Lok Sabha Question No. 20 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Government Vacancies for Reserved Categories
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: S. Jothimani

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 20 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022)

## GOVERNMENT VACANCIES FOR RESERVED CATEGORIES

## 20. MS: S. JOTHIMANI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- the details of vacant posts in the Government jobs reserved for other backward clases (OBC), Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) at union level, departmentwise;
- if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor;
- whether the Government is planning to fill these vacancies;
- the reasons for such high number of vacancies; and
- (e) the number of Secretaries and Under-Secretaries in the Central Government belonging to SC, ST and OBC communities?

## 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): Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) monitors the progress in 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 of Central details of backlog reserved vacancies, as on 01.01.2021, are at Annexure.

Instructions  have been   issued to all   Ministries/Departments of the Central Government to constitute an In-House Committee for identification of backlog reserved vacancies, to study the root cause of such vacancies, to initiate measures to remove the factors causing such vacancies and to fill them up through Special Recruitment Drives.

Each Ministry/Department of the Central Government is required to designate an officer of the rank of Deputy Secretary and above, as Liaison Officer; to ensure due compliance of the orders and instructions pertaining to reservation:

(e): The number of Secretaries/Special  Secretaries and Under Secretaries belonging to SCIST categories in Government of India are 6 and 409 respectively as o 1.1.2022. No data regarding OBC is maintained.

Unstarred Question No.20 to be answered on 2,2.2022 BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2020 (01.01.2021)

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| vacancies Category-wise details of backlog provided by the Ministries Departments | vacancies Category-wise details of backlog provided by the Ministries Departments | vacancies Category-wise details of backlog provided by the Ministries Departments | vacancies Category-wise details of backlog provided by the Ministries Departments | vacancies Category-wise details of backlog provided by the Ministries Departments | ST                                                      | ST                                                      | ST                                                      | OBC                                                     | OBC                                                     | OBC                                                     |
| S                                                                                 | Ministryl                                                                         | SC                                                                                | SC                                                                                | SC                                                                                |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |
| S                                                                                 | Ministryl                                                                         | up                                                                                |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         | up                                                      |                                                         |
| S                                                                                 | Defence Production                                                                | 8847                                                                              | 69761                                                                             | 1871                                                                              | 7574                                                    | 5880                                                    | 1694                                                    | 4684                                                    | 4156                                                    | 528                                                     |
| 2                                                                                 | Railways                                                                          |                                                                                   | 6940| 3582                                                                   | 4445                                                                              | 6055                                                    | 2288                                                    | 44051                                                   | 9135                                                    | 5640                                                    | 5403                                                    |
| 3                                                                                 | [Financial Iservices                                                              | 9681                                                                              | 294                                                                               | 674                                                                               | 1166                                                    | 486                                                     | 677                                                     | 14451                                                   | 2251                                                    |                                                         |
|                                                                                   | Posts                                                                             | 1452                                                                              | 408                                                                               | 1044                                                                              | 864                                                     | 197                                                     | 667                                                     | 819                                                     | 240                                                     | 579                                                     |
| 4                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 451                                                                               | 1803                                                                              | 1189                                                    | 22                                                      | 1167                                                    | 39861                                                   | 98                                                      | 3888                                                    |
| 5 6                                                                               | Defence                                                                           | 147                                                                               | 81                                                                                | 66                                                                                | 94                                                      | 51                                                      | 43                                                      | 302                                                     | 121                                                     | 181                                                     |
|                                                                                   | & Housing Urban Affairs                                                           |                                                                                   | 6393/ 1108                                                                        | 4450                                                                              | 3524                                                    | 4661                                                    | 2821                                                    | 6610                                                    | 717                                                     | 5479|                                              |
|                                                                                   | Home Affairs                                                                      |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 149                                                     | 161                                                     |                                                         | 571                                                     | 31                                                      | 540|                                               |
| 8                                                                                 | Atomic Energy                                                                     | 137                                                                               | 21                                                                                |                                                                                   | 2142                                                    | 142                                                     | 2000                                                    | 1742|                                              | 2771                                                    | 14651                                                   |
| 9                                                                                 | Revenue                                                                           |                                                                                   | 477                                                                               | 2762                                                                              |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |