Lok Sabha Question No. 3565 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-11
Subject: Vacancies in CBDT and CBIC
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy

3565. SMT. MALA ROY:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be please to state:

- (a) the sanctioned posts and vacancies in CBDT and CBIC at present along with the postwise details; and
- (b) the reasons for the delay in filling up the vacancies?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

- (a) The Sanctioned Posts and vacancies of CBDT and CBIC are enclosed at Annexure 'A' and 'B' respectively.
- (b) The process of filling up the vacancies is regularly undertaken. The available vacancies are reported to the recruiting agencies i.e., UPSC and SSC in respect of Group `A', Group `B' & Group `C' posts, respectively for CBDT. A total number of 11809 vacancies (For `B'  &  `C'  grades)  to  be  filled  up  through  Direct  Recruitment  (DR)  have  already  been reported to the Staff Selection Commission for the Examination Year, 2025.

For  year  2025,  CBIC  has  reported  1796  vacancies  in  the  grade  of  Inspector,  183 vacancies in Executive Assistant, 771 vacancies in Tax Assistant and 141 vacancies in Stenographer Gr.I/II for recruitment.

Under the Mission Mode Recruitment Plan, a total of 16320 officers in Gr. B cadre and 14346 officers in Gr. C cadre have been recruited in CBIC through Direct Recruitment mode since 2022. A total of 9125 officers in Gr. B cadre and 1378 officers in Gr. C cadre have been recruited through Promotion mode under the Mission Recruitment. The total vacancies  also  include  Promotional  vacancies  that  remain  unfilled  due  to  the  nonavailability of eligible candidates

In  addition,  certain  vacancies  have been reserved under the Compassionate and Sports Quota  appointments.  In  some  cases,  due  to  litigation/stay  granted  by  various  courts, process to conduct DPCs have been delayed.

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Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3565

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2025/SRAVANA 20, 1947 (SAKA)

## VACANCIES IN CBDT AND CBIC

## Sanctioned Post and Vacancies in CBDT

- (i)      Sanctioned and total working strength of Group `A' as per are as under:
- (ii)      Sanctioned and total working strength of Group `B' and Group `C' are as under:

| RANK     |   SANCTIONED STRENGTH |   TOTALWORKING STRENGTH |   VACANCY |
|----------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
| Chairman |                     1 |                       1 |         0 |
| Member   |                     6 |                       5 |         1 |
| PR. CCIT |                    26 |                      25 |        01 |
| CCIT     |                    91 |                      91 |        00 |
| PCIT     |                   300 |                     220 |        80 |
| CIT      |                   635 |                     480 |       155 |
| JC/ADDL. |                  1675 |                    1185 |       490 |
| AC/DC    |                  2294 |                    1751 |       543 |

| RANK                                     | CLASSIFICATION OF THE POST   |   SANCTIONED STRENGTH |   WORKING STRENGTH |   VACANCY |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------|
| ITO                                      | GROUP `B'(GAZETTED)          |                  5942 |               5754 |       188 |
| ADMN. OFFICER-II                         | GROUP `B'(GAZETTED)          |                   428 |                412 |        16 |
| ADMN. OFFICER-III                        | GROUP `B'(GAZETTED)          |                   935 |                885 |        50 |
| SR. PS                                   | GROUP `B'(GAZETTED)          |                   417 |                372 |        45 |
| PS                                       | GROUP `B'(GAZETTED)          |                   634 |                512 |       122 |
| INCOME TAX INSPECTOR                     | GROUP `B'(NON- GAZETTED)     |                 13293 |              12223 |      1070 |
| OFFICE SUPERT. INCLUDING ERSWHILE SR. TA | GROUP `B'(NON- GAZETTED)     |                 15977 |               7040 |      8937 |
| STENO GRD.I                              | GROUP`B'(NON- GAZETTED)      |                  3860 |               1252 |      2608 |
| SR. HINDI TRANSLATOR                     | GROUP`B'(NON- GAZETTED)      |                   119 |                 83 |        36 |
| JR. HINDI TRANSLATOR                     | GROUP`B'(NON- GAZETTED)      |                   119 |                 84 |        35 |
| DPA, GR. B                               | GROUP `B'(GAZETTED)          |                   155 |                  0 |       155 |
| DPA, GR.A                                | GROUP`B'(NON- GAZETTED)      |                   274 |                  0 |       274 |
| Tax Assist.                              | GROUP `C'                    |                 12219 |               8280 |      3939 |
| STENO GRD.II                             | GROUP `C'                    |                  2335 |               1463 |       872 |
| NOTICE SERVER                            | GROUP`C'                     |                  3432 |               2290 |      1142 |
| MTS                                      | GROUP `C'                    |                 11138 |               6514 |      4624 |
| CANTEEN STAFF                            | GROUP `C'                    |                   548 |                186 |       362 |
| OTHER POSTS                              | GROUP `C'                    |                   860 |                313 |       547 |

