Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Senior Citizen Entitlement of Employees 19 DEC 2018 Department of Social Justice & Empowerment has informed that there is at present no proposal in that Department for lowering the age of senior citizen. Government employees become entitle to pension on retirement. There is also no proposal to increase or decrease the age of retirement of Central Government Employees., The salient features of the pension entitlements of employees retiring from the Central Government are as under: A Government servant retiring in accordance with the rules, after completing a qualifying service of not less than 10 years, is entitled to a pension @ 50% of his last pay or 50% of average emoluments for the last 10 months, whichever is more beneficial to him/her. After completion of 80 years of age or above, additional pension @ 20% to 100% is payable to the retired Government servant. A retired/retiring Government servant is entitled to,...