Scam Alert! Retirement Age Increased To 62? PIB Exposes Fake News-How Can You Check Fact? News24 –

 A news which has gone viral on social media claiming that the Indian government has increased the age of retirement to 62. As per the news the Government of India has raised the age by 2 years.

According to the viral news spreading on every platform, The Union cabinet  has given approval for increase in age of the retirement of central government employees. According to this the latest update on this process will come into effect from April 1, 2025.

PIB did the fact check for this post and said that the claim of the increase in the age of retirement is fake. They mentioned that there is no such decision made from the government’s end. PIB urged people to not fall prey to such messages.

सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल हो रहे खबरों में दावा किया जा रहा है कि भारत सरकार ने केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों की रिटायरमेंट आयु में 2 साल की वृद्धि करने का निर्णय लिया है#PIBFactCheck

❌ यह दावा फर्जी है

✅ भारत सरकार ने ऐसा कोई निर्णय नहीं लिया है

⚠️ बिना सत्यता जांचे खबरें साझा न करें pic.twitter.com/KahXlVIrAF

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) November 19, 2024

PIB fact check posted on their X handle, saying, “The Indian government has not taken any such decision.”

The claim came out to be a false one. PIB fact check page verified this claim. The government in August 2023 stated in Lok Sabha that there is no such proposal to change the retirement age of central government employees.

How To Get The Fact Check

If you find any message suspicious. You can easily check that message. For doing that, you need to send message on https://factcheck.pib.gov.in or on  you can sent a WhatsApp message on +918799711259. Apart from this you can also send message on pibfactcheck@gmail.com to check the fact. The information related to fact checking on  https://pib.gov.in.