Lok Sabha Question No. 1697 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Vacant Posts
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1697

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## VACANT POSTS

## 1697.  SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  data  of  vacant  positions  to  be  filled  in  National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, State-wise, across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has any road map to fill the vacant positions in National and State Disputes Redressal Commissions, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has data on the number of cases received, number of cases resolved and number of cases pending by consumers across India from the year 2015 to 2021, State-wise and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has done any performance based evaluation of the Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in the recent past, if so, the details thereof and if not, is there any plan to conduct in the near future?

## ANSWER

## miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k jkT; ea=h (श्री अश्विनी क ु मार चौबे)

## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (d) : Yes Sir. The data of vacant positions to be filled in National Consumer Disputes Redressal  Commission  (NCDRC)  and  State  Consumer  Disputes  Redressal  Commission (SCDRC),  State-wise,  across  the  country  as  available  with  NCDRC  is  given  in  the Annexure-I .

Filling up of vacancies in the NCDRC and SCDRCs is an ongoing process. Central and  State  Governments  adopt  due  process  to  fill  up  the  vacant  positions.  The  data  on  the number  of  cases  received,  resolved  and  pending  in  Consumer  Commissions  across  the country from the year 2015 to 2021, State-wise is as per Annexure-II .

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1697 FOR 08.12.2021 REGARDING VACANT POSTS.

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| National Commission   |   President |   Member |
|-----------------------|-------------|----------|
| National Commission   |           0 |        3 |

## State Commissions

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/ UT   |   President |    |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------|----|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |           0 |  4 |
| 2         | A &NIslands         |           0 |  0 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   |           1 |  0 |
| 4         | Assam               |           0 |  0 |
| 5         | Bihar               |           0 |  1 |
| 6         | Chandigarh          |           0 |  2 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh        |           0 |  0 |
| 8         | Daman &Diu and DNH  |           1 |  2 |
| 9         | Delhi               |           0 |  0 |
| 10        | Goa                 |           1 |  1 |
| 11        | Gujarat             |           0 |  3 |
| 12        | Haryana             |           0 |  2 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh    |           1 |  0 |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir      |           0 |  0 |
| 15        | Jharkhand           |           1 |  1 |
| 16        | Karnataka           |           0 |  0 |
| 17        | Kerala              |           0 |  0 |
| 18        | Lakshadweep         |           0 |  1 |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh      |           0 |  3 |
| 20        | Maharashtra         |           1 |  7 |
| 21        | Manipur             |           1 |  2 |
| 22        | Meghalaya           |           0 |  0 |
| 23        | Mizoram             |           0 |  1 |
| 24        | Nagaland            |           1 |  0 |
| 25        | Odisha              |           0 |  4 |
| 26        | Puducherry          |           0 |  4 |
| 27        | Punjab              |           0 |  1 |
| 28        | Rajasthan           |           0 |  1 |
| 29        | Sikkim              |           0 |  0 |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu          |           0 |  2 |
| 31        | Telangana           |           0 |  3 |
| 32        | Tripura             |           1 |  0 |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh       |           0 |  0 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand         |           0 |  4 |
| 35        | West Bengal         |           0 |  2 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL               |           9 | 51 |

ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1697 FOR 08.12.2021 REGARDING VACANT POSTS.