## TOTAL STRENGTH (MAIN-STREAM) OF CENTRAL GST, CUSTOMS & CUSTOMS (PREV.) COMMISSIONERATES AND DIRECTORATES UNDER C.B.I.C.(AS ON 01.01.2025)

| POSTS               | Total (Excluding SEZ)   | Total (Excluding SEZ)   | Total (Excluding SEZ)   | Remarks   | Special Economic Zone   | Special Economic Zone   |
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|                     | SS                      | WS                      | VP                      |           |                         | VP                      |
| Chairman            | 1                       | 1                       | 0                       |           |                         |                         |
| Member              | 6                       | 6                       | 0                       |           |                         |                         |
| Principal CC (Apex) | 14                      | 14                      | 0                       |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| CC (HAG+)           | 38                      | 32                      | 6                       |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Pr. Commr.          | 99                      | 93                      | 6                       |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Commissioner        | 335                     | 287                     | 48                      |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| ADC/ JC             | 932                     | 827                     | 105                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| DC/ AC              | 4165                    | 2928                    | 1237                    |           | 13                      | 163                     |
| CAO                 | 349                     | 225                     | 124                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| DD(OL)              | 11                      | 6                       | 5                       |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| AD(OL)              | 68                      | 7                       | 61                      |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Supdt. of C. Ex.    | 15526                   | 13970                   | 1556                    |           | 142                     | 173                     |
| Supdt. Cus. (P)     | 2388                    | 2026                    | 362                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Appraiser           | 1194                    | 1042                    | 152                     |           | 0                       | 367                     |
| Inspector of C. Ex. | 20638                   | 13355                   | 7283                    |           | 35                      | 1014                    |
| Prev. Officer       | 2970                    | 1706                    | 1264                    |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Examiner            | 1595                    | 1004                    | 591                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| AO                  | 1600                    | 574                     | 1026                    |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Sr. PS              | 152                     | 108                     | 44                      |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| PS                  | 340                     | 63                      | 277                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Steno-I             | 932                     | 434                     | 498                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Executive Assistant | 4850                    | 2880                    | 1970                    |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| ST                  | 79                      | 75                      | 4                       |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| JT                  | 158                     | 111                     | 47                      |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Asst. Programmer    | 5                       | 0                       | 5                       |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Driver Spl. Grade   | 69                      | 59                      | 10                      |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Steno-II            | 801                     | 556                     | 245                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Tax Assistant       | 6432                    | 3188                    | 3244                    |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| LDC                 | 1917                    | 373                     | 1544                    |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Driver Grade-I      | 485                     | 290                     | 195                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Driver Grade-II     | 416                     | 61                      | 355                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Driver Grade-III    | 415                     | 14                      | 401                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Head Hawaldar       | 6500                    | 2932                    | 3568                    |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Hawaldar            | 8690                    | 2095                    | 6595                    |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| ASI (Weapons)       | 52                      | 27                      | 25                      |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| Lady Searcher       | 12                      | 0                       | 12                      |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| ASI (Dog Handler)   | 5                       | 8                       | -3                      |           | 0                       | 0                       |
| MTS                 | 634                     | 374                     | 260                     |           | 0                       | 0                       |