Lok Sabha Question No. 3496 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-21
Subject: Recruitments in AIIMS
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Adv Priya Saroj

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3496 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST MARCH, 2025

## RECRUITMENT IN AIIMS

## 3496. ADVPRIYASAROJ:

## Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of department wise regular posts, total number of new created posts and categorywise (UR, SEBC, SC, ST) recruitment made for Senior Residents (SRs), Junior Residents (JRs) and Research Associates (RAs) during the last 20 years in AIIMS, New Delhi on the basis of tenure;
- (b) the number of SRs/JRs/Research Associates of General Category who are working on contract basis or otherwise against the posts meant for SEBC/SC/ST category-wise and department-wise along with their tenure indicating month, year and with and without break; and
- (c) the percentage of such employees as mentioned in comparison to the total sanctioned strength in AIIMS, New Delhi, category-wise and department-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a): The posts of Senior Residents (SR) and Junior Residents (JR) are tenure posts and creation of new posts and admission / recruitment against vacant posts is a continuous process. The categorywise current status of Junior Residents (JR) and Senior Residents (SR) in AIIMS, New Delhi is as under:

| Junior Residents   |   Sanctioned strength |   In position |   Vacant |
|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|----------|
| Academic           |                  1106 |           975 |      131 |
| Non Academic       |                   241 |           189 |       52 |

| Junior Resident   | In position   | In position   | In position   | In position   | In position   | In position   |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|                   | UR            | SC            | ST            | OBC           | EWS           | Total         |
| Academic          | 440           | 131           | 57            | 259           | 88            | 975           |
| Non-Academic      | 92            | 20            | 09            | 49            | 19            | 189           |

## Senior Residents Academic (D.M/ M.Ch)

|   Sanctioned strength |   In position |   Vacant |
|-----------------------|---------------|----------|
|                   718 |           615 |      103 |

There is no reservation for Senior Residents Academic.

| Senior                   | Advertised   | Advertised   | Advertised   | Advertised   | Advertised   | Advertised   | Filled   | Filled   | Filled   | Filled   | Filled   | Filled   |
|--------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| Resident (Non-Ac ademic) | UR           | SC           | ST           | OBC          | E W S        | Total        | UR       | S C      | S T      | OB C     | EW S     | Tota l   |
| 2023                     | 323          | 199          | 90           | 277          | 52           | 941          | 295      | 65       | 27       | 98       | 19       | 504      |
| 2024                     | 288          | 186          | 84           | 283          | 46           | 887          | 249      | 58       | 22       | 89       | 22       | 440      |
| 2025                     | 130          | 89           | 41           | 132          | 27           | 419          | 101      | 33       | 9        | 38       | 9        | 185      |

(b) and (c): There is no regular post of Research Associate in the Institute. The Research Associates are engaged for specific research projects on a fixed term basis as the project requirement.

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