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| Sl.   | Name of           | 2015        | 2015     | 2016          | 2016     | 2016    | 2017        | 2017        | 2018    | 2018   | 2018     | 2019    | 2019    | 2019     | 2020    | 2020    | 2020     | 2020     | 2021    | 2021    | 2021     | 2021    | 2021    |
|-------|-------------------|-------------|----------|---------------|----------|---------|-------------|-------------|---------|--------|----------|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------|----------|----------|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------|
| No.   | Commission        | Filed       | Disposed | Pending Filed | Disposed | Pending | Filed       | Disposed    | Pending | Filed  | Disposed | Pending | Filed   | Disposed | Pending | Filed   | Disposed | Pending  | Filed   |         | Disposed | Pending | Pending |
| 1     | Andaman Nicobar   | 6           | 6 -      | 4             | 4        | -       | 4           | 3           | 1       | 2      | 2        | -       | 8       | 1        | 7       | 2       | -        | 2        | 1       | -       |          | 1       | 1       |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh    | 577         | 552      | 25 683        | 655      | 28      | 572         | 474         | 98      | 739    | 422      | 317     | 540     | 214      | 326     | 100     | 33       | 67       | 43      | 8       |          | 35      | 35      |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh | 9           | 7        | 2 17          | 9        | 8       | 4           | -           | 4       | 11     | 3        | 8       | 3       | 1        | 2       |         | -        |          | - -     |         | -        | -       | -       |
| 4     | Assam             | 77          | 14       | 63 103        | 20       | 83      | 119         | 23          | 96      | 127    | 21       | 106     | 72      | 9        | 63      | 13      | 1        | 12       |         |         |          |         |         |
| 5     | Bihar             | 475         | 33       | 442 453       | 55       | 398     | 366         | 36          | 330     | 304    | 12       | 292     | 120     | 3        | 117     | 60      |          | 1        | 59 18   |         | -        | 18      | 18      |
| 6     | Chandigarh        | 730         | 730      | - 1,382       | 1,381    | 1       | 1,236       | 1,228       | 8       | 887    | 869      | 18      | 646     | 540      | 106     | 303     | 213      | 90       | 139     |         | 35       | 104     | 104     |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh      | 744         | 744      | -             | 903 903  |         | -           | 1,096 1,094 | 2       | 1,190  | 1,128    | 62      | 1,089   | 965      | 124     |         | 386      | 306 80   | 170     |         | 71       | 99      | 99      |
| 8     | Delhi             | 2,049       | 1,461    | 588 2,531     | 1,583    | 948     | 2,965       | 1,583       | 1,382   | 2,357  | 909      | 1,448   | 1,864   | 615      | 1,249   | 472     | 76       | 396      | 272     |         | 32       | 240     | 240     |
| 9     | Goa               | 132         | 132      | - 172         | 170      | 2       | 238         | 226         | 12      | 194    | 148      | 46      | 128     | 48       | 80      | 44      | 13       | 31       |         | 46      | 2        | 44      | 44      |
| 10    | Gujarat           | 1,489       | 1,077    | 412 994       | 481      | 513     | 1,046       | 522         | 524     | 1,297  | 627      | 670     | 1,143   | 286      | 857     |         | 826      | 154 672  | 706     |         | 123      | 583     | 583     |
| 11    | Haryana           | 1,417       | 1,417    | - 1,876       | 1,871    | 5       | 2,620       | 1,790       | 830     | 2,236  | 806      | 1,430   | 1,624   | 383      | 1,241   | 659     |          | 119      | 540 436 |         | 53       | 383     | 383     |
| 12    | Himachal Pradesh  | 339         | 338      | 1 472         | 470      | 2       | 414         | 409         | 5       | 459    | 400      | 59      | 536     | 258      | 278     |         | 195      | 38       | 157     | 100     | 4        | 96      | 96      |
