Lok Sabha Question No. 2679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Vacant Posts in Doordarshan and Aakashwani
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2679

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2018)

## VACANT POSTS IN DOORDARSHAN AND AAKASHWANI

2679: DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of posts lying vacant in Directorate of Doordarshan and Directorate of Aakashwani as on date, State-wise;
- (b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  fill  up  these  vacant  posts  including Himalayan State of the country including Uttarakhand;
- (c)  the  progress  made  in  regard  to  conduct  Departmental  Promotion  Committee (DPC) for regular promotions by the Ministry; and
- (d) the time frame fixed for the same by the Ministry?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF INFORMATION  AND  BROADCASTING  [COL  RAJYAVARDHAN  RATHORE (Retd.)]

in

- (a)  State-wise number of posts lying vacant Doordarshan  and  All  India  Radio  as  in  December,  2016,  as  informed  by Prasar Bharati, is enclosed at Annexure .  Existing  manpower reflects,  apart from  other  factors,  reduction  in  manpower  requirement  due  to  changing technology, landscape etc.
- (b) to (d) Limited recruitment has been undertaken as a special dispensation through Staff  Selection Commission for critical Group 'B' & 'C' vacancies, approved by the Government, on an All India basis, including the vacancies in the Himalayan States.

Regarding  regular  promotions,  efforts  have  been  made  to  convene  DPCs  in accordance with the timelines fixed as per DOP&T instructions. The following DPCs have been held in Prasar Bharati recently to clear the backlog:

- i. Promotion to JTS of Indian Broadcasting (Engineers) Service for 11 vacancy years;
- ii. Promotion  to  Assistant  Engineer  of  Sub  ordinate  Engineering  Cadre  for  9 vacancy years; and
- iii. Promotion to JTS of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service for 19 vacancy years.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2679 for answer on 27.12.2018.

## Vacancies Position in All India Radio and Doordarshan

(as in December, 2016)

|   S. No. | Name of State     |   No. of Vacancies in AIR | No. of Vacancies in Doordarshan   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                       314 | -49*                              |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                       268 | 118                               |
|        3 | Assam             |                       499 | 373                               |
|        4 | Bihar             |                       275 | -22*                              |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |                       200 | -6*                               |
|        6 | Delhi             |                      2038 | 487                               |
|        7 | Goa               |                       117 | 36                                |
|        8 | Gujarat           |                       495 | 158                               |
|        9 | Haryana           |                       122 | -24*                              |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  |                       162 | 14                                |
|       11 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                       658 | 191                               |
|       12 | Jharkhand         |                       139 | 21                                |
|       13 | Karnataka         |                       599 | 136                               |
|       14 | Kerala            |                       366 | 20                                |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh    |                       496 | 42                                |
|       16 | Maharashtra       |                      1378 | 279                               |
|       17 | Manipur           |                       127 | 60                                |
|       18 | Meghalaya         |                       192 | 159                               |
|       19 | Mizoram           |                        96 | 80                                |
|       20 | Nagaland          |                       121 | 74                                |
|       21 | Orissa            |                       429 | 22                                |
|       22 | Punjab            |                       276 | 198                               |
|       23 | Rajasthan         |                       595 | 84                                |
|       24 | Sikkim            |                        39 | -36*                              |
|       25 | Tamil Nadu        |                       904 | 218                               |
|       26 | Tripura           |                       141 | 68                                |
|       27 | Uttarakhand       |                       110 | -26*                              |
|       28 | Uttar Pradesh     |                       761 | 93                                |
|       29 | West Bengal       |                       635 | 152                               |