In a written reply, Singh clarified that there is no policy to abolish vacancies created by the retirement of employees and dismissed speculation on any such move. “No proposal to change the retirement age of government employees is under consideration of the government.”

When asked whether any government employees’ union or organisations had demanded changes in the retirement age, Singh replied, “No formal proposal has been received from staff side of National Council (Joint Consultative Machinery).”

On the question of disparities in retirement age across central and state governments, Singh said the Centre does not maintain such data, as the matter falls under the State List. “No such data is centrally maintained in the government as the subject matter falls in the State List,” he noted.

His statement comes amid recurring speculation over possible changes to the retirement age in the public sector.

The current retirement age for most central government employees is 60 years, while employees in certain sectors, such as teaching and scientific research, may have different retirement ages, extending up to 65 years. State governments, which set their own retirement policies, have varying retirement ages across departments. D D NEWS

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The total positive cases stood at: 169 in Mumbai, 50 in Pune, 36 in Thane region, 25 in Sangli, Nagpur 16, Ahmednagar 8, Yavatmal 4, Buldhana 3, 2 each in Satara and Kolhapur, one each in Aurangabad, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Gondia, Jalgaon, Nashik, besides one from Gujarat.

On Tuesday, 72 new corona virus patients were found in Maharashtra, 59 of them in Mumbai. This was the largest increase in the number of cases within a day probably in the country, a state official said.

Meanwhile Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray appealed to people to remain indoors and maintain social distancing. “The ‘war against virus’ has reached a crucial stage and this is the time to exercise extreme precautions. Please do not step out of your homes for your own safety,” Thackeray said.

Salaries of ministers, other elected representatives as well as government officials in Maharashtra for March will be slashed by upto 60%, finance minister Ajit Pawar announced on Tuesday. Elected representatives including the chief minister, ministers and MLAs will get their salaries for March with 60% deduction. A and B grade government employees will get their salaries with 50% deduction while C grade employees will get salaries with 25% cut. There will be no cut in the salaries of D grade employees.

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