Lok Sabha Question No. 3056 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Recruitment under Sports Quota
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3056

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  MARCH, 2018

## RECRUITMENT UNDER SPORTS QUOTA

†3056. SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  a  provision  of  5  per  cent  sports  quota  for  the  recruitment  of players in Department of Posts at present;
- (b) if  so,  the details thereof along with numbers of players recruited under the said provision during each of the last three years; and
- (c) the  criterion  adopted  to  provide  employment  to  the  players  whose  applications are received in excess to the present quota?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) Instructions  have  been  issued  by  the  Government  of  India  for  recruitment  of meritorious  sportsperson  to  Group-C  posts  where  the  Recruitment  Rules  provide  for direct  recruitment  other  than  through  the  Union  Public  Service  Commission.  These instructions, inter alia , provide the following:
- (i) Ministries/Department of Government of India can recruit meritorious sportsmen in  any  year  in  relaxation  of  the  recruitment  procedure,  to  the  extent  that  these including all other reservations under existing orders do not exceed 50% of the total number of vacancies proposed to be filled by direct recruitment.
- (ii) For the purpose of making appointment of meritorious sportsmen, the appointing authorities may at their discretion notify to the Staff Selection Commission, in all cases where the recruitment to the posts have been  entrusted to that Commission, vacancies reduced by upto 5% thereof and may fill such vacancies so  held  by  appointing  meritorious  sportsmen  subject  to  the  overall  limitations mentioned in sub-para (i) above.
- (b) Number of sportspersons appointed in Department of Posts during the last three years are as under:

| Year                              |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of sportspersons recruited |        43 |        45 |        38 |

(c) Consolidated  instructions  issued  vide  OM  No.14034/01/2013-Estt  (D)  dated 03.10.2013  of  Department  of  Personnel  and  Training,  Ministry  of  Personnel,  Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India provide the criteria to be adopted for selection of sportspersons for appointment, which inter alia , includes provisions relating to the following:

- i. Eligibility
- ii. Posts to which applicable
- iii. Extent of such recruitment
- iv. List of sports which qualify for appointment of meritorious sportspersons
- v. List of authorities competent to award certificates on eligibility for recruitment of sportspersons
- vi. Order of preference
- vii. Relaxation in age limit for recruitment
- viii. Procedure
- ix. Adjustment of persons appointed under sports quota in reservation roster

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