The government today said there is no proposal at present to reduce the retirement age of Central Government employees from 60 to 58.

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said the age was raised from 58 to 60 in 1997 on the basis of the recommendations of Fifth Pay Commission. The Minister gave this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

In reply to another question, the Minister said that there are 468 Officers belonging to Scheduled Caste in IAS, 355 IPS and 266 in Indian Forest Service.