Lok Sabha Question No. 535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Hiring of Temporary Staff
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA IJ1NSTARRED QUESTION NO. 535

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2022)

## IIIRING OF TEMPORARY STAFF

## 535. SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government is hiring temporary staff apart from permanent staff in i various departments functioning in the National Capital Territory of Delhi,
- (b) if so, the total number of temporary and permanent staff employed in each Unio Government department in Delhi;
- (c) the gender-wise data on the temporary and permanent staff employed in each Union Government department;
- (d) the details of salary being paid to temporary staff employed in various Un Government departments;
- (e) the details of the leave policy and other benefits given to temporary staff employed b Government; and
- (f) the number of temporary staff who has served for more than three years includi extension and renewal of contract?

## ANSWER

## 1V[[NISTER OF STATE IN THE MENIISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a):  Keeping in view the administrative exigency of work and efficiency and economy of operations, outsourcing for services through contract is resorted to by the Ministries/Depar in terms of General Financial Rules (GFR), 2017. The permanent posts. are filled u accordance with the Recruitment Rules.
- (b):  The estimated number of Central government civilian regular employees, as per the Annua Report of Pay Research Unit of the Department of Expenditure, as on 01.03.2021, is 30,55,876 as detailed at Annexure.
- (c): As per the Census of Central Government employees brought out by the Directorate General of Employment and Training, Ministry of Labour, the total number of permanent employees i various Central Ministries/Departments was 30,87,278 out of which 3,37,439 employees wer women as on March, 2011. The gender-wise data in respect of the outsourced staff engaged various Government departments is not centrally maintained.

Whiiethepermanent staff is paid salary and-allowances- as per the prescribed-pay -structure for the Central Government employees, the outsourced staff hired through contracts are pa compliance to terms of provisions of GFR.

(e):  The outsourced staff is hired through outsourcing agency and they are not the employee Union of India. Outsourced employees are covered under Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), EipFoyes' State Iiiutacoration-ESIe, etcTheoutsourcethstaff tjtled to eight days of Casual Leaveper year on pro-rat& basis, in ease of srvjcçs hired on annual bas having five working days in a week.

(f): No such data is centrally maintained.

## GROUP-WISE AND SriATUS-WlSE (G/NG) ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN REGULAR EMPLOYEES AS ON 0L03.2021

