Lok Sabha Question No. 4378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Vacancies in Central Government
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF [NDIA M[NISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRA[NING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4378

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2022)

## VACANCIES IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

## 4378. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of vacancies in Central Government as on 1st March, 2 Ministry/Department-wise;
- (b) the details of vacancies in Central Government as on 1st March, 2022 in Group A, and D; and
- (c) the details of vacancies as on 1st March, 2022 in Central Government in va categories like SC, ST, OBC and General, category-wise and Ministry! department-wis

## 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): The Ministry !Department-wise and Group-wise estimated number of Cent Government Civilian regular employees as on 01.03.2020 is at Annexure-I.
- (c): Government monitors the progress in respect of filling up of backlog reserved vaca Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) with t Ministries !Departments, having more than 90% of the employees of Central Governme Ministry !Department-wise and category-wise (i.e. SCs, STs and OBCs) details of ba reserved vacancies, as on 01.01.2021, are at Annexure-Il.

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## GROUP-WISE AND STATUS-WISt (G/NG) ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN REGULAR EMPLOYEES AS ON 01.03.2020

| S.No Ministry/Department   | S.No Ministry/Department                      |       |       |       |        |        | Number in Position   | Number in Position   | Number in Position   | Number in Position   | Number in Position   |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|                            |                                               | A(G)  | B(G)  | B(NG) | C(NG)  | Total  | A(G)                 | B(G)                 | B(NG)                | C(NG)                | Total                |
| (1)                        | (2)                                           | (3)   | (4)   | (5)   | (6)    | (7)    | (8)                  | (9)                  | (10)                 | (11)                 | (12)                 |
| 1                          | Agricultural Research and Education           | 19    | 11    | 10    | 14     | 54     | 16                   | 5                    | 5                    | 6                    | 32                   |
| 2                          | Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare  | 620   | 519   | 583   | 4069   | 5791   | 394                  | 332                  | 370                  | 2523                 | 3619                 |
| 3                          | Animal Husbandry and Diarying & Fisheries     | 305   | 120   | 100   | 2930   | 3455   | 196                  | 73                   | 66                   | 1775                 | 2110                 |
| 4                          | Atomic Energy                                 | 11874 | 573   | 9523  | 16110  | 38080  | 11932                | 592                  | 8725                 | 11515                | 32764                |
| 5                          | AYUSH                                         | 69    | 27    | 49    | 39     | 184    | 67                   | 15                   | 38                   | 40                   | 160                  |
| 6                          | Bio-Technology                                | 95    | 46    | 42    | 72     | 255    | 75                   | 25                   | 24                   | 47                   | 171                  |
| 7                          | Cabinet Secretariat                           | 76    | 56    | 81    | 129    | 342    | 70                   | 57                   | 63                   | 105 T                | 295                  |
| 8                          | Chemicalsand Petrochemicals & Pharmaceuticals | 88    | 6     | 99    | 127    | 320    | 99                   | 9                    | 87                   | 118                  | 313                  |
| 9                          | Civil Aviation                                | 797   | 73    | 361   | 875    | 2106   | 503                  | 51                   | 211                  | 489                  | 1254                 |
| 10                         | Coal                                          | 69    | 57    | 99    | 209    | 434    | 52                   | 35                   | 79                   | 119                  | 285                  |
| 11                         | Commerce                                      | 821   | 867   | 1119  | 2552   | 5359   | 492                  | 439                  | 840                  | 1435                 | 3206                 |
| 12                         | Consumer Affairs                              | 206   | 185   | 284   | 618    | 1293   | 165                  | 128                  | 171                  | 314                  | 778                  |
| 13                         | Corporate Affairs                             | 733   | 0     | 885   | 976    | 2594   | 598                  | 0                    | 506                  | 414                  | 1518                 |
| 14                         | Culture                                       | 466   | 230   | 1437  | 8161   | 10294  | 260                  | 127                  | 866                  | 5468                 | 6721                 |
| 15                         | Defence (Civil)                               | 18107 | 24283 | 95067 | 495682 | 633139 | 14627                | 20647                | 59874                | 290489               | 385637               |
| 16                         | Development of NE Region                      | 66    | 46    | 83    | 141    | 336    | 50                   | 32                   | 46                   | 97                   | 225                  |
| 17                         | DrinkingWaterandSanitation                    | 55    | 32    | 43    | 28     | 158    | 42                   | 18                   | 32                   | 15                   | 107                  |
| 18                         | Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities      | 38    | 32    | 56    | 17     | 143    | 30                   | 13                   | 39                   | 9                    | 91                   |
| 19                         | Earth Sciences                                | 766   | 1654  | 2247  | 2841   | 7508   | 312                  | 1084                 | 1918                 | 1335                 | 4649                 |
| 20                         | Economic Affairs                              | 335   | 142   | 207   | 719    | 1403   | 277                  | 130                  | 192                  | 441                  | 1040                 |
| 21                         | Environment, Forests and Climate Change       | 714   | 192   | 1272  | 2691   | 4869   | 545                  | 85                   | 642                  | 1350                 | 2622                 |
| 22                         | Expenditure                                   | 289   | 530   | 250   | 528    | 1597   | 189                  | 452                  | 173                  | 258                  | 1072                 |
| 23                         | ExternalAffairs                               | 2311  | 2314  | 2737  | 3673   | 11035  | 2117                 | 1646                 | 2153                 | 2915                 | 8831                 |
| 24                         | Fertilizers                                   | 27    | 62    | 11    | 149    | 249    | 26                   | 57                   | 9                    | 134                  | 226                  |
| 25                         | Financial Services                            | 289   | 139   | 401   | 784    | 1613   | 220                  | 99                   | 291                  | 658                  | 1268                 |
| 26                         | Food and Public Distribution                  | 158   | 108   | 257   | 504    | 1027   | 118                  | 98                   | 223                  | 318                  | 757                  |

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|   27 | Food Processinglndustries                 |    57 |    59 |     7 |      58 |     181 |    55 |      27 |     5 |      34 |     121 |
|------|-------------------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|---------|---------|-------|---------|-------|---------|---------|
|   28 | Health and Family Welfare                 |  2545 |   710 |  1117 |   18638 |   23010 |  2311 |   646   |  1015 |   16935 |   20907 |
|   29 | Health Research                           |     5 |     1 |     2 |      34 |      42 |     3 |     1   |     1 |      20 |      25 |
|   30 | Heavy Industry                            |    57 |    40 |    47 |     103 |     247 |    42 |    23   |    37 |      64 |     166 |
|   31 | Higher Education                          |   205 |   218 |   359 |     373 |    1155 |   171 |   132   |   301 |     240 |     844 |
|   32 | Home Affairs                              | 22634 |  4529 | 54501 | 1002766 | 1084430 | 18744 |  5143   | 42332 |  889369 |  955583 |
|   33 | Indian Audit and Accounts Department      |  6508 | 12724 |     0 |   48290 |   67522 |  5906 | 10838   |     0 |   27541 |   44285 |
|   34 | Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  |  1101 |   217 |   383 |     869 |    2570 |   934 |    94   |   179 |     457 |    1664 |
|   35 | Information and Broadcasting              |   467 |   524 |   718 |    3626 |    5335 |   323 |   320   |   546 |    2190 |    3379 |
|   36 | Electronics and Information Technology    |  4147 |   171 |   379 |    1852 |    6549 |  3554 |   111   |   307 |    1141 |    5113 |
|   37 | InvestmentandPubIicAssetManagemnent       |    34 |    16 |    21 |      15 |      86 |    30 |     9   |    16 |      13 |      68 |
|   38 | Labour and Employment                     |  1196 |   407 |   537 |    4571 |    6711 |   749 |   263   |   476 |    2580 |    4068 |
|   39 | Land Resources                            |    37 |     0 |    57 |      34 |     128 |    32 |     0   |    24 |      24 |      80 |
|   40 | LawandJustice                             |   608 |   353 |   469 |    1273 |    2703 |   437 |   302   |   290 |     942 |    1971 |
|   41 | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises       |    71 |    98 |    40 |     243 |     452 |    69 |    96   |    38 |     240 |     443 |
|   42 | Mines                                     |  4396 |  1428 |  3187 |    5008 |   14019 |  2785 |   855   |  1378 |    2076 |    7094 |
|   43 | Minority Affairs                          |    76 |    66 |    54 |      71 |     267 |    62 |    37   |    29 |      49 |     177 |
|   44 | New and Renewable Energy                  |   142 |    47 |    50 |      91 |     330 |    77 |    21   |    42 |      73 |     213 |
|   45 | PanchayatiRaj                             |    38 |    23 |    24 |      42 |     127 |    29 |     7   |    20 |      18 |      74 |
|   46 | Parliamentary Affairs                     |    23 |    22 |    45 |      60 |     150 |    20 |    13   |    30 |      54 |     117 |
|   47 | Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |  1102 |  1190 |  2607 |    6225 |   11124 |   804 |   874   |  1810 |    5261 |    8749 |
|   48 | Petroleum and Natural Gas                 |    70 |    63 |    73 |     126 |     332 |    59 |     0.9 |    53 |      61 |     222 |
|   49 | NitiAayog                                 |   216 |   336 |    59 |     128 |     739 |   133 |   180   |    43 |     141 |     497 |
|   50 | Posts                                     |   850 |   450 | 10299 |  255892 |  267491 |   671 |   404   |  9343 |  167023 |  177441 |
|   51 | Power                                     |   620 |   194 |   196 |     429 |    1439 |   368 |   128   |    60 |     222 |     778 |
|   52 | President's Secretariat                   |    43 |    44 |    75 |     218 |     380 |    34 |    39   |    59 |     157 |     289 |
|   53 | Prime Minister's Office                   |    62 |    65 |   118 |     201 |     446 |    73 |    63   |   114 |      79 |     329 |
|   54 | Public Enterprises                        |    30 |    11 |    14 |      52 |     107 |    25 |     9   |     6 |      32 |      72 |
|   55 | Railways                                  | 13662 |  5318 |   620 | 1488094 | 1507694 | 12593 |  4520   |     0 | 1253286 | 1270399 |

