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Govt finally puts speculations to rest, says no to premature retirement of employees 9/17/2020 11:38:44 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Sept 17: Putting lid over the speculations about a proposal to retire employees of central and state governments after completing a maximum service period of 30 years, government of India has finally clarified that no such action is in the offing at present. "There is no proposal to change the age of superannuation of central government employees,” the government has said on the floor of parliament. Such an announcement has come as a major relief for lakhs of the government employees in Jammu and Kashmir as they too were apprehending premature retirement amid the prevalent speculations. “I have rendered 30 years of service so far and have five more years left to attain superannuation. I was trembling with the thought of getting retired ahead of my scheduled date. The government announcement has come as a major relief for me and my family,” says a senior employee working in the civil secretariat. There are thousands like him who are heaving a sigh of relief after the government announcement. As per the reports that earlier were making rounds, the government was likely to nod to the proposal of setting a limit of 33 years of service in the government, leaving thousands of employees at the brink of retirement. The government, by virtue of this order, had aimed at addressing the mounting crises of unemployment in Jammu and Kashmir which as per the government’s own facts and figures have surpassed the dreadful limits. The government was expecting that if those who have discharged the 33 years of continuous service are asked to retire, it indeed will pave way for the massive recruitment of thousands of jobless educated youth in the government service. The employees who are young also will get benefited by prompt promotional prospects. The order in this regard was most likely to be issued in near future wherein the new rules for the government service ought to be implemented and the people mostly those who want to get adjusted into the government service will heave a sigh of relief. As per government records among educated unemployed youth in Jammu and Kashmir, 54.9 percent youth are from rural areas while the remaining are from urban areas. The survey reveals further that the number of post graduates who are jobless in JK is more than sixteen hundred. These PGs have science streams including biotechnology, botany, physics etc. 3567 post graduates are jobless. They have degrees in English, Urdu, Political Science etc. The figures reveal that in the valley there are more than 29034 graduates who are unemployed and in Jammu province the number of jobless graduates is 12426. The details inform that Kashmir division has 46703 people jobless who have passed 10+2 in various streams while as in Jammu the number is 27212.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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