By IANS
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The retirement age of Kerala state authorities workers could be raised to 57 years from the current 56, as per indications.
It is barely in Kerala that state authorities workers retire so early, as whereas in some states, the retirement age is 58 years and in some, it’s 60.
This announcement is predicted to be made within the quickly to be introduced state funds for the 2022-23 fiscal by Finance Minister Ok.N. Balagopal, as per sources.
The cause for that is the precariously-placed monetary place of the Kerala authorities as if the retirement age is elevated by a 12 months, the tip of service advantages together with gratuity could be deferred by an 12 months, which might flip a giant bonus for Balagopal, as in the mean time he’s discovering it powerful to fulfill each ends meet and the one means is to borrow and carry on borrowing.
Incidentally, it was the Oommen Chandy authorities (2011-16) who regularised the retirement age of all workers to 56.
The supply additionally identified that it was the Kerala State Pay Revision Commission, chaired by retired veteran bureaucrat Ok. Mohandas, which studied this side and really helpful it and the Pinarayi Vijayan authorities requested a 5 member high-level bureaucratic committee to look into it.
If that is going to be applied, then the youth organisations of assorted political events is predicted to take to the streets as there are over a report 4 million individuals who have registered within the employment businesses searching for a authorities job.
All eyes shall be on the CPI-M-affiliated Democratic Youth Federation of India who’re essentially the most vocal each time there’s a discuss of elevating the retirement age of state authorities workers.
