Why the retirement age for Central Government Employees is not increased from 60 to 62?!

Why the retirement age for Central Government Employees is not increased from 60 to 62?!

Retirement Age 62

Some days ago, we had posted a news paper article on the possibility of increasing the retirement age limit of scientists from 60 to 62.

Whenever we happen to read it, the question of when the retirement age for central government employees will be increased arises in our minds. Some valid reasons to justify this thought:

1) The average life span of an individual has increased

2) The age limit to get appointment in a job has also been increased

3) As per the existing MACP rules, it is slightly difficult for an employee to get a third MACP

4) The new pension scheme was introduced after 1.1.2004

5) Today, in many countries, the average retirement age is 63. When compared to this the retirement age limit in our country is 60.

In spite of all these valid reasons why the retirement age for Central Government Employees is not increased from 60 to 62 

Given below is the data sourced from Wikipedia on the retirement age limit in many countries:

 

Country	Men
Albania	65
Armenia	63
Australia	65 – 67
Austria	65
Azerbaijan	63
Belarus	60
Belgium	65
Bosnia and Herzegovina	65
Bulgaria	63
Chile	65
China	60
Croatia	65
Cyprus	65
Czech Republic	63
Colombia	62
Denmark	65–67
Estonia	63
Finland	62–68
France	62
Georgia	65
Germany	65
Greece	67
Hungary	62
Iceland	67
India	60
Ireland	65-66
Israel	67
Italy	66
Japan	55 – 65
Kazakhstan	63
Kosovo	65
Kyrgyzstan	63
Latvia	62
Liechtenstein	64
Lithuania	62.5
Luxembourg	65
Macedonia	64
Malta	61
Moldova	65
Montenegro	65
Nepal	58
Netherlands	65–67
New Zealand	65
Norway	67
Pakistan	60
Poland	65
Portugal	66
Romania	64
Russia	60
Saudi Arabia	62
Serbia	65
Singapore	65
Slovakia	62
Slovenia	63
Spain	65
Sweden	61–67
Switzerland	65
Tajikistan	63
Turkmenistan	62
Ukraine	60
United Kingdom	65
United States	62–67
Uzbekistan	60
Vietnam	60