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|                                         |         | 12126   |       | 32212   | 333O3     | 100791 178432   | 8153   | 26680   | 17138   | 50134   | 102105   |
|-----------------------------------------|---------|---------|-------|---------|-----------|-----------------|--------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
| 57 Trnsport and Highways                |         | 377     | 77    | 188     | 334       | 976             | 299    | 61      | 149     | 217     | 726      |
| 5'turai Deielopment                     |         | 126     | 108   | 128     | 187       | 549             | 108    | 53      | 89      | - 130   | 380      |
| 5 choI Ecucation and Literacy.          |         | 54      | 47    | 81      | 94        | 276             | 41     | 52      | 50      | 59      | a 202    |
| 50 Scienc&nd Technology                 |         | 643     | 818   | 3037    | 7946      | 12444,          | 300    | 580     | 1620    | 1717    | 4217     |
| 61 Scientifi aj-id Industrial Research  |         | 49      | 13    | 19      | 35        | 116             | 44     | -- 12   | . B     | 13      | . 77     |
| 62 Ports, Slipping and Waterways        | -       | 287     | 243   | 610     | 1502      | 2642            | 209    | 159     | 345     | 859     | 1572     |
| 63 Skill Delopment and Entrepreneurship | . - .   | 367     | 124   | 811     | 685       | 1987            | 258    | 65      | 481     | 419     | 12.23    |
| 64 Social ii tiçc and Empowerment       |         | 133.    | 103   | 170     | 260       | 666             | 76     | 58      | 118     | 199     | 451      |
| 65 Space F                              | .       | 9704    | 161   | 4032    | 4805      | 18702           | 9438   | 133     | 3782    | 2661    | 16014    |
| 66 StitittidPg... 6iè]ilehéhtation      |         | 547     | 1823  | 2646    | 1136      | 6152            | 368    | 1567    | 1512    | 772     | 4219     |
| 67 Steel.                               | .       | 59      | 42    | 87      | . 114     | 302             | - 71   | 34      | - 69    | 101     | . 275    |
| :8 Telecorrniknications --              | .       | 987     | 235   | 1328    | 995       | 3546            | 1 1140 | 192     | 1082    | 935     | 349      |
| 69 TextIles -                           |         | 319     | 206   | 725     | 3489      | 4739            | 285    | 198     | 730     | 3437    | 4653     |
| 70 Tourism . . .                        | .       | 75      | . 102 | 134     | 268       | 579             | 60     | 95      | . 115   | 192     | 462      |
| 71 Tribal Affairs .                     | . .     | . 75    | . 43  | . 47    | 143       | . 313           | 52     | . 30    | 25      | 54      | 172      |
| 72 Unibn Public Service Commission      | .       | 220     | 277   | 498     | . 833     | - 1828          | . 175  | . 187   | 322     | 480     | --1164   |
| 73 Housing and Urban Affairs            | L--     | 3420    | 3038  |         | 526 12523 | . 19507         | .3406  | . 3038  | 526     | 12523   | 9493     |
| 7.Vice President'sSecretariat           | . . ..  | 6       | 5     |         | 43        | 62              | . . 5  | 5       | 5       | 36      | 51       |
| Water Resources, River Development and  | Ganga . | 1209    | 787   | . 1449  | 7194      | 10639           | 895    | 691     | 807     | 3689    | , 6082   |
| 76 Women and Child Development          | '       | 113     | 97    | 136     | 352       | 698             | .t02   | 63      | 130     | 301     | 52       |
| 77 Youth Affairs and Sports             |         | 59      | 70    |         | 85        | 168 382         | • . 42 | - - 61  | 63      | 125     | F 29].   |

