Lok Sabha Question No. 5822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-03
Subject: Employment of SCs and OBCs in Government Jobs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: M. I. SHANAVAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5822 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2018

## EMPLOYMENT OF SCs AND OBCs IN GOVERNMENT JOBs

## 5822. SHRI MI SHANAVAS:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

The   number and percentage of the  families/members of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Other   Backward Classes (OBCs) employed in Government jobs according to the socioeconomic and caste based census of 2014-17?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

- 1) The Socio Economic Caste Census 2011 captured data on livelihood profile, income, deprivation factors etc. for urban and rural households including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Others:
2. 2 As per Report No.563 (2015) of the National Sample Survey Organization,  titled Employment and unemployment situation  among social groups in India the   population   of households with  regular wagelsalaried income for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs) in rural and urban India is as follows:
3. 3\_ The representation of SC, ST & OBC in Group *A, B' and 'C of Central Government jobs, as published in Department of Personnel and Training's Annual Report 2016-17 is summarized below:

| Social Group   | Rural   | Urban   |
|----------------|---------|---------|
| OBCs           | 9.0%    | 37.6%   |
| SCs            | 8.5%    | 44.0%   |

| Group               | Total            | Number of Persons   | Number of Persons   | Number of Persons   | Number of Persons   | Number of Persons   | Number of Persons   |
|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|                     | No. of Employees | SC                  | SC                  | ST                  | ST                  | OBC                 | OBC                 |
|                     |                  | Number              | %                   | Number              |                     | Number              | %                   |
| A                   | 76066            | 10122               | 13.31               | 4484                | 5.89                | 8952                | 11.77               |
| B                   | 224337           | 36502               | 16.27               | 15132               | 6.75                | 27801               | 12.39               |
| C (excluding Safai  | 2851905          | 494678              | 17.35               | 245190              | 8.6                 | 541047              | 18.97               |
| (Safai Karmacharis) | 47631            | 20442               | 42.92               | 2881                | 6.05                | 5857                | 12.3                |
| Total               |                  | 561744              | 17.55               | 267687              | 8.37                | 583657              | 18.24               |