Lok Sabha Question No. 130 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-19
Subject: Vacant Posts of Reserved Categories
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: AJAY NISHAD

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 130

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2018)

## VACANT POSTS OF RESERVED CATEGORIES

## †*130. SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  vacant  posts  of  SCs,  STs  and  OBCs  in  the Central Ministries/ Departments and their allied offices;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last two years and the current year, Ministry/Department and allied office-wise; and
- (c) the  progress  made  by  the  Government  to  fill  up  the  said  posts  by  launching  special recruitment drive?

## 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):    A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION NO.  130  FOR  ANSWER  ON  19.12.2018  BY  SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD  REGARDING VACANT POSTS OF RESERVED CATEGORIES

(a) to (c): The total number of vacant posts of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is not centrally maintained, as the recruitment process is carried  out  by  the  respective  cadre  controlling  authorities  through  concerned  recruitment agencies. However, Department of Personnel and Training monitors the progress in filling up of backlog  reserved  vacancies  for  SCs,  STs  and  OBCs  with  ten  Ministries/  Departments  having more than 90% of the employees in Central Government.

Instructions were issued in November/ December, 2014 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.

As  per  information  provided  by  the  ten  Ministries/Departments  which  includes  their Public Sector Banks/Financial Institutions, Central Public Sector Undertakings etc., out of 92589 backlog  reserved  vacancies  (29198  for  SCs,  22829  for  STs  and  40562  for  OBCs),  63876 vacancies (20975 for SCs, 15874 for STs and 27027 for OBCs) were filled up during the period from 01.04.2012 to 31.12.2016 and 28,713 backlog vacancies (8223 for SCs, 6955 for STs and 13535 for OBCs) remained unfilled as on 01.01.2017.

Out  of  these  ten  Ministries/Departments,  five  Ministries/Departments  have  further informed that out of 21499 backlog reserved vacancies (7532 for SCs, 6887 for STs and 7080 for OBCs), 12334 backlog reserved  vacancies (4514 for SCs, 3595 for STs and 4225 for OBCs) were filled up as on 31.12.2017 and 9165 backlog reserved vacancies (3018 for SCs, 3292 for STs and 2855 for OBCs) remained unfilled as on 01.01.2018.

Statements showing category-wise backlog reserved vacancies for the ten Ministries/Departments  as  on  01.01.2017  and  that  of  five  Ministries/  Departments  as  on 01.01.2018 is at Annexure I & II respectively.

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## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  130  FOR  ANSWER  ON 19.12.2018 BY SHRI AJAY NISHAD REGARDING VACANT POSTS 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                |
| Housing & Urban Affairs     | 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               |

Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 130 FOR ANSWER ON 19.12.2018 BY SHRI AJAY NISHAD REGARDING VACANT POSTS OF RESERVED CATEGORIES

Category-wise details of backlog vacancies (as on 31.12.2017), vacancies filled up (as on 31.12.2017) and unfilled vacancies (as on 01.01.2018)

| Ministry/               | SC        | SC        | SC       | ST        | ST        | ST       | OBC       | OBC       | OBC      | TOTAL (SC+ST+OBC)   | TOTAL (SC+ST+OBC)   | TOTAL (SC+ST+OBC)   |
|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Department              | Vacancies | Filled up | unfilled | Vacancies | Filled up | unfilled | Vacancies | Filled up | unfilled | Vacancies           | Filled up           | unfilled            |
| Posts                   | 353       | 129       | 224      | 218       | 37        | 181      | 305       | 109       | 196      | 876                 | 275                 | 601                 |
| Defence Production      | 4889      | 3560      | 1329     | 4086      | 2428      | 1658     | 2812      | 2408      | 404      | 11787               | 8396                | 3391                |
| Financial Services      | 1790      | 559       | 1231     | 1923      | 815       | 1108     | 1987      | 707       | 1280     | 5700                | 2081                | 3619                |
| Atomic Energy           | 292       | 209       | 83       | 398       | 239       | 159      | 1444      | 933       | 511      | 2134                | 1381                | 753                 |
| Housing & Urban Affairs | 208       | 57        | 151      | 262       | 76        | 186      | 532       | 68        | 464      | 1002                | 201                 | 801                 |
| Total                   | 7532      | 4514      | 3018     | 6887      | 3595      | 3292     | 7080      | 4225      | 2855     | 21499               | 12334               | 9165                |