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retirement mg devasahayam
To retire is not a pretty thought for many
civil servants who hanker for extensions or sinecures. But then there are some who
revel in doing nothing while in service to prepare for post-retirement life
Retirement
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For India’s civil servants there are two kinds of
retirement—one, compulsory (at age 60) and two, voluntary (after 20/30 years of
qualified service). The overwhelming majority drink the civil service cup to
the brim before fading out. But the resourceful among them, who have access to
powerful patrons, enjoy one or two more helpings by way of extensions,
sinecures, independent directorships, high-level committees or
re-employment. I belong to the voluntary category. True to my belief that
‘one lives but once’, I had academic and army stints before entering the civil
service, which I left 15 years before time to experiment with a corporate
career, consultancy, entrepreneurship, politics and public causes.
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