Lok Sabha Question No. 3444 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Providing Jobs on Compasssionate Ground
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Jamyang Tsering Namgyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3444 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## Providing Jobs on Compasssionate Ground

## 3444. SHRI JAMYANG TSERING NAMGYAL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the Ministry has any data with regard to the deaths of their staff during their service period/on duty and if so, details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; (b) the number of jobs given to the kins/dependents on compassionate ground in each of the last

- five years, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)  the  number  of  cases  pending  with  the  Ministry  with  regard  to  giving  jobs  on  compassionate ground to the dependents of the deceased staff who died during their service period and the action taken by the Government to resolve these pending cases?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- ( a) Yes, Sir. The details of deceased staff of the main Secretariat of the Ministry of Education who died during their service period / on duty for the last 5 years is given at Annexure.
- (b)  Four  dependents  of  deceased  government  servants  have  been  given  jobs  on  compassionate grounds during the last five years.
- (c)  The  appointment  on  compassionate  grounds  is  governed  by  Department  of  Personnel  and Training's O.M. No.14014/02/2012-Estt (D) dated 16.01.2013 whereby such appointments can be  made  up  to  a  maximum  of  5%  of  vacancies  falling  under  direct  recruitment  quota  in  any Group 'C' posts in the main Secretariat of the Ministry.  The cases are considered by a Screening Committee duly constituted for the purpose and the eligibility of the applicants is evaluated on the basis of a point-based evaluation system to determine the status of financial destitution of the applicants'  family.  The  applicant  with  the  highest  score  in  the  point  scale  under  the  zone  of consideration is recommended by the Screening Committee and approved for appointment by the competent authority. The last meeting of the Screening Committee was held on 18.03.2021.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  3444  to  be  answered  on  09.08.2021  asked  by  Shri  Jamyang  Tsering Namgyal,  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  regarding  'Providing  jobs  on Compasssionate Ground'

| S.No.   | Name of the deceased government servant   | Date of death   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1.      | Shri Surajmal Meena, S.O.                 | 01.01.2017      |
| 2.      | Shri Kawal Singh, MTS                     | 11.02.2017      |
| 3.      | Smt.Shashi Chawla, PA                     | 22.06.2017      |
| 4.      | Shri Bhoopendra Kumar Gupta, A.S.O.       | 06.08.2017      |
| 5.      | Shri Dharampal Dabas, JSA                 | 27.09.2017      |
| 6.      | Shri Chaman Lal, JSA                      | 08.10.2017      |
| 7.      | Shri Raj Kumar, JSA                       | 16.12.2017      |
| 8.      | Shri Bhuvaneshwar Manjhi, MTS             | 30.03.2018      |
| 9.      | Shri Ram Kumar, MTS                       | 17.11.2018      |
| 10.     | Shri Vinay Kumar, MTS                     | 03.03.2019      |
| 11.     | Ms.Visalakshi Jayaraman, US               | 18.02.2020      |
| 12.     | Shri Radhey Charan, JSA                   | 11.02.2021      |
| 13.     | Shri Ramesh Srivastava, SO                | 02.02.2021      |
| 14.     | Shri Madan Mohan, ADG                     | 26.04.2021      |
| 15. 15. | Shri Rakesh Kumar, STENO 'D'              | 13.05.2021      |