Lok Sabha Question No. 2731 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: SC/ST and OBC Quota in Government Departments
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2731

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019)

## SC/ST AND OBC QUOTA IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

## 2731. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of vacancies for the SC/ST and OBC quotas in all departments of the Government;
- (b) whether the Government plans to fill up 100% of the backlog within the next five years;
- (c) whether there is dilution of the reservation system of the OBC, SC and STs in favour of the economically underprivileged; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and corrective steps being taken in this regard?

## 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):    Vacant  posts  of  reserved  category  candidates  are  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  respect  of  filling  up  of  backlog  reserved  vacancies  for  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) with ten Ministries/ Departments, having more than 90% of the employees in Central Government.

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 backlog reserved 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 reserved 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.

Filling  up  of  vacancies,  including  backlog  reserved  vacancies,  is  a  continuous  process. However,  Department  of  Personnel  and  Training  has already 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.

(c)  &  (d): The  persons  belonging  to  Economically  Weaker  Sections  (EWSs),  who  are  not covered  under  the  scheme  of  reservation  for  SCs,  STs  and  OBCs  have  been  given  10% reservation in direct recruitment in civil posts and services in the Government of India.

Every Government establishment shall recast group-wise posts-based reservation roster register for direct recruitment in accordance with the format given in Office Memorandum No. 36039/1/2019-Estt.(Res) dated 31.01.2019, issued by the Department of Personnel and Training for effecting 10% reservation for EWSs. While fixing the roster points, if the EWS roster point coincides  with  the  roster  points  of  SCs/STs/OBCs,  the  next  available  UR  (Unreserved)  roster point has been allotted to the EWS.

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