Centre likely to raise age of retirement of scientists to 65

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Last Updated17/10/2023

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) is working on a proposal to increase the retirement age of scientists to 65.

At present, scientists in most wings of the government retire at 60
Those working at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) retire at 62.
Over the years, concerns have been raised that several senior scientists approaching retirement were quitting institutes for careers in academia.

It was established on 16 July 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
It is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
It is headquartered at New Delhi.
With 102 ICAR institutes and 71 agricultural universities spread across the country this is one of the largest national agricultural systems in the world.
It is the apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country.
The ICAR has played a pioneering role in ushering Green Revolution and subsequent developments in agriculture in India through its research and technology development
- It has enabled the country to increase the production of foodgrains by 5.6 times, horticultural crops by 10.5 times etc.