State Exchequer, Fresh Job Opportunities: Karnataka High Court Dismisses College Dean's Plea To Increase Retirement Age

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has observed that fixation of retirement age of public servants has a direct bearing on the state exchequer as well as employment opportunities for others. He also sought a direction to continue in service till he attains the age of 65 years in terms of UGC Regulations, 2018 and the Central Government Order dated 02.11.2017. The …

Broad-Based Consultation Required On Raising Retirement Age Of High Court Judges: Union Law Minister
2 years, 8 months ago

Broad-Based Consultation Required On Raising Retirement Age Of High Court Judges: Union Law Minister

Live Law  

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijju in response to the query of P. Wilson, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha regarding enhancement of retirement age of Judges of the High Court, has stated that such a move would require broad-based consultation with the Attorney General for India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Legal Affairs, Legislative Department, Legal luminaries and other Stakeholders. P. …

Bill increasing retirement age passed in AP assembly
2 years, 9 months ago

Bill increasing retirement age passed in AP assembly

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Three bills were introduced in the AP Assembly on Monday. As the AP government has increased the retirement age of government employees to 62 from 60, it introduced a bill for the same. The government stated in the objects and reasons for the superannuation: "The age of superannuation of government employees has been prescribed as 55 years vide the …

UP govt to raise retirement age of doctors to 70 years
3 years, 3 months ago

UP govt to raise retirement age of doctors to 70 years

India TV News  

In view of the shortage of medical staff in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to increase the retirement age of doctors from 65 years to 70 years. Uttar Pradesh medical education minister, Suresh Khanna, said that the cabinet will soon be passing a proposal in this regard as the government believes that this will help the state …

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Kerala Govt On Plea To Fix Retirement Age As 60 For All Govt Servants
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Kerala Govt On Plea To Fix Retirement Age As 60 For All Govt Servants

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the State of Kerala on a plea seeking to fix the retirement age of government servants in Kerala as 60 years.A bench led by Justice D Y Chandrachud issued notice on the special leave petition Saju Nambadan and another v State of Kerala and others which challenged the amendments brought to the …

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