The TRS government in Telangana is keen on increasing employment opportunities for the youth before thinking about rising the retirement age of government employees from the present 58 years to 60 as has been done by the Andhra Pradesh government.
Though Telangana Secretariat and TNGOs employees have represented to Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, they are ready to wait.
“We requested Chief Minister, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, to consider increasing the retirement age. But the government’s priority is to increase employment opportunities for the youth. We are also not in a hurry since it could be counter productive and create unrest among the youth,” TNGOs president Devi Prasad said the newspaper.
He further said, “We will wait for the government to settle down and take steps to improve employment opportunities for the youth before seeking an increase in the retirement age.”
There are around four lakh government employees in the Telangana region. Mr Rao is also vigilant on the employees’ issue after protests by students in the Osmania University campus over his promise to regularize the services of contract employees.
First provide employment to unemployed youth was the demand put forward by the the stucents to the government.
In tune with the mood of the educated youth, the TRS government is now focusing on increasing employment potential in all spheres including IT industry, government and other sectors.
On the other hand, many government employees in Telangana are eager that the government raise their retirement age on the lines of Andhra Pradesh.
It comes to know that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu took the decision as the government has to pay huge pension, which was not possible at this juncture.
According to a Secretariat leader, “It will be a good gesture if the TRS government too rises the retirement age. The life span of people has gone up hence it will be prudent to increase the retirement age,” he said.