Maharashtra Government To Increase Retirement Age For State Employees To 60

The Maharashtra government plans to increase the retirement age of its employees. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has assured the employees' union that the retirement age will be raised to 60 years. This decision aims to make officers and employees more useful for administration.

CM Shinde gave this assurance in a meeting with the Federation of Labourers. The central government has also increased the dearness allowance for its employees from 46 to 50 percent. A proposal has been prepared by the Additional Chief Secretary of the State Finance Department.

The federation representatives have demanded quick approval of this proposal. They also emphasized issuing a notification regarding the revised pension scheme as announced in the assembly. Like the central government and 25 other states, Maharashtra aims to increase the retirement age to 60 years.

Chief Minister Shinde directed the Chief Secretary to create the post of 'Additional Secretary' like other states. The federation representatives thanked the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary for their readiness to provide more funds. This ensures no shortage in ongoing work and financial assistance for the welfare centre of the officers' federation.

Organization advisor C.D. Kulathe, President Vinod Desai, General Secretary Sameer Bhatkar, and Vice President Nitin Kale were present at the meeting.