There is good news for the employees. His retirement age has been increased by 3 years. With this it has increased to 65 years. The same doctors association is demanding that their retirement age should be increased to 65 years.
Retirement Age Hike: There is big news for the employees. His retirement age has been increased. The retirement age has been increased for 3 years. With this, now the employees will retire at the age of 65. On the other hand, the decision of the government was welcomed by the employees union on this decision of the employees. In a statement, the head of the university and faculty members of the satellite campus expressed their gratitude to Chancellor University of Kashmir Manoj Sinha for increasing the retirement age. Along with this, he said that this was being demanded by the employee for a long time.
3 years increase in retirement age
After increase in retirement age by J&K government, faculty members say that historic decision of UT administration to increase retirement age by 3 years will give a boost to the academic progress of the university. Along with this, to secure academic interests, it will go a long way in removing the shortage of faculty in the university. Earlier last year, an important announcement was made by Manoj Sinha regarding the University of Kashmir. In which it was said that the retirement age would be increased for 3 years.
Along with this, the retirement age of academic staff will be increased from 62 to 65 years. However, since this announcement, there was continuous opposition in this matter. At the same time, orders have also been issued for this. As per the issued order, the retirement age of professors of Kashmir University has been increased.
Important demand of doctors association
There has been an important demand by the AAP Doctors Association after increasing the retirement age of professors by 3 years. Doctors Association has demanded the Jammu and Kashmir government to increase the retirement age for doctors to 65 years. In this matter, Chairman Nisar ul Hasan says that increasing the retirement age of doctors will help in the betterment of health care by utilizing the services of experienced doctors.
Along with this, Dr. Hasan said that many senior faculty members are retiring in the medical college. This will create a huge void in the teaching hospitals. Earlier there is shortage of faculty in the medical college and the retirement of other senior professors may completely affect the medical education in Jammu and Kashmir. Along with this, the number of postgraduate and postdoctoral seats will also be affected. The President of the Doctors Association says that increasing the retirement age will help in retaining professional doctors. Health service will not be affected by this. It will also help in improving teaching and research in teaching hospitals.
At present the retirement age for doctors in J&K is 60 years while it is 62 years for faculty in teaching hospitals Retirement age for Central Government doctors is 65 years. After which the demand for increasing the retirement age for Jammu and Kashmir doctors also to 65 years has started.
