UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2902
Reduction in retirement age
2902 . SHRI SUKHDEV SINGH DHINDSA, T. Subbarami Reddy, AMBIKA SONI
(a) whether there is a proposal under consideration of Government to reduce the retirement age from 60 to 58 for its employees, if so, the reasons therefor;
(b) when was the retirement age for Central Government employees last revised and on what basis; and
(c) the Centre”s total wages and salaries bill for employees in each Department for the last three years?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a): There is no such proposal at present.
(b): The retirement age for Central Government employees was revised from 58 to 60 years in 1997 on the basis of recommendations of the 5th Central Pay Commission.
(c): The details are annexed.
| S.No. | Name of Ministry/Department | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | Agricultural Research & Education | 2.30 | 2.44 | 3.11 |
| 2 | Agriculture and Cooperation | 171.58 | 182.87 | 199.70 |
| 3 | Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries | 103.11 | 103.79 | 113.91 |
| 4 | Atomic Energy | 1710.18 | 1909.59 | 2134.05 |
| 5 | AYUSH | 8.31 | 9.02 | 9.36 |
| 6 | Bio-Technology | 8.32 | 9.20 | 10.37 |
| 7 | Cabinet Secretariat | 12.22 | 14.42 | 15.68 |
| 8 | Chemicals, Petrochemicals & Pharmaceuticals | 14.23 | 14.91 | 16.24 |
| 9 | Civil Aviation | 47.81 | 48.37 | 64.09 |
| 10 | Coal | 13.41 | 14.67 | 16.27 |
| 11 | Commerce | 259.49 | 279.72 | 317.71 |
| 12 | Consumer Affairs | 46.30 | 44.29 | 49.40 |
| 13 | Corporate Affairs | 61.43 | 64.29 | 71.97 |
| 14 | Culture | 221.85 | 243.15 | 244.24 |
| 15 | Defence (Civil) | 12127.92 | 13102.38 | 14502.22 |
| 16 | Development of NE Region | 11.87 | 12.99 | 14.51 |
| 17 | Disinvestment | 2.82 | 3.22 | 3.52 |
| 18 | Drinking Water & Sanitation | 4.14 | 4.72 | 4.69 |
| 19 | Earth Sciences | 229.27 | 241.34 | 259.86 |
| 20 | Economic Affairs | 50.40 | 53.34 | 56.30 |
| 21 | Environment & Forests | 118.91 | 130.65 | 143.20 |
| 22 | Expenditure | 32.68 | 41.09 | 49.26 |
| 23 | External Affairs | 150.70 | 157.59 | 170.52 |
| 24 | Fertilizers | 15.16 | 15.23 | 14.45 |
| 25 | Financial Services | 55.18 | 47.26 | 53.10 |
| 26 | Food & Public Distribution | 41.72 | 46.14 | 46.34 |
| 27 | Food Processing Industries | 5.19 | 5.77 | 7.46 |
| 28 | Health & Family Welfare | 1125.08 | 1212.81 | 1387.20 |
| 29 | Heavy Industry | 11.44 | 10.71 | 11.15 |
| 30 | Higher Education | 52.56 | 57.01 | 62.34 |
| 31 | Home Affairs | 17809.16 | 20036.76 | 25113.14 |
| 32 | Indian Audit & Accounts | 1858.87 | 1984.93 | 2250.91 |
| 33 | Industrial Policy & Promotion | 128.62 | 99.47 | 107.42 |
| 34 | Information and Broadcasting | 168.41 | 174.49 | 191.33 |
| 35 | Information Technology | 293.86 | 336.72 | 401.87 |
| 36 | Labour & Employment | 264.55 | 259.85 | 261.20 |
| 37 | Land Resources | 3.95 | 4.37 | 5.52 |
| 38 | Law and Justice | 86.15 | 95.79 | 102.85 |
| 39 | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | 81.34 | 89.13 | 95.58 |
| 40 | Mines | 394.53 | 455.55 | 488.71 |
| 41 | Minority Affairs | 8.42 | 7.92 | 8.72 |
| 42 | New & Renewable Energy | 13.66 | 15.52 | 16.58 |
| 43 | Overseas Indian Affairs | 6.33 | 6.36 | 7.04 |
| 44 | Panchayati Raj | 3.64 | 4.10 | 4.52 |
| 45 | Parliamentary Affairs | 4.52 | 5.05 | 6.96 |
| 46 | Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions | 314.26 | 347.95 | 394.38 |
| 47 | Petroleum and Natural Gas | 13.10 | 14.25 | 15.26 |
| 48 | Planning Commission | 60.47 | 67.70 | 75.97 |
| 49 | Posts | 6817.81 | 7343.91 | 8143.43 |
| 50 | Power | 81.27 | 90.99 | 78.17 |
| 51 | President’s Secretariat | 9.64 | 10.87 | 11.73 |
| 52 | Prime Minister’s Office | 17.78 | 19.64 | 20.75 |
| 53 | Public Enterprises | 4.43 | 4.81 | 5.25 |
| 54 | Railways | 33580.41 | 35097.08 | 38560.80 |
| 55 | Revenue | 4085.08 | 4285.51 | 4763.69 |
| 56 | Road Transport & Highways | 66.42 | 72.73 | 85.85 |
| 57 | Rural Development | 18.33 | 20.59 | 22.83 |
| 58 | School Education and Literacy | 8.96 | 10.53 | 12.08 |
| 59 | Science & Technology | 256.06 | 282.72 | 297.77 |
| 60 | Shipping | 74.22 | 82.16 | 83.06 |
| 61 | Social Justice & Empowerment | 24.61 | 27.33 | 29.86 |
| 62 | Space | 933.47 | 1093.82 | 1095.58 |
| 63 | Statistics & Programme Implementation | 206.20 | 214.84 | 235.88 |
| 64 | Steel | 12.76 | 12.91 | 14.64 |
| 65 | Telecommunication | 137.57 | 162.22 | 220.74 |
| 66 | Textiles | 144.72 | 152.61 | 159.43 |
| 67 | Tourism | 17.90 | 17.92 | 19.69 |
| 68 | Tribal Affairs | 10.18 | 9.85 | 10.94 |
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