NE NEWS SERVICE
AMARAVATI, JAN 31
The Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government has promulgated the ordinance which was brought to increase the retirement age of government officials from 60 years to 62 years. The promulgation comes as no government order has been issued by the Reddy regime regarding the implementation that was supposed to happen on January 1.
Earlier this month, Chief Minister Reddy, in a meeting with various employees’ unions in Amaravati had said the retirement age will be increased in addition to a new pay scale.
During the meeting, CM Reddy had fixed the Pay Revision Commission (PRC) at 23% fitment, which was almost 9% more than 14.35% suggested by the Chief Secretary Committee. Talking about the increased fitment, Reddy had said that increased pay scale and dearness allowances (DA) will be effective from January 2022 although this would cause an additional burden on the state treasury.
He said the burden will amount to Rs 10,247 crore on the state treasury and stated that the clearance of pending arrears like PF, GLI and leave encashments will conclude by April 2022. As for the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), the timeline of which was also laid by Reddy in the meeting, he said that a Cabinet sub-committee has already been laid and a decision regarding the same will be made by June.
