Lok Sabha Question No. 498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Gramin Dak Sevak Posts
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Dayakar Pasunoori, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Kavitha Malothu, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 498 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  JULY, 2022

## GRAMIN DAK SEVAK POSTS

498. SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR: SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA: SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU: DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that nearly 40 per cent of Gramin Dak Sevak posts are lying vacant in Telangana;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise; and
- (c) the time since when these are lying vacant and the steps taken by the Government to fill these vacancies?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

- (a)      No Sir. 23.70 % posts of Gramin Dak Sewaks are lying vacant.
- (b) & (c) The details  are  furnished  in  the Annexure. The  vacant  posts  are  filled  through engagement process, transfer, compassionate engagement etc. Engagement of GDS is a continuous process. In respect of 1799 posts, engagement exercise is underway.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) and Part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 498 for 20.07.2022 regarding Gramin Dak Sevak posts.

|   Sl No | Name of the District   |   No. of Vacant GDS posts |   Time since these posts are lying vacant |   Year wise break-up of vacant posts |
|---------|------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|       1 | Adilabad               |                        40 |                                      2018 |                                   01 |
|       1 | Adilabad               |                        40 |                                      2019 |                                   01 |
|       1 | Adilabad               |                        40 |                                      2020 |                                   03 |
|       1 | Adilabad               |                        40 |                                      2021 |                                   09 |
|       1 | Adilabad               |                        40 |                                      2022 |                                   26 |
|       2 | Nirmal                 |                        37 |                                      2014 |                                   01 |
|       2 | Nirmal                 |                        37 |                                      2018 |                                   02 |
|       2 | Nirmal                 |                        37 |                                      2019 |                                   03 |
|       2 | Nirmal                 |                        37 |                                      2020 |                                   02 |
|       2 | Nirmal                 |                        37 |                                      2021 |                                   09 |
|       2 | Nirmal                 |                        37 |                                      2022 |                                   20 |
|       3 | Mancherial             |                        51 |                                      2017 |                                   01 |
|       3 | Mancherial             |                        51 |                                      2018 |                                   03 |
|       3 | Mancherial             |                        51 |                                      2019 |                                   01 |
|       3 | Mancherial             |                        51 |                                      2020 |                                   15 |
|       3 | Mancherial             |                        51 |                                      2021 |                                   13 |
|       3 | Mancherial             |                        51 |                                      2022 |                                   18 |
|       4 | Komarambheem Asifabad  |                        50 |                                      2019 |                                   03 |
|       4 | Komarambheem Asifabad  |                        50 |                                      2020 |                                   05 |
|       4 | Komarambheem Asifabad  |                        50 |                                      2021 |                                   11 |
|       4 | Komarambheem Asifabad  |                        50 |                                      2022 |                                   31 |
|       5 | Hanamakonda            |                        38 |                                      2018 |                                   04 |
|       5 | Hanamakonda            |                        38 |                                      2019 |                                   06 |
|       5 | Hanamakonda            |                        38 |                                      2020 |                                   03 |
|       5 | Hanamakonda            |                        38 |                                      2021 |                                   11 |
|       5 | Hanamakonda            |                        38 |                                      2022 |                                   14 |
|       6 | Warangal               |                        95 |                                      2016 |                                   01 |
|       6 | Warangal               |                        95 |                                      2020 |                                   11 |
|       6 | Warangal               |                        95 |                                      2021 |                                   16 |
|       6 | Warangal               |                        95 |                                      2022 |                                   67 |

|   7 | Mulugu      |   37 |   2012 |   01 |
|-----|-------------|------|--------|------|
|   7 | Mulugu      |   37 |   2017 |   02 |
|   7 | Mulugu      |   37 |   2018 |   01 |
|   7 | Mulugu      |   37 |   2019 |   05 |
|   7 | Mulugu      |   37 |   2020 |   06 |
|   7 | Mulugu      |   37 |   2021 |   05 |
|   7 | Mulugu      |   37 |   2022 |   17 |
|   8 | Jayashankar |   71 |   2019 |   02 |
|   8 | Jayashankar |   71 |   2020 |   14 |
|   8 | Jayashankar |   71 |   2021 |   13 |
|   8 | Jayashankar |   71 |   2022 |   42 |
|   9 | Jangaon     |   53 |   1999 |   01 |
|   9 | Jangaon     |   53 |   2017 |   01 |
|   9 | Jangaon     |   53 |   2018 |   02 |
|   9 | Jangaon     |   53 |   2019 |   03 |
|   9 | Jangaon     |   53 |   2020 |   12 |
|   9 | Jangaon     |   53 |   2021 |   13 |
|   9 | Jangaon     |   53 |   2022 |   21 |
|  10 | Siddipet    |   73 |   2018 |   01 |
|  10 | Siddipet    |   73 |   2019 |   03 |
|  10 | Siddipet    |   73 |   2020 |   12 |
|  10 | Siddipet    |   73 |   2021 |   15 |
|  10 | Siddipet    |   73 |   2022 |   42 |
|  11 | Karimnagar  |   31 |   2018 |   01 |
|  11 | Karimnagar  |   31 |   2020 |   02 |
|  11 | Karimnagar  |   31 |   2021 |   15 |
|  11 | Karimnagar  |   31 |   2022 |   13 |
|  12 | Siricilla   |   26 |   2020 |   05 |
|  12 | Siricilla   |   26 |   2021 |   10 |
|  12 | Siricilla   |   26 |   2022 |   11 |
|  13 | Jagital     |   54 |   2020 |   16 |
|  13 | Jagital     |   54 |   2021 |   16 |
|  13 | Jagital     |   54 |   2022 |   22 |
|  14 | Khammam     |  242 |   2020 |   34 |
|  14 | Khammam     |  242 |   2021 |   55 |
|  14 | Khammam     |  242 |   2022 |  153 |

