Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has today taken an important decision to increase the retirement age of Home Guard personnel by three years.

The state government has decided to amend Rule-9 of the Mumbai Home Guards Rules, 1953 in this regard. As a result, now the retirement age of Home Guards members will be increased from 55 years to 58 years.

The Home Guards Force was formed on 6th December, 1947 in the Greater Mumbai State to help the police in maintaining law and order and for internal security in natural and man-made disasters.

Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi said – ‘this force is doing excellent work as a supplementary force to the police in the state. The Home Guards personnel perform all the daily duties including election security, traffic duties, night patrolling, VIP security, religious/fair security along with the police by rendering honorary service. This decision will increase the spirit of serving the nation among the Home Guards members, and they will be able to perform their duties faithfully for another three years.’

‘This decision will give the Home Guards members an opportunity to serve the nation and society for another three years. Not only this, the members of the Home Guards are honorary and have family responsibilities. With the increase in the retirement age, they will be able to better fulfill their family and social responsibilities. Since the Home Guards members are geographically and socially connected with the people at the field level, they will be able to further help the police in better performing the law and order functions of the state.’ DeshGujarat