Lok Sabha Question No. 357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Law/Rules regarding Appointment and Reservation
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: BHAGIRATH PRASAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 357

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018)

## LAW/RULES REGARDING APPOINTMENT AND RESERVATION

## 357. DR. BHAGIRATH PRASAD:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is responsible for enforcing and monitoring law/rules regarding appointments and reservation to SCs/STs and OBCs and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the status of current reservation and the backlog posts in different ministries as provided in the Constitution of India; and
- (c) the  time  frame  to  complete  the  current  reservation  and  also  for  filling  up  the  backlog posts as per the roster system evolved by the department?

## 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):   Instructions provide for appointment of Liaison Officers in each Ministry/Department to ensure effective implementation of the reservation policy for Scheduled Castes (SCs)/Scheduled Tribes (STs) and for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Instructions also provide to set up a Special Reservation Cell within the Ministry /Department to assist the Liaison Officer in  discharging  his  duties  effectively.  However,  the  Department  of  Personnel  and  Training collects  data  from  the  Ministries/Departments  on  representation  and  appointment  of  SCs,  STs and OBCs in the posts and services of the Central Government.

There is reservation of 15% for the members of the SC, 7.5% for members of ST and 27% for  the  members  of  OBC  in  the  posts  and  services  of  the  Central  Government.  As  per  data received  from  78  Ministries/  Departments  including  their  attached/  subordinate  offices,  the representation of SCs, STs and OBCs in the posts and services of the Central Government as on 01.01.2016 is 17.49%, 8.47% and 21.57%, respectively.

Representation  of  OBCs  in  the  Central  Government  services  is  less  as  compared  to  the percentage  of  reservation  for  them  because  reservation  of  OBCs  started  in  September,  1993. Representation of OBCs as on 01.01.2012 was 16.55% which has now increased to 21.57% as on 01.01.2016 showing an increasing trend in the representation of OBCs.

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 that out of 92,589 backlog vacancies for SCs, STs and OBCs, 63,876 vacancies were filled up during the period from 01.04.2012 to 31.12.2016 and 28,713 backlog vacancies of SCs, STs and OBCs remained unfilled as on 01.01.2017.

Department of Personnel & Training 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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