AP Cabinet approves raising retirement age to 62
Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday took several key decisions including approving 11th Pay Revision Commission and increasing the government employees' retirement age to 62 years.
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Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday took several key decisions including approving 11th Pay Revision Commission and increasing the government employees' retirement age to 62 years.
Briefing the media after the meeting, Information and Public Relations Minister Perni Venkatramiah (Nani) said that the Cabinet has discussed the third wave of Covid-19, measures taken for containing the spread, vaccinations to ensure zero-deaths in the State. He said that they have approved providing jobs on compassionate grounds to families of government employees who lost their lives due to Covid.
As part of this, vacant posts in village and ward secretariats will also be filled based on the candidates' qualifications and process the appointments by June 30. The State Cabinet has given a green signal for reserving 10 percent of the land in Jagananna Smart Townships' for government employees, five percent land for pensioners and to offer 20 percent rebate for government employees.
The government decided to bring Jagananna Smart Township in every assembly constituency. Further, he stated that cabinet has given nod for the launch of EBC Nestam on January 25, where women aged between 45-60 years belonging to unreserved castes will be receiving Rs 15,000 per annum as financial aid. Towards this initiative, the government had identified 3.92 lakh beneficiaries and sanctioned Rs.589 crore.
The State cabinet has given an in-principle approval for the construction of 16 new medical colleges at an expenditure of Rs.7,880 crore and development of the existing medical colleges with Rs.3,820 crore.
