Lok Sabha Question No. 5491 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Representation of Reserved Categories
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: ANJU BALA, A.P. JITHENDER REDDY, SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE, MAUSAM NOOR, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, B. SREERAMULU

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5491

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018)

## REPRESENTATION OF RESERVED CATEGORIES

## 5491. SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY:

SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR:

SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV:

SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the representation of SCs, STs and OBCs in the Central Government Services is quite less as compared to the percentage of reservation for them;
- (b) if  so,  the  current  status  thereof,  category  and  Ministry/Department-wise  and  the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether several Ministries/ Departments have failed to submit annual reports about their  representation  in  services  within  time  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether there are a large number of backlog vacancies for SCs, STs and OBCs and the  Government  has  failed  to  fill  up  these  vacancies  through  special  recruitment drives so far ;
- (e) if  so,  the  current  status  thereof,  Ministry/Department-wise and the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  proper  representation  of  the  above reserved categories of people and to fill up the backlog vacancies?

## 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) &  (b):      As  per  information  received  from  77  Ministries/  Departments  including  their attached/  subordinate  offices,  the  representation  of  SCs,  STs  and  OBCs  in  the  posts  and services  under  the  Central  Government  as  on  01.01.2016  is 17.49% , 8.47% and 21.57% respectively.

The Ministry/Department-wise representation of SCs, STs and OBCs (in percentage) as on 01.01.2016 is given in the Annexure-I.

Representation of OBCs in the Central Government services is less as compared to the percentage of reservation for them because reservation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) started in September, 1993.

As  per  available  information,  representation  of  OBCs  as  on  1.1.2012  was  16.55% which has now increased to 21.57% as on 01.01.2016. Therefore, there is an increasing trend in the representation of OBCs in the posts and services of the Central Government.

(c):      Out  of  the  79  administrative  Ministries/Departments  required  to  submit  data,  77 Ministries/ Departments have submitted data on the representation of SCs, STs and OBCs as on 01.01.2016. As regards data as on 01.01.2017, 70 administrative Ministries/ Departments have submitted such data. The Ministries/Departments collect data from all their administrative controlled units spreading across the Country and submit consolidated data to the Department of Personnel and Training.

(d) to (f):    Ten Ministries/Departments having more than 90% of the employees in Central Government including their Public Sector Banks/Financial Institutions, Central Public Sector Undertakings etc., reported 92,589 backlog vacancies for SCs, STs and OBCs which arose upto 31.12.2016. Out of these, 63,876 vacancies were filled up during the period 01.04.2012 to  31.12.2016  and  28,713  vacancies  of  SCs,  STs  and  OBCs  remained  unfilled  as  on 01.01.2017. Ministry/Department-wise statement is given in the Annexure-II.

Department of Personnel & Training has issued instructions to all Ministries/Departments  to  constitute  an  in-house  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 such vacancies through Special Recruitment Drive.

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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (a) TO (b) OF UNSTARRRED QUESTION  NO.  5491  FOR  ANSWER  ON  28.03.2018  IN  LOK  SABHA  IN RESPECT OF REPRESENTATION OF RESERVED CATEGORIES

## REPRESENTATION OF SCs, STs AND OBCs IN THE POSTS AND SERVICES UNDER THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AS ON 01.01.2016 (IN PERCENTAGE)

