Lok Sabha Question No. 2303 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Vacancies in Central Government Departments
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

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

## (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2303 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022)

## VACANCIES IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

## 2303. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- a whether the Government has constituted any committee to assess the number of vacancies present across various Central Government Departments;
- whether the Government has any preliminary data on number of sanctioned and estimated vacancies present across various Central Government Departments and if so, the details of vacancies, department-wise;
- if s0, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor;
- (d) current year;
- the details and status of ongoing job notifications of Central Government; and
- whether the Government is planning to release any job notifications other than UPSC and Staff Selection Commission between 2022-2023 and if so, the details thereof;
- whether the Government has any preliminary data of vacancies present in the States and if s0,the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (d): The details of Ministry-wise/Department-wise sanctioned strength and the number in position of employees, as on 01.03.2020, are at Annexure-I. Government monitors the progress in respect of   filling of  backlog reserved vacancies for   SCs, STs and OBCs in ten Ministries/Departments, which   contribute more   than 90% of total number of employees of Central Government. Ministry/Department-wise, Category-wise details of backlog  reserved vacancies for the years 2016 to 2020 are at Annexure-II.

(e) to (g): Occurrence  and  filling of vacancies by various recruiting agencies of Central Government   including Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is a continuous process 0n the basis of requisitioning by the respective Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCA): Data regarding vacancies filled by State recruiting agencies is maintained by the respective State Government:

## ANNEXURE 1

## Estimated Number of Central Government Employees as on 01.03.2020 *

| S.No.   | Ministries/Departments                         | No. of Sanctioned Posts   |   Number in Position |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
| 1       | Agricultural Research and Education            | 54                        |                   32 |
| 2       | Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare   | 5791                      |                 3619 |
| 3       | Animal Husbandry and Diarying & Fisheries      | 3455                      |                 2110 |
|         | Atomic Energy_                                 | 38080                     |                32764 |
| 5       | AYUSH                                          | 184                       |                  160 |
| 6       | Bio-Technology                                 | 255                       |                  171 |
|         | Cabinet Secretariat                            |                           |                  295 |
|         | Chemicals and Petrochemicals & Pharmaceuticals | 320                       |                  313 |
| 9       | Civil Aviation                                 | 2106                      |                 1254 |
| 10      | Coal                                           | 434                       |                  285 |
| 11      | Commerce                                       | 5359                      |                 3206 |
| 12      | Consumer Affairs                               | 1293                      |                  778 |
| 13      | Corporate Affairs                              | 2594                      |                 1518 |
| 14      | Culture                                        | 10294                     |                 6721 |
| 15      | Defence (Civii)                                | 633139                    |               385637 |
| 16      | Development of NE Region                       | 336                       |                  225 |
| 17      | Drinking Water and Sanitation                  | 158                       |                  107 |
| 18      | Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities       | 143                       |                   91 |
| 19      | Earth Sciences                                 | 7508                      |                 4649 |
| 20      | Economic Affairs                               | 1403                      |                 1040 |
| 21      | Environment, Forests and Climate Change        | 4869                      |                 2622 |
| 22      | Expenditure                                    | 1597                      |                 1072 |
| 23      | External Affairs                               | 11035                     |                 8831 |
| 24      | Fertilizers                                    | 249                       |                  226 |
| 25      | Financial Services                             | 1613                      |                 1268 |
| 26      | Food and Public Distribution                   | 1027                      |                  757 |
| 27      | Food Processing Industries                     | 181                       |                  121 |
| 28      | Health and Family Welfare                      | 23010                     |                20907 |
| 29      | Health Research                                | 42                        |                   25 |

| 30   | Heavy Industry                            |     247 |     166 |
|------|-------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
| 31   | Higher Education                          |    1155 |     844 |
| 32   | Home Affairs                              | 1084430 |  955588 |
| 33   | Indian Audit and Accounts Department      |   67522 |   44285 |
| 34   | Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  |    2570 |    1664 |
| 35   | Information and Broadcasting              |    5335 |    3379 |
| 36   | Electronics and Information Technology    |    6549 |    5113 |
| 37   | Investment and Public Asset Managemnent   |      86 |      68 |
| 38   | Labour and Employment                     |    6711 |    4068 |
| 39   | Land Resources                            |     128 |      80 |
| 40   | Law and Justice                           |    2703 |    1971 |
| 41   | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises       |     452 |     443 |
| 42   | Mines                                     |   14019 |    7094 |
| 43   |                                           |     267 |     177 |
| 44   | New and Renewable Energy                  |     330 |     213 |
| 45   | Panchayati Raj                            |     127 |      74 |
| 46   | Parliamentary Affairs                     |     150 |     117 |
| 47   | Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |   11124 |    8749 |
| 48   | Petroleum and Natural Gas                 |     332 |     222 |
| 49   | Niti Aayog                                |     739 |     497 |
| 50   | Posts                                     |  267491 |  177441 |
| 51   | Power                                     |    1439 |     778 |
| 52   | President's Secretariat                   |     380 |     289 |
| 53   | Prime Minister's Office                   |     446 |     329 |
| 54   | Public Enterprises                        |     107 |      72 |
| 55   | Railways                                  | 1507694 | 1270399 |
| 56   | Revenue                                   |  178432 |  102105 |
| 57   | Road Transport and Highways_              |     976 |     726 |
| 58   | Rural Development                         |     549 |     380 |
| 59   | School Education and Literacy             |     276 |     202 |
| 60   | Science and Technology                    |   12444 |    4217 |
| 61   | Scientific and Industrial Research        |     116 |      77 |
|      | Ports, Shipping Watenways and             |    2642 |    1572 |
| 63   | Skill Development and Entrepreneurship    |    1987 |    1223 |
| 64   | Social Justice and Empowerment            |     666 |     451 |