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| S.                                                                                                                                                                            | Ministry! Department                                                                                                                                                          | SC                                                                                                                                                                            | SC                                                                                                                                                                            | SC                                                                                                                                                                            | ST                                                                                                                                                                            | ST                                                                                                                                                                            | ST                                                                                                                                                                            | OBC                                                                                                                                                                           | OBC                                                                                                                                                                           | OBC                                                                                                                                                                           |
| No                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                               | Vacancies                                                                                                                                                                     | Filled up                                                                                                                                                                     | unfilled                                                                                                                                                                      | Vacancies                                                                                                                                                                     | Filled up                                                                                                                                                                     | unfilled                                                                                                                                                                      | Vacancies                                                                                                                                                                     | Filled up                                                                                                                                                                     | unfilled                                                                                                                                                                      |
| I                                                                                                                                                                             | Defence Production                                                                                                                                                            | 8847                                                                                                                                                                          | 6976                                                                                                                                                                          | 1871                                                                                                                                                                          | 7574                                                                                                                                                                          | 5880                                                                                                                                                                          | 1694                                                                                                                                                                          | 4684                                                                                                                                                                          | 4156                                                                                                                                                                          | 528                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                             | Railways                                                                                                                                                                      | 6940                                                                                                                                                                          | 3582                                                                                                                                                                          | 4445                                                                                                                                                                          | 6055                                                                                                                                                                          | 2288                                                                                                                                                                          | 4405                                                                                                                                                                          | 9135                                                                                                                                                                          | 5640                                                                                                                                                                          | 5403                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                             | Financial Services                                                                                                                                                            | 968                                                                                                                                                                           | 294                                                                                                                                                                           | 674                                                                                                                                                                           | 1166                                                                                                                                                                          | 486                                                                                                                                                                           | 677                                                                                                                                                                           | 1445                                                                                                                                                                          | 225                                                                                                                                                                           | 1145                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                             | Posts                                                                                                                                                                         | 1452                                                                                                                                                                          | 408                                                                                                                                                                           | 1044                                                                                                                                                                          | 864                                                                                                                                                                           | 197                                                                                                                                                                           | 667                                                                                                                                                                           | 819                                                                                                                                                                           | 240                                                                                                                                                                           | 579                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                             | Defence                                                                                                                                                                       | 1848                                                                                                                                                                          | 45                                                                                                                                                                            | 1803                                                                                                                                                                          | 1189                                                                                                                                                                          | 22                                                                                                                                                                            | 1167                                                                                                                                                                          | 3986                                                                                                                                                                          | 98                                                                                                                                                                            | 3888                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                             | Höüi&Urbän Affairs                                                                                                                                                            | . 147                                                                                                                                                                         | 81                                                                                                                                                                            | 66                                                                                                                                                                            | 94                                                                                                                                                                            | .51                                                                                                                                                                           | 43                                                                                                                                                                            | 302                                                                                                                                                                           | 121                                                                                                                                                                           | 181                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                             | HomeAffairs                                                                                                                                                                   | 6393                                                                                                                                                                          | 1108                                                                                                                                                                          | 4450                                                                                                                                                                          | 3524                                                                                                                                                                          | 466                                                                                                                                                                           | 2821                                                                                                                                                                          | 6610                                                                                                                                                                          | 717                                                                                                                                                                           | 5479                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                             | Atomic Energy                                                                                                                                                                 | 137                                                                                                                                                                           | 21                                                                                                                                                                            | 116                                                                                                                                                                           | 149                                                                                                                                                                           | 16                                                                                                                                                                            | 133                                                                                                                                                                           | 571                                                                                                                                                                           | 31                                                                                                                                                                            | 540                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                             | Revenue                                                                                                                                                                       | 3239                                                                                                                                                                          | 477                                                                                                                                                                           | 2762                                                                                                                                                                          | 2142                                                                                                                                                                          | 142                                                                                                                                                                           | 2000                                                                                                                                                                          | 1742                                                                                                                                                                          | 277                                                                                                                                                                           | 1465                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                            | Education                                                                                                                                                                     | 1111                                                                                                                                                                          | 210                                                                                                                                                                           | 901                                                                                                                                                                           | 923                                                                                                                                                                           | 71                                                                                                                                                                            | 852                                                                                                                                                                           | 1721                                                                                                                                                                          | 227                                                                                                                                                                           | 1494                                                                                                                                                                          |

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