|   15 | Bhadradri Kothagudem   |   284 |   2020 |   32 |
|------|------------------------|-------|--------|------|
|   15 | Bhadradri Kothagudem   |   284 |   2021 |   34 |
|   15 | Bhadradri Kothagudem   |   284 |   2022 |  218 |
|   16 | Mahabubnagar           |    63 |   2014 |   01 |
|   16 | Mahabubnagar           |    63 |   2019 |   08 |
|   16 | Mahabubnagar           |    63 |   2020 |   09 |
|   16 | Mahabubnagar           |    63 |   2021 |   15 |
|   16 | Mahabubnagar           |    63 |   2022 |   30 |
|   17 | Narayanpet             |    42 |   2019 |   06 |
|   17 | Narayanpet             |    42 |   2020 |   11 |
|   17 | Narayanpet             |    42 |   2021 |   12 |
|   17 | Narayanpet             |    42 |   2022 |   13 |
|   18 | Gadwal                 |    27 |   2019 |   05 |
|   18 | Gadwal                 |    27 |   2020 |   05 |
|   18 | Gadwal                 |    27 |   2021 |   03 |
|   18 | Gadwal                 |    27 |   2022 |   14 |
|   19 | Vikarabad              |    99 |   2019 |   03 |
|   19 | Vikarabad              |    99 |   2020 |   22 |
|   19 | Vikarabad              |    99 |   2021 |   08 |
|   19 | Vikarabad              |    99 |   2022 |   66 |
|   20 | Wanaparthy             |    25 |   2019 |   02 |
|   20 | Wanaparthy             |    25 |   2020 |   09 |
|   20 | Wanaparthy             |    25 |   2021 |   05 |
|   20 | Wanaparthy             |    25 |   2022 |   09 |
|   21 | Nalgonda               |   100 |   2019 |   02 |
|   21 | Nalgonda               |   100 |   2020 |   24 |
|   21 | Nalgonda               |   100 |   2021 |   17 |
|   21 | Nalgonda               |   100 |   2022 |   57 |
|   22 | Bhongir                |    59 |   2020 |   17 |
|   22 | Bhongir                |    59 |   2021 |   09 |
|   22 | Bhongir                |    59 |   2022 |   33 |
|   23 | Nizamabad              |    44 |   2018 |   02 |
|   23 | Nizamabad              |    44 |   2019 |   03 |
|   23 | Nizamabad              |    44 |   2020 |   05 |
|   23 | Nizamabad              |    44 |   2021 |   09 |
|   23 | Nizamabad              |    44 |   2022 |   25 |

| 24          | Kamareddy    |   29 | 2018   |   02 |
|-------------|--------------|------|--------|------|
| 24          | Kamareddy    |   29 | 2019   |   03 |
| 24          | Kamareddy    |   29 | 2020   |   06 |
| 24          | Kamareddy    |   29 | 2021   |   09 |
| 24          | Kamareddy    |   29 | 2022   |   09 |
| 25          | Peddapalli   |   67 | 2018   |   01 |
| 25          | Peddapalli   |   67 | 2019   |   01 |
| 25          | Peddapalli   |   67 | 2020   |   15 |
| 25          | Peddapalli   |   67 | 2021   |   13 |
| 25          | Peddapalli   |   67 | 2022   |   37 |
| 26          | Suryapet     |   80 | 2018   |   03 |
| 26          | Suryapet     |   80 | 2019   |   07 |
| 26          | Suryapet     |   80 | 2020   |   15 |
| 26          | Suryapet     |   80 | 2021   |   02 |
| 26          | Suryapet     |   80 | 2022   |   53 |
| 27          | Nagarkurnool |   37 | 2014   |   01 |
| 27          | Nagarkurnool |   37 | 2017   |   01 |
| 27          | Nagarkurnool |   37 | 2019   |   01 |
| 27          | Nagarkurnool |   37 | 2020   |   09 |
| 27          | Nagarkurnool |   37 | 2021   |   11 |
| 27          | Nagarkurnool |   37 | 2022   |   14 |
| 28          | Ranga Reddy  |  168 | 2019   |   01 |
| 28          | Ranga Reddy  |  168 | 2020   |   16 |
| 28          | Ranga Reddy  |  168 | 2021   |   15 |
| 28          | Ranga Reddy  |  168 | 2022   |  136 |
| 29          | Mahabubabad  |   62 | 2020   |   15 |
| 29          | Mahabubabad  |   62 | 2021   |   16 |
| 29          | Mahabubabad  |   62 | 2022   |   31 |
| 30          | Hyderabad    |  164 | 2020   |   62 |
| 30          | Hyderabad    |  164 | 2022   |  102 |
| 31          | Medchal      |  112 | 2020   |   42 |
| 31          | Medchal      |  112 | 2022   |   70 |
| 32          | Medak        |   78 | 2020   |   29 |
| 32          | Medak        |   78 | 2022   |   49 |
| 33          | Sangareddy   |   54 | 2020   |   19 |
| 33          | Sangareddy   |   54 | 2022   |   35 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total  | 2492 |        | 2492 |

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