| SNO.   | Ministry/Department                      | Number of Sanctioned Posts   | Number of Sanctioned Posts   | Number of Sanctioned Posts   | Number of Sanctioned Posts   | Number of Sanctioned Posts   | Number of persons in Position   | Number of persons in Position   | Number of persons in Position   | Number of persons in Position   | Number of persons in Position   |
|--------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| SNO.   | Ministry/Department                      | A(G)                         | 8(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. & Education       | 19                           | 11                           | 10                           |                              | 54                           | 16                              | 6                               | 7                               | 12                              | 41                              |
| 2      | Agriculture Cooperation & Farmer Welfare | 616                          | 516                          | 579                          | 4044                         | 5755                         | 386                             | 325                             | 362                             | 2472                            | 3545                            |
| 3      | FIsheries, Animal H.usbandry8Dl4rying    | 334                          | 127                          | 109                          | 3080                         | 3650                         | 204                             | 70                              | 52                              | 1482                            | 1808                            |
| 4      | Atomic Energy                            | 12554                        | 810                          | 8594                         | 16195                        | 38153                        | .11654                          | 680                             | 6952                            | 9407                            | 28693                           |
| 5      | AYUSH                                    | 138                          | 54                           | 98                           | 77                           | 367                          | 104                             | 23                              | 59                              | 63                              | 249                             |
| 6      | Blo-Technology                           | 123                          | 17                           | 42                           | 67                           | 249                          | 76                              | 19                              | 37                              | 34                              | 166                             |
| 7      | Cabinet Secretariat                      | 80                           | 51                           | 87                           | 129                          | 347                          | 69                              | 55                              | 61                              | 105                             | -293                            |
| 8      | Chemicals & PetrochernicaIs.             | 49                           | 9                            | 50                           | 83                           | 191                          | 25                              | 9                               | 31                              | 54                              | 119                             |
| .9     | CivIl Aviation                           | 729                          | 287                          | 373                          | 900                          | 2289                         | 525                             | .183                            | 146                             | 518                             | 1372                            |
| 10     | Coal                                     | 70                           | 55                           | 97                           | 211                          | 433                          | 51                              | 25                              | 75                              | 112                             | 263                             |
| II     | Commerce                                 | 852                          | 753                          | 1324                         | 2162                         | 5091                         | 475                             | 420                             | 661                             | 950                             | 2506                            |
| 12     | Consumer AffaIrs                         | 205                          | 201                          | 227                          | 650                          | 1283                         | 167                             | 145                             | 151                             | 279                             | 742                             |
| 13     | Corporate Affairs                        | 801                          | 139                          | 752                          | 972                          | 2664                         | 581 1                           | 53                              | 458                             | 349                             | 1444                            |
| 14     | Culture                                  | 471                          | 47                           | 1483                         | 8582                         | 10583                        | 259                             | 37.                             | 852                             | 5647                            | 6795                            |
| 15     | Defence (Civilian)                       | 18296                        | 28268                        | 96639                        | 502839                       | 646042                       | 14267                           | 20609                           | 57273                           | 289187                          | 381336                          |
| 16     | Development of NE Region                 | 69.                          | 43                           | 84                           | 140                          | 336                          | 57                              | 25                              | 42                              | 102                             | 226                             |
| 17     | Drinking Water & Sanitation              | 55                           | 33                           | 42                           | 28                           | 158                          | 43                              | 20                              | 30                              | 16                              | 109                             |
| 18     | Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities | 58                           | 3                            | 62                           | 26                           | 149                          | 36                              | 2                               | 34                              | 15                              | 87                              |
| 19     | Earth ScIences                           | 741                          | 1654                         | 2248                         | 2841                         | 7484                         | 32.5                            | 959                             | 1864                            | 1293                            | 4441                            |
| 20     | Economic AffaIrs .                       | 331                          | 155                          | 218                          | 610                          | 1314                         | 242                             | 117                             | 201                             | 448                             | 1008                            |
| 21     | Environment,Forests&Cllmata Change       | 742                          | 382                          | 1081                         | 2677                         | 4882                         | 530                             | 218                             | 519                             | 1313                            | 2580                            |
| 22     | ExpendIture                              | 377                          | 434                          | 325                          | 454                          | 1590                         | 268                             | 332                             | 227                             | 299                             | 1126                            |
| 23     | External Affairs                         | 2473                         | . 2476                       | 2928                         | 3930                         | 11807                        | 2272                            | 1766                            | 2310                            | 3129                            | 9477                            |
| 24     | FertilIzers                              | 56                           | 35                           | 92                           | 95                           | 278                          | 56                              | 26                              | 72                              | 64                              | 218                             |
| 25     | FinancIal Services                       | 293                          | 141                          | 373                          | 735                          | 1542                         | 229                             | 97                              | 272                             | 605                             | 1203                            |
| 26     | Food & Public 0lstrlbutlon               | 154                          | 30                           | 424                          | 500                          | 1108                         | 136                             | 29                              | 260                             | 278                             | 703                             |
| 27     | Food Processing Industries               | 57                           | 34                           | 32                           | 54                           | 177                          | 50                              | 15                              | 24                              | 35                              | 124                             |