| 13    | Jammu and Kashmir | 147         | 28       | 119 112       | 17       | 95      | 54          | 5           | 49      | 71     | 6        | 65      | 25      | -        | 25      |         | -        | -        | -       |         | -        |         | -       |
| 14    | Jharkhand         | 205         | 84       | 121 252       | 43       | 209     |             | 57          | 296     | 332    | 34       | 298     | 140     | 11       | 129     | 37      |          | -        | 37      |         |          |         |         |
| 15    | Karnataka         | 615         | 73       | 542 1,058     | 114      | 944     | 353 2,235   | 177         | 2,058   | 1,876  | 125      | 1,751   | 2,003   | 176      | 1,827   | 1,298   | 329      | 969      |         | 1,125   | 308      | 817     | 817     |
| 16    | Kerala            | 1,223       | 930      | 293 1,092     | 592      | 500     | 1,185       | 381         | 804     | 990    | 304      | 686     | 616     | 97       | 519     | 342     | 42       |          | 300     | 388     | 32       | 356     | 356     |
| 17    | Lakshadweep       | 1           | -        | 1             | -        |         | -           | - -         | -       | 1      | -        | 1       |         | -        |         | - -     | -        |          | -       | -       |          | -       | -       |
| 18    | Madhya Pradesh    | 2,181       | 976      | 1,205 2,463   | 888      | 1,575   | 2,520       | 831         | 1,689   | 830    | 223      | 607     | 2,831   | 468      | 2,363   | 942     | 155      | 787      |         | 577     | 51       | 526     | 526     |
| 19    | Maharashtra       | 2,704 1,202 |          | 1,502 4,747   | 2,854    |         | 1,893 3,485 | 983         | 2,502   | 2,546  | 626      | 1,920   | 2,831   | 382      | 2,449   |         | 1,108    | 77 1,031 | 828     |         | 69       | 759     | 759     |
| 20    | Manipur           | 4           | 4        | - 28          | 15       | 13      | 11          | 9           | 2       | 14     | 7        | 7       | 10      | 2        | 8       | 5       | -        |          | 5       | 3       | -        | 3       | 3       |
| 21    | Meghalaya         | 4           | 3        | 1 2           |          | 2 -     | 4           | 4           | -       | 3      | 3        | -       |         | -        | -       | -       |          | -        | -       | -       | -        | -       | -       |
| 22    | Mizoram           | 6           | 5        | 1             | 6        | 4 2     | 8           | 6           | 2       | 11     | 2        | 9       | 3       | -        | 3       | 2       | 1        |          | 1       | 1       | -        | 1       | 1       |
| 23    | Nagaland          | 5           | -        | 5 3           |          | 1 2     | -           | -           | -       | 10     | 8        | 2       | 6       | -        | 6       | 1       | -        |          |         | 1       | 1        | -       | 1       |
| 24    | Orissa            | 819         | 294      | 525 783       | 199      | 584     | 960         | 282         | 678     | 700    | 208      | 492     | 544     | 210      | 334     | 285     | 99       |          |         | 186 323 | 65       |         | 258     |
| 25    | Pondicherry       | 43          | 35       | 8 42          | 38       | 4       | 41          | 23          | 18      | 17     | 4        | 13      | 8       | -        | 8       | 6       | -        |          | 6       |         |          |         |         |
| 26    | Punjab            | 1,678       | 1,677    | 1 1,474       | 1,474    | -       | 2,072       | 2,071       | 1       | 1,817  | 1,809    | 8       | 1,874   | 1,691    | 183 608 | 524     |          |          | 535     | 84      |          | 190 345 | 190 345 |
| 27    | Rajasthan         | 1,749       | 1,744    | 5 1,814       | 1,726    | 88      | 1,678       | 1,606       | 72      | 1,355  | 1,275    | 80      |         | 1,446    | 205     | 642 524 |          | 118      | 583     | 196     |          | 387     | 387     |
| 28    | Sikkim            | 8           | 8        | -             | 5        | 5 -     | 4           | 4           | -       | 5      | 5        | -       | 1,651 7 | 6        | 1       | - -     |          | -        |         | 3       | 1        | 2       | 2       |

