Recently Sarkozy raised the age of the retirement from 60 to 62 years and the time after which full pension will be paid from the age of 67 as compared to 65. This was met with the stiff resistance from the working population demanding that the recent legislation should be taken back. The move was in response to utilize the working potential and to decrease the debt burden which is recently amounting to the tune of 7.7%. The resistance that was offered by the general people was devoid of any violence. The question is seeing the huge debt to GDP ratio is it good for a country like ours to raise the age of retirement particularly in the sector of professors and doctors since we are already facing a crunch of them?