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| 28                 | Health & Family Welfare                  |   2763 | 771       |   1213 | A$1    | 24979   | 2566   | 717 1127   | 1800   |   232W |
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|---------|--------|------------|--------|--------|
| 29                 | Health Research                          |     16 | 8         |     14 | 1      | 42      | 14     | 5 5        | 1      |     25 |
| 30                 | Heavy Industries                         |     57 | 40        |     47 | LSI    | 247     | 41     | 21 33      | 56     |    151 |
| 31                 | Higher EducatIon                         |    219 | 130       |    322 | P4.1   | 1146    | 168    | 123 231    | 311    |    833 |
| 32                 | Home Affairs                             |  23130 | 1128G     |  93946 | ].P811 | 1085728 | 19275  | 9968 76082 | 8$867  | 942192 |
|                    |                                          |   6742 | 13413     |   3434 | IkL1M1 | 69096   | 5792   | 10958 2610 | 2I802  |  43162 |
|                    | ______________________________________-  |   1101 | 217       |    383 |        | :ii2570 | 998    | 119 227    | 764    |   2108 |
| 35 a               | lnfomatIon and Broadcasting              |    429 | _________ |    546 | ii1    | 4782    | 289    | 269 273    | 910    |   2741 |
| 36                 | Electronics & InformatIon Technology     |   4074 | .ISI      |    374 |        | 6541    | 3511   | 78 277     | 1107   |   4973 |
| 37                 | Investment & Public Asset Managemnent    |     34 | .1        |     19 | .1     | 81      | 32     | 9 14       | 12     |     67 |
| 38                 | Labour & Employment                      |   1127 | 1i        |    521 | 4453   | 6488    | 757    | 264 478    | 12581  |   4080 |
| 39                 | Land Resource.s                          |     43 |           |     43 | 34     | 129     | 28     | 3 20       | 21     |     72 |
| 40                 | Lawandiustice                            |    569 |           |    361 | 1322   | 2592    | 403    | 196 192    | 864    |   1655 |
| 41                 | • Mico, Small and Medium Enterprises     |     71 |           |     40 | 243    | 452     | 59     | 83 33      | 206    |    381 |
| 42                 | MInes                                    |   4396 | 1429      |   3186 | 4908   | 13919   | 2840   | 777 1313   | 1926   |   6856 |
| 43                 | MinorityAffalrs                          |     76 | 73        |     61 | 67     | 277     | - 49   | 41 31      | 35     |    156 |
| 44 New & Renewable | Energy                                   |    140 | 40        |     44 | 85     | 309     | 103    | 15 39      | 60     |    217 |
| 4S                 | PanchayatlRaj .                          |     38 | 25        |     25 | 40     | 128     | 35     | 7 17       | 13     |     72 |
| 46 ParlIamentary   | Affairs                                  |     23 | . 22      |     45 | 60     | 150     | 21     | 10 35      | 55     |    121 |
| 47                 | Personnel, Public c3iicvancesr& Pensions |   1082 | 1191      |   2718 | 6122   | 11113   | 742    | 862 1869   | 5105   |   8578 |
| 48                 | Petroleum and Natural Gas                |     73 | 66        |     67 | 135    | 341     | 57     | 51 46      | ES     |    219 |
| 49                 | Pharmaceuticals                          |     27 | 25        |     25 | - 21   | 98      | 21     | 12 13      | 16     |     62 |
| SO Planning        | (NItI Ayog)                              |    199 | 340       |     61 | 133    | 733     | 141    | 182 44     | I 133  |    500 |
| 51                 | Posts                                    |    798 | 4001      |   6725 | 255967 | 267491  | 460    | 2421 6500  | 18060  | 177441 |
| 52                 | Power                                    |    687 | 195       |    353 | 532    | 1767    | 480    | - 76 - 160 | 261    |    977 |
| 53                 | - - PresIdent's Secretariat              |     43 | 44        |     75 | 218    | 380     | 34     | 39 59      | 157    |    289 |
| 54                 | PrIme MInIster's Office                  |     61 | 66        |    119 | 200    | 446     | 86     | 53 • 101 - | H 77   |    317 |
| 55                 | Public Enterprises                       |     35 | 10        |     21 | 52     | 118     | 29     | 7 9        | 32     |     77 |

