Lok Sabha Question No. 3464 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: EWS Reservation
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## LOK SABHA

## EWS RESERVATION

## t3464. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the   reservation share of  general category has been increased after the implementation of 10 percent reservations for the Economically Weaker   Section (EWS) general category due to which opportunities for other groups are decreasing if so, the details thereof;
- (6) the State which have implemented 10 percent reservation for EWS of general category;
- the details of the number of candidates provided appointment under the said reservation policy for EWS of general category till date, State-wise; and
- (d) whether filling of backlog vacancies of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled and Other Backward Castes has been put on hold and priority is being given to the appointment of candidates belonging to the 10 percent EWS of general category, if $0, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

- (a): No Sir: The benefits of EWS reservation is available to those persons not covered under the existing reservation scheme for SCs/STs/OBCs in Central Government and this has no bearing on the opportunities available to the other groups.
- (b): As  per   available  information the   following States have   implemented ten per cent reservation to EWS: (1) Uttrakhand (2) Gujarat (3) Karnataka (4) Jharkhand (5) Maharashtra (6) Mizoram (7) Delhi (8) JeK (9) Goa (10)Assam (11) Andhra Pradesh and (12) Telengana No information regarding implementation of EWS reservation in remaining States/UTs is available.
- (c): As per information sent by the Department of personnel & Training, State wise/District wise data in respect ofEWS is not maintained by them:
- (d): Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) monitors the progress in filling up of backlog vacancies reserved for SCs, STs and OBCs with ten Ministries/Departments, having more than 9% of the employees of Central  Government: These Ministries/Departments collect these data from their attached Isubordinate offices, Central Public Sector Undertakings, Financial Institutions, Nationalized Banks, etc and thereafter; furnish consolidated data to DoPT. Ministry/Department-wise and category wise details of backlog reserved vacancies, as on 01.01.2020 is attached at Annexure-I

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## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3464 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2021

| DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   | DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   | DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   | DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   | DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   | DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   | DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   | DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   | DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   | DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   | DATA ON BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES AS ON 31.12.2019 (01.01.2020) Category-wise details of backlog vacancies, vacancies filled up and unfilled vacancies   |
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| S.No.                                                                                                                                                     | IMinistry/Department                                                                                                                                      | SC                                                                                                                                                        | SC                                                                                                                                                        | SC                                                                                                                                                        | ST                                                                                                                                                        | ST                                                                                                                                                        | ST                                                                                                                                                        | OBC                                                                                                                                                       | OBC                                                                                                                                                       | OBC                                                                                                                                                       |
| S.No.                                                                                                                                                     | IMinistry/Department                                                                                                                                      | Vacancies Filled                                                                                                                                          | up                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                           | unfille |Vacancies [Filled                                                                                                                           | jup                                                                                                                                                       | unfilled                                                                                                                                                  | Vacancies Filled up                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                           | lunfilled                                                                                                                                                 |
|                                                                                                                                                           | Posts                                                                                                                                                     | 1379                                                                                                                                                      | 393                                                                                                                                                       | 986                                                                                                                                                       | 845                                                                                                                                                       | 158                                                                                                                                                       | 687                                                                                                                                                       | 1090                                                                                                                                                      | 426                                                                                                                                                       | 664                                                                                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                                                                                         | Railways                                                                                                                                                  | 9767                                                                                                                                                      | 4208                                                                                                                                                      | 5559                                                                                                                                                      | 7713                                                                                                                                                      | 2250                                                                                                                                                      | 5463                                                                                                                                                      | 12061                                                                                                                                                     | 5314                                                                                                                                                      | 6747                                                                                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                                                                                         | Housing & Urban Affairs                                                                                                                                   | 259                                                                                                                                                       | 141                                                                                                                                                       | 118                                                                                                                                                       | 272                                                                                                                                                       | 124                                                                                                                                                       | 148                                                                                                                                                       | 720                                                                                                                                                       | 431                                                                                                                                                       | 289                                                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                                                           | Defence Production                                                                                                                                        | 8604                                                                                                                                                      | 6818                                                                                                                                                      | 1786                                                                                                                                                      | 7352                                                                                                                                                      | 5647                                                                                                                                                      | 1705                                                                                                                                                      | 4692                                                                                                                                                      | 4156                                                                                                                                                      | 536                                                                                                                                                       |
| 5                                                                                                                                                         | Defence                                                                                                                                                   | 1649                                                                                                                                                      | 236                                                                                                                                                       | 1413                                                                                                                                                      | 1068                                                                                                                                                      | 117                                                                                                                                                       | 951                                                                                                                                                       | 2732                                                                                                                                                      | 529                                                                                                                                                       | 2203                                                                                                                                                      |
|                                                                                                                                                           | Atomic Energy                                                                                                                                             | 189                                                                                                                                                       | 52                                                                                                                                                        | 137                                                                                                                                                       | 189                                                                                                                                                       | 40                                                                                                                                                        | 149                                                                                                                                                       | 679                                                                                                                                                       | 108                                                                                                                                                       | 571                                                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                                                           | Financial Services                                                                                                                                        | 1527                                                                                                                                                      | 648                                                                                                                                                       | 879                                                                                                                                                       | 1363                                                                                                                                                      | 421                                                                                                                                                       | 942                                                                                                                                                       | 2252                                                                                                                                                      | 1018                                                                                                                                                      | 1234                                                                                                                                                      |
| 8                                                                                                                                                         | Revenue_                                                                                                                                                  | 4971                                                                                                                                                      | 1483                                                                                                                                                      | 3488                                                                                                                                                      | 3214                                                                                                                                                      | 647                                                                                                                                                       | 2567                                                                                                                                                      | 4336                                                                                                                                                      | 1492                                                                                                                                                      | 2844                                                                                                                                                      |
| 9                                                                                                                                                         | Total                                                                                                                                                     | 28345                                                                                                                                                     | 13979                                                                                                                                                     | 14366                                                                                                                                                     | 22016                                                                                                                                                     | 9404                                                                                                                                                      | 12612                                                                                                                                                     | 28562                                                                                                                                                     | 13474                                                                                                                                                     | 15088                                                                                                                                                     |

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