Lok Sabha Question No. 3511 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Recruitment of Minorities
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3511

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016)

## RECRUITMENT OF MINORITIES

## 3511. SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number of persons  from  minority communities provided  jobs under the scheme Recruitment of Minorities in the Central Government Departments and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) during the last three years including current year, year-wise and State-wise;
- (b) the guidelines for implementation of the scheme; and
- (c) whether the Government has failed to implement the scheme and if so, the reasons therefor?

## 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 c) Madam, Instructions have been issued by Government stipulating -

All  Heads  of  Departments,  PSE,  Public  Sector  Banks  and financial  institutions,  quasigovernment  organisations,  autonomous  bodies  etc.  and  appointing  authorities  have  been asked to scrupulously observe the following guidelines:-

(i)  The  composition  of  Selection  Committees  should  be  representative.    It  should  be mandatory  to  have  one  member  belonging  to  SC/ST  and  one  member  belonging  to Minority community in Selection Boards/Committees for making recruitment to 10 or more vacancies.

(ii)  Where the number of vacancies against which selection is to be made is less than 10, efforts  should  be  made  to  have  the  Scheduled  Caste/Tribes  officer  and  a  Minority Community officer included in such Committees/Boards.

(iii)  Wide  publicity  should  be  given  to  all  appointments  in  Government,  Public  Sector Enterprises and Public Sector Banks and  financial  institutions. Advertisements should  be issued in the language(s) spoken by large number of people of the State/UTs, apart from English and Hindi.   Further,  for  Group  C  &  D  level  posts,  having  only  basic  qualifying requirements,  information  about  vacancies  for  recruitment  should  also  be  disseminated through schools and colleges in that area, in addition to normal channels.

(iv)  Where  there  is  concentration  of  Minority  community  population  in  local  areas,  the vacancy  circular in local language may  be  distributed in those areas by suitable arrangements.

The data on recruitment of Minorities is collected from various Ministries/ Departments and consolidated each year. As per the data received from 74 Ministries/Departments for the year 2013-14, 1,28,964 employees from Minority communities were recruited in Government Service and PSUs.

As  per  the  data  received  from  79  Ministries/  Departments  for  the  year  2014-15, 18822 employees were recruited from Minority Communities in Government services and PSUs.

As per the data received from 40 Ministries/Departments for the year 2015-16, 2748 employees were recruited from Minority communities in Government services and PSUs.

No centralised data is maintained State-wise.

During the year 2014-15, recruitment of minorities in Government service was 8.56% as compared to 7.89% during the year 2013 - 14.

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