VIJAYAWADA: Members of the state authorities electrical energy staff discussion board on Wednesday submitted a illustration to particular chief secretary (power division) Okay. Vijayanand, urging the federal government to increase the retirement age of electrical energy division staff from 60 to 62 years on par with different state authorities workers.

Led by discussion board state president G. Ramakrishnudu, the delegation met the senior official at Amaravati and sought inclusion of Schedule 9 and 10 staff of the facility sector within the enhanced retirement age coverage.

The discussion board recalled that when the state authorities raised the retirement age from 58 to 60 years in 2017, the profit had been prolonged to each authorities staff and Schedule 9 and 10 workers, together with these within the electrical energy sector. They mentioned energy sector staff play an important position within the state’s growth and urged the federal government to make sure equal therapy by extending the two-year service profit to electrical energy staff.