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NEW DELHI, Sept 21: Addressing the one-day Training Programme on pension related matters for officials from different Ministries and Departments at the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) here today, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh emphasised the need to utilise the pensioners' capabilities.
According to press release, he said, with an increase in lifespan and the status of health in the elderly also having improved over the last few years, most of the pensioners who retire around the age of 58 or 60 years, are still in the prime of their health, physical as well as mental performance. "They are, in other words "retired but not tired", he quipped and said that the challenge for the society is how best to utilise the services of this experience and qualified lot so that their talent and capabilities do not go waste and are not lost to the nation", he said. In this regard, he suggested that the Department of Pensions in the Government of India will do an in-depth exercise and find out various workable options. |