| 56   | Railways                                     | 12856   | 5027   |    620 | 1495504   |   1514007 |     11436 | 4123   | 503    |         1204002 | 1220064   |
|------|----------------------------------------------|---------|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|--------|-----------------|-----------|
| 57   | Revenue                                      | 12655   | 32012  |  34363 | 100579    |    179609 |   8652    | 26703  | 16080  | 47931           | 99366     |
| 58   | RoadTransport&HJghways                       | 334     | 120    |    236 | 315       |      1005 |    272    | 73     | 154    |   219           | 718       |
| 59   | RUral Development                            | 123     | 110    |    122 | 188       |       543 |    108    | 56     | 91     |   131           | 386       |
| 60   | School Education and Literacy                | 124     | 42     |    117 | 159       |       442 |     91    | 29     | 69     |    90           | 279       |
| 61   | Science &Teçtmology                          | 643     | 742    |   3109 | 7942      |     12442 |      3.19 | 503    | 1523   |  1554           | 3899      |
| 62   | Scientific & industrial Research             | 49      | 15     |     25 | 27        |       116 |     38    |        | 9      |    14           | 0         |
| 63   | Ports, Shipping and Waterways                | 281     | 224    |    557 | 1508      |      2570 |    191    | 156    | 343    |   837           |           |
| 64   | Skill Development and Enterprenurship .      | 367     | 124    |    811 | 685       |      1987 |    272    | 69     | 507    |   441           | 1289      |
| 65   | Social Justice & Empowerment                 | 129     | 104    |    161 | 262       |       656 |     89    | 51     | 90     |   157           | 387       |
| 66   | . Space                                      | 9721    | 211    |   4115 | . 4109    |      1156 |   9459    | 133    | 3791   |  2667           | 16050     |
| 67   | Statistics & Programme implementation        | 545     | 1837   |   2620 | 1153      |      6155 |    414    | 1663   | 1220   |   702           | 3999      |
| 68   | Steel                                        | • 57    | 51     |     65 | 101       |       274 |     42    | 38     | 58     |    79           | 217       |
| 69   | TelecommunIcation                            | 987     | 235    |   1328 | 996       |      3546 |   1122    | 189    | 1064   |  1004           | 3379      |
| 70   | TextIles                                     | 319     | 206    |    725 | 3489      |      4739 |    262    | 180    | 665    |     3.131       | 4238      |
|      | Tourism                                      | 64      | 102    |    134 | 268       |       568 |     52    | 91     | 109    |   172           | 424       |
| 72   | ThbálAffâirs                                 | 78"     | 49:    |     76 | 117       |       320 |     54    | 27     | 37     |    55           | 173       |
| 73   | Union Public Service Commission              | 231     | 277    |    407 | .882      |      1797 |    195    | 177    | 263    |   505           | 1140      |
| 74   | Housing and Urban Affairs                    | 3034    | 1884   |   1855 | 12682     |     19455 |   2831    | 1639   | 1701   |     0.10533     | 16704     |
| 75   | VIce Presidents Secretariat                  | 6       | 5      |      8 | 43        |        62 |      6    | S      | . 6    |    37           | 54        |
| 76   | Water Resources, River Development and Ganga | 1807    | 1358 k |   2261 | J0173     |     15499 |   1614    | 615    | 1187   |  5223           | 8639      |
| 77   | ReIuvination Women & Child Deveiopment       | 109     | 100    |    140 | 376       |       725 |     83    | 27     | 78     |   184           | 372       |
| 78   | Youth Affairsand Sports                      | 68      | 78     |     90 | 175       |       411 |     60    | 58     | 60     |   118           | 296       |
|      | Total                                        | 133383  | 116527 | 287006 | 3498287   |   4035203 | 109799    | 90245  | 194481 |     2.66135e+06 | 3055876   |