|   65 | Space                                                     |   18702 |   16014 |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
|   66 | (Statistics and Programme Implementation                  |    6152 |    4219 |
|   67 | Steel                                                     |     302 |     275 |
|   68 | Telecommunications                                        |    3546 |    3349 |
|   69 | Textiles                                                  |    4739 |    4653 |
|   70 | Tourism                                                   |     579 |     462 |
|   71 | Tribal Affairs                                            |     313 |     172 |
|   72 | Union Public Service Commission                           |    1828 |    1164 |
|   73 | Housing and Urban Affairs                                 |   19507 |   19493 |
|   74 | Vice President's Secretariat                              |      62 |      51 |
|   75 | Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation |   10639 |    6082 |
|   76 | Women and Child Development                               |     698 |     596 |
|   77 | Youth Affairs and Sports                                  |     382 |     291 |

## Category-wise details of backlog vacancies , to be filled up for the period 2016 to 2020 yet -

|     |                          | SC               | SC               | SC    | SC    | SC               |
|-----|--------------------------|------------------|------------------|-------|-------|------------------|
| No. | Ministry/Department      | As on 31.12.2016 | As on 31.12.2017 | As on | As on | As on 31.12.2020 |
| 1   | Defence Production       | 1                | 1329             | 939   | 1786  | 1871             |
| 2   | Railways                 | 145              |                  | 7226  | 5559  | 4445             |
| 3   | Financial Services       | 930              | 1231             | 659   | 879   | 674              |
| 4   | Posts                    | 301              | 224              | 535   | 986   | 1044             |
| 5   | Defence                  | 399              | 1474             | 1157  | 1413  | 1803             |
| 6   | Housing & Urban Affairs_ | 151              | 151              | 115   | 118   | 66               |
| 7   | Home Affairs             | 3198             | 5850             | 5984  | 6177  | 4450             |
| 8   | Atomic Energy            | 97               | 83               | 162   | 137   | 116              |
| 9   | Revenue                  | 2411             | 3615             | 2767  | 3488  | 2762             |
| 10  | Education                | 590              | 1133             | 810   | 873   | 901              |

|       |                          | ST                                 | ST    | ST    | ST    | ST                                                 |
|-------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|----------------------------------------------------|
| S No. | Ministry/Department      | As on 31.12.2016 | 31.12.2017 | As on | As on | As on | As on 31.12.2018 |31.12.2019 |31.12.2020 |
| 1     | Defence Production       | 18                                 | 1658  | 1346  | 1705  | 1694                                               |
| 2     | Railways                 | 324                                |       | 6251  | 5463  | 4405                                               |
| 3     | Financial Services       | 1065                               | 1108  | 1016  | 942   | 677                                                |
|       | Posts                    | 460                                | 181   | 584   | 687   | 667                                                |
| 5     | Defence                  | 366                                | 994   | 1040  |       | 1167                                               |
| 6     | Housing & Urban Affairs_ | 175                                | 186   | 168   | 148   | 43                                                 |
| 7     | Home Affairs             | 2230                               | 5383  | 3210  | 3326  | 2821                                               |
| 8     | Atomic Energy _          | 207                                | 159   | 213   | 149   | 133                                                |
| 9     | Revenue                  | 1641                               | 2479  | 2061  | 2567  | 2000                                               |
| 10    | Education                | 469                                | 892   | 828   | 808   | 852                                                |

|        |                          | OBC   | OBC                                | OBC              | OBC              | OBC              |
|--------|--------------------------|-------|------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| S. No. | Ministry/Department      | As on | As on 31.12.2016 | 31.12.2017 | As on 31.12.2018 | As on 31.12.2019 | As on 31.12.2020 |
| 1      | Defence Production       | 15    | 404                                | 460              | 536              | 528              |
| 2      | Railways                 | 10    |                                    | 8694             | 6747             | 5403             |
| 3      | Financial Services       | 1425  | 1280                               | 1007             | 1234             | 1145             |
| 4      | Posts                    | 484   | 196                                | 517              | 664              | 579              |
| 5      | Defence                  | 1268  | 3428                               | 2437             | 2203             | 3888             |
| 6      | Housing & Urban Affairs_ | 597   | 464                                | 306              | 289              | 181              |
| 7      | Home Affairs             | 5120  | 6260                               | 6493             | 6563             | 5479             |
| 8      | Atomic Energy _          | 642   | 511                                | 625              | 571              | 540              |
| 9      | Revenue                  | 2988  | 1913                               | 1545             | 2844             | 1465             |
| 10     | Education                | 986   | 1622                               | 1252             | 1521             | 1494             |