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| 29              | Tamil Nadu                | 1,026         | 670       | 356       | 737       | 285     | 452      | 573 181   | 392     | 560           | 119     | 441           | 515    | 71      | 444    | 111    | 19      | 92     | 148 4   | 144    |
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| 30              | Tripura                   | 36 36 3,177   | -         | 58        | 58        | - 1,413 | 68 3,096 | 68 1,419  | - 1,677 | 47 47 2,904   | - 2,041 | 52 1,984      | 52 415 | - 1,569 | 16 660 | 16 119 | - 717   | 35     | 25 96   | 10 621 |
| 31 32           | Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | 1,463 311 170 | 1,714 141 | 3,176 301 | 1,763 145 | 156     | 212      | 61        | 151     | 863 331 103   | 228     | 508           | 20     | 488     | 188    | 5      | 541 183 | 206    | 3       | 203    |
| 33              | West Bengal               | 2,053 1,931   | 122       | 2,105     | 1,881     | 224     | 2,615    | 2,011     | 604     | 2,107         | 1,135   | 972 2,085     | 541    | 1,544   | 638    | 47     | 591 196 |        | 20      | 176    |
| 34              | Circuit Bench Amravati    | 88 2          | 86        | 277       | 3         | 274     | 178      | 1         | 177     | 86 -          | 86      | 160           | 2      | 158     | 90     | -      | 90 108  | -      |         | 108    |
| 35              | Circuit Bench Asansol     |               |           | 1         | 1         | -       | 11       | 11        | -       | 40            | 37      | 3 94          | 59     | 35      | 30     | 13     | 17      | 12     | 3       | 9      |
| 36              | Circuit Bench Aurangabad  | 574 92        | 482       | 690       | 41        | 649     | 1,060    | 388       | 672     | 719           | 141 578 | 1,798         | 118    | 1,680   | 607    | 110    | 497     | 1,116  | 25      | 1,091  |
| 37              | Circuit Bench Bikaner     | 194 156       | 38        | 246       | 188       | 58      | 1,024    | 979       | 45      | 146 106       | 40      | 88            | 38     | 50      | 24     | 11     | 13      | 236    | 22      | 214    |
| 38              | Circuit Bench Jodhpur     | 499           | 406       | 93 289    | 211       | 78      | 235      | 149       | 86      | 239 136       | 103     | 141           | 52     | 89      | 54     | 11 43  | 231     |        | 48      | 183    |
| 39              | Circuit Bench Kota        | 132 104       | 28        | 240       | 156       | 84      | 228      | 156       | 72      | 168 53        | 115     | 159           | 42     | 117     | 54     | 15     | 39 136  |        | 9       | 127    |
| 40              | Circuit Bench Madurai     | 231 128       | 103       | 151       | 60        | 91      | 248      | 72        | 176     | 303 84        | 219     | 294           | 94     | 200     | 97     | 10     | 87      | 23     | 10      | 13     |
| 41              | Circuit Bench Nagpur      | 893 566       | 327       | 491       | 344       | 147     | 788      | 433       | 355     | 902 270       | 632     | 859           | 98     | 761     | 345    | 24     | 321     | 313    | 7       | 306    |
| 42              | Circuit Bench Nashik      |               | -         | - -       | -         | -       | 4        | -         | 4       | -             | -       | -             | -      | -       | -      | -      | -       | - -    |         | -      |
| 43 Circuit Pune | Bench                     |               | -         | - -       | -         | -       | 11       | -         | 11      | -             | -       | -             |        | -       | - 1    | -      | 1       | -      | -       | -      |
| 44              | Circuit Bench Siliguri    | 5 5           | -         | 13        | 7         | 6       | 15       | 9         | 6       | 113 83        | 30      | 139           | 86     | 53      | 35     | 15     | 20 43   | 4      |         | 39     |
| 45              | Circuit Bench Udaipur     | 198           | 117       | 81 219    |           | 76 143  | 277      | 79        | 198     | 134 25        | 109     | 63            | 8      | 55      | 26     | 2      | 24 89   |        | -       | 89     |
| 46              | Srinagar Bench            | 181 -         | 181       | 78        | -         | 78      | 114      | -         | 114     | 644 1         | 643     | 147           | 1      | 146     | -      | -      | -       | -      | -       | -      |
| 47              | Telangana                 | 486           | 77        | 631       | 423       | 208     | 918      | 569       | 349     | 1,029 296     | 733     | 1,100         | 179    | 921     | 1,092  | 216    | 876     | 795    | 55      | 740    |
| Total           | 29,597                    | 563 19,906    | 9,691     | 33,174    | 21,216    | 11,958  | 36,965   | 20,413    | 16,552  | 30,853 13,485 |         | 17,368 30,508 | 9,688  | 20,820  | 12,404 | 3,338  | 9,066   | 10,702 | 1,571   | 9,131  |

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