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| Retirement age of employees, time to decide now | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 21: Among many other crucial decisions those are still pending, the State government is yet to announce its decision on the employees' demand for enhancement of retirement age.
A cabinet sub-committee formed to deliberate on the issue and make its recommendations to the government has been meeting with hiccups to frame up its response to the employees' demand. The state government employees have been demanding that their superannuation be brought at par with those of the central government employees who retire from services at the age of 60.
In contrast, those in the State government have to hang their boots at 58.
The state government employees had also been fighting for the release of arrears as per the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission a roadmap for whose release was finally agreed upon between the state government and the representatives of the employees. Interestingly, the bank accounts of the retired government employees are yet to be credited with the agreed 20% release of these arrears although the agreement was made last year.
There is no logic having two different sets of superannuation ages for the state and the central government employees. The retirement age is directly linked to the average life expectancy in the country and it is no logical to say that the average life expectancy is above 60 for people living outside the State and below 60 for those living within.
The state government has been arguing that the colossal problem of unemployment would continue to grow at unmanageable proportions if the retirement age is enhanced from the present 58 to 60 years in the state. How was the problem of unemployed youth taken care of in the rest of the country when the retirement age was enhanced there from 58 to 60?
In fact, the state government would have huge fund surplus for at least two years once the retirement age is enhanced from the present 58 to 60 years. For two years the state government would have to pay no terminal benefits to its employees and the funds thus saved could be utilized on a short term basis to create employment avenues on the fringe.
There is no rationale basis in the generally perceived view that enhancement in the retirement age would have a direct bearing on the unemployed youth in the state. The two are correlated but there is no inverse relationship between the two. The state government can continue to employ youth and continue to create employment avenues even after agreeing to the employees' demand for enhancement in their retirement age. It is actually in line with the commitment of the state government which has been stating time and again that the services of the state government employees would be brought at par with those of the central government employees in all respects. A decision in this regard is expected before the beginning of the next fiscal. It is reasonable that the state government concedes the demands of its employees and at the same time enforces an honest, transparent and disciplined work culture in its offices. |
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