Lok Sabha Question No. 4439 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Backlog Vacancies
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4439

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2017)

## BACKLOG VACANCIES

## †4439. SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the percentage of reserved vacancies are high in the Government Departments as well as in the Public Sector Undertakings(PSUs) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  constituted  any  Committee  to  find  out  the  vacancies meant for the reserved categories;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) the  total  number  of  backlog  vacancies  in  Group  A,B,C  and  D  in  the  central Government departments; and
- (e) the number of backlog vacancies filled since 2014 till date, categories-wise and the time frame fixed for filling up the remaining vacant posts?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (e): As per information provided by 10 major Ministries/Departments including Public Sector Banks/Financial Institutions, Central Public Sector Undertakings etc., 28,713 vacancies remained unfilled as on 31.12.2016, which comes to about 31% of 92,589 backlog vacancies reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs)

The  Government  had  constituted  a  Committee  under  the  Chairmanship  of  the  then Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment to make an analysis of the reasons for  non-filling  up  of  reserved  vacancies  and  to  suggest  remedial  measures.  Based  on  the recommendations of this Committee, Department of Personnel and Training issued instructions  in  November/December,  2014  to  all  Ministries/Departments  to  constitute  inhouse Committee to identify backlog reserved vacancies, study of the root cause of backlog reserved vacancies, initiation of measures to remove such factors and to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies.

Various  Ministries/Departments  have  constituted  in-house  committee  and  initiated action for filling up of reserved vacancies.

Department  of  Personnel  and  Training  monitors the  progress  in  filling  up  of  reserved category vacancies for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes with 10  Ministries/Departments  having  majority  of  the  employees  in  Central  Government.  Six meetings were held in this regard.

The total number of backlog reserved category vacancies is 28,713 in respect of those 10 Ministries/Departments.

As per information provided by those 10 Ministries/Departments, 20,975 vacancies for Scheduled  Castes,  15,874 vacancies  for  Scheduled  Tribes  and  27,027  vacancies  for  Other Backward Classes have been filled up during the period 01.04.2012 to 31.12.2016.

These  10  Ministries/Departments  have  been  requested  to  take expeditious  action  with regard to the unfilled reserved backlog vacancies.

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