|   Sl. No. | Ministry/Department                              |   SCs |   STs |   OBCs |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------|-------|-------|--------|
|         1 | D/o Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare | 23.1  |  6.96 |  12.97 |
|         2 | D/o Agriculture Research and Education           | 16.67 |  8.33 |   2.78 |
|         3 | D/o Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries     | 21.18 |  4.08 |  19.72 |
|         4 | Cabinet Secretariat                              | 12.7  |  2.28 |  13.03 |
|         5 | M/o Civil Aviation                               | 17.85 |  5.07 |  15.31 |
|         6 | M/o Commerce                                     | 24.51 |  7.71 |   7.43 |
|         7 | D/o Industrial Policy and Promotion              | 22.68 |  7.7  |  16.52 |
|         8 | M/o Culture                                      | 14.14 |  3.96 |  12.34 |
|         9 | D/o Atomic Energy                                | 16.43 |  6.87 |  20.83 |
|        10 | M/o Development of North Eastern Region          | 13.1  | 14.29 |  11.9  |
|        11 | M/o Earth Sciences                               | 17.16 |  6.51 |   8.28 |
|        12 | M/o Environment, Forests and Climate Change      | 21.95 |  7.17 |  11.92 |
|        13 | M/o External Affairs                             | 19.09 |  5.05 |  12.8  |
|        14 | M/o Food Processing Industries                   | 37.5  |  3.12 |   3.12 |
|        15 | M/o Home Affairs                                 | 16.18 | 10.12 |  25.45 |
|        16 | M/o Information and Broadcasting                 | 24.78 | 10.5  |  15.91 |
|        17 | M/o Labour and Employment                        | 21.93 |  7.57 |  16.16 |
|        18 | M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises          | 20.3  |  7.75 |  11.19 |
|        19 | M/o New and Renewable Energy                     | 26.04 |  4.17 |   7.29 |
|        20 | M/o Panchayati Raj                               | 19.4  |  2.99 |  20.9  |
|        21 | M/o Parliamentary Affairs                        | 24.24 | 10.1  |  17.17 |
|        22 | D/o Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances | 22.45 |  4.08 |   8.16 |
|        23 | D/o Pensions & Pensioners Welfare                | 18.18 |  4.55 |  11.36 |
|        24 | D/o Personnel and Training                       | 12.25 |  4.31 |   8.92 |
|        25 | M/o Petroleum and Natural Gas                    | 22.22 |  5.33 |   6.67 |
|        26 | M/o Power                                        | 23.82 |  5.29 |   8.32 |
|        27 | M/o Railways                                     | 17.4  |  8.02 |  21.91 |
|        28 | M/o Social Justice and Empowerment               | 20.64 |  2.85 |   9.96 |
|        29 | D/o Space                                        | 11.66 |  3.63 |  22.12 |
|        30 | M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation      | 16.53 |  7.42 |  21.6  |
|        31 | M/o Steel                                        | 17.39 |  4.74 |   8.3  |
|        32 | M/o Textiles                                     | 17.02 |  3.99 |   9.61 |
|        33 | M/o Tribal Affairs                               | 23.01 |  8.85 |  14.16 |

| 34.   | M/o Urban Development                              |   24.57 |   7.64 |   7.3 |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|-------|
| 35.   | M/o Water Resources                                |   19.28 |   7.57 | 16.05 |
| 36.   | M/o Youth Affairs and Sports                       |   17.63 |   7.46 | 14.58 |
| 37.   | M/o Ayush                                          |   12.87 |   5.85 | 25.73 |
| 38.   | D/o Health and Family Welfare                      |   25.73 |   6.93 | 13.33 |
| 39.   | D/o Defence                                        |   20.23 |   6.68 | 19.23 |
| 40.   | D/o Defence Production                             |   19.14 |   7.55 | 16.7  |
| 41.   | M/o Investment and Public Asset Management         |   19.61 |   1.96 | 13.73 |
| 42.   | D/o Economic Affairs                               |   19.36 |   5.99 |  8.98 |
| 43.   | D/o Expenditure                                    |   19.28 |   4.85 | 10.95 |
| 44.   | D/o Financial Services                             |   22.82 |   5.83 | 13.59 |
| 45.   | D/o Revenue                                        |   18.46 |   6.53 | 11.43 |
| 46.   | D/o Bio-Technology                                 |   18.99 |   9.5  |  7.82 |
| 47.   | D/o Science and Technology                         |   23.76 |   6.31 |  5.71 |
| 48.   | D/o Scientific and Industrial Research             |   19.54 |   6.9  |  8.05 |
| 49.   | D/o Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals                  |   26.36 |   5.43 | 13.95 |
| 50.   | D/o Fertilizers                                    |   23    |   3    | 14.5  |
| 51.   | D/o Pharmaceuticals                                |   23.01 |   5.31 | 10.62 |
| 52.   | D/o Coal                                           |   27.34 |   3.52 |  5.86 |
| 53.   | D/o Corporate Affairs                              |   18.57 |   7.89 | 14.26 |
| 54.   | D/o Consumer Affairs                               |   21.63 |   7.37 | 12.98 |
| 55.   | D/o Food and Public Distribution                   |   20.31 |   6.29 | 18.07 |
| 56.   | D/o Heavy Industries                               |   22.22 |   7.02 |  8.77 |
| 57.   | D/o Public Enterprises                             |   19.44 |   6.94 |  9.72 |
| 58.   | D/o Higher Education                               |   23.42 |   5.88 |  9.97 |
| 59.   | D/o Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) |   13.44 |   4.43 | 14.01 |
| 60.   | D/o Posts                                          |   18.48 |   8.03 | 17.49 |
| 61.   | D/o Telecommunication                              |   16.72 |   5.14 | 10.54 |
| 62.   | D/o Legal Affairs                                  |   22.04 |   4.35 | 10.04 |
| 63.   | D/o Legislative Department                         |   22.15 |   4.7  | 11.41 |
| 64.   | M/o Drinking Water & Sanitation                    |   12.36 |   6.74 | 14.61 |
| 65.   | D/o Land Resources                                 |   18.67 |   6.67 |  5.33 |
| 66.   | D/o Rural Development                              |   19.65 |   6.05 | 10.83 |
| 67.   | M/o Mines                                          |   19.6  |   9.42 | 13.29 |
| 68.   | NITI Aayog                                         |   20.96 |   4.97 |  8.7  |
| 69.   | President's Secretariat                            |   23.62 |   4.43 | 13.28 |
| 70.   | M/o Road Transport and Highways                    |   20.65 |   7.06 | 13.86 |
| 71.   | M/o Shipping                                       |   23.66 |  11.73 | 14.99 |
| 72.   | M/o Tourism                                        |   27.91 |   8.14 | 13.08 |
| 73.   | UPSC                                               |   27.74 |   4.08 |  9.09 |
| 74.   | M/o Women and Child Development                    |   29.01 |   5.56 | 14.2  |
| 75.   | Vice President Secretariat                         |   24.49 |   2.04 |  8.16 |
| 76.   | Comptroller and Auditor General                    |   16.77 |   7.76 | 13.37 |
| 77.   | Election Commission                                |   20.29 |   5.13 | 15.16 |
|       | Total                                              |   17.49 |   8.47 | 21.57 |

## Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (d) TO (f) OF UNSTARRRED QUESTION NO. 5491 FOR ANSWER ON 28.03.2018 IN LOK SABHA IN RESPECT OF REPRESENTATION OF RESERVED CATEGORIES

Category-wise details of backlog vacancies (as on 31.12.2016), vacancies filled up (as on 31.12.2016) and unfilled vacancies (as on 01.01.2017)

| Ministry/ Deptt.            | SC        | SC        | SC       | ST        | ST        | ST       | OBC       | OBC       | OBC      | TOTAL (SC+ST+OBC)   | TOTAL (SC+ST+OBC)   | TOTAL (SC+ST+OBC)   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Ministry/ Deptt.            | Vacancies | Filled up | Unfilled | Vacancies | Filled up | Unfilled | Vacancies | Filled up | Unfilled | Vacancies           | Filled up           | Unfilled            |
| (1)                         | (2)       | (3)       | (4)      | (5)       | (6)       | (7)      | (8)       | (9)       | (10)     | (11)                | (12)                | (13)                |
| Posts                       | 673       | 372       | 301      | 717       | 257       | 460      | 718       | 234       | 484      | 2108                | 863                 | 1245                |
| Defence Production          | 1014      | 1013      | 1        | 1597      | 1579      | 18       | 164       | 149       | 15       | 2775                | 2741                | 34                  |
| Financial Services          | 9528      | 8598      | 930      | 6456      | 5391      | 1065     | 14455     | 13030     | 1425     | 30439               | 27019               | 3420                |
| Atomic Energy               | 292       | 195       | 97       | 398       | 191       | 207      | 1444      | 802       | 642      | 2134                | 1188                | 946                 |
| Defence                     | 703       | 304       | 399      | 893       | 527       | 366      | 2707      | 1439      | 1268     | 4303                | 2270                | 2033                |
| Railways                    | 2194      | 2049      | 145      | 4266      | 3942      | 324      | 2204      | 2194      | 10       | 8664                | 8185                | 479                 |
| Revenue                     | 3631      | 1220      | 2411     | 2226      | 585       | 1641     | 5064      | 2076      | 2988     | 10921               | 3881                | 7040                |
| Urban Development           | 226       | 75        | 151      | 257       | 82        | 175      | 692       | 95        | 597      | 1175                | 252                 | 923                 |
| Human Resources Development | 926       | 336       | 590      | 614       | 145       | 469      | 1557      | 571       | 986      | 3097                | 1052                | 2045                |
| Home Affairs                | 10011     | 6813      | 3198     | 5405      | 3175      | 2230     | 11557     | 6437      | 5120     | 26973               | 16425               | 10548               |
| Total                       | 29198     | 20975     | 8223     | 22829     | 15874     | 6955     | 40562     | 27027     | 13535    | 92589               | 63876               | 28713               |