Lok Sabha Question No. 2935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Vacant Posts in Ministry of Communications
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Smt. Rachna Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2935 ANSWERED ON 17 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## VACANT POSTS IN MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS

## 2935.   SMT. RACHNA BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of sanctioned posts in position and the number of vacancies including in reserved posts across categories in the Ministry of Communications;

(b) the details of the number of vacancies in the Ministry and Department including reserved posts since 2014, year and category-wise; and

(c) the details of the number of contractual employees hired since 2014, year and category-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)

(a) There are 2,58,362 sanctioned posts under the Ministry of Communications, out of which 2,01,932 posts are filled up and 54,649 posts are vacant, including reserved posts across categories.

(b) The  details  of  number  of  vacancies  in  the  Ministry  and  its  Departments, including  reserved  posts  since  2014,  year-wise  and  category-wise,  is  attached  as Annexure A .

(c) Contractual labours in the Ministry of Communications are engaged through open tenders from private vendors (through Government e-Marketplace i.e. GeM) as per  requirements.  Category-wise  reservation  is  not  applicable  to  such  contractual labours. The details of number of contractual labours hired since 2014, year-wise are attached as Annexure-B.

## Annexure-A

(b) Details of the number of vacancies in the Ministry and Department including reserved posts since 2014, year and category wise

|      |      | Department of Posts   | Department of Posts   | Department of Posts   | Department of Posts   | Department of Posts   | Department of Posts   |
|------|------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| S.N. | Year | UR                    | OBC                   | SC                    | ST                    | EWS                   | Total                 |
| 1    | 2014 | 11024                 | 2767                  | 2354                  | 1549                  | 0                     | 17694                 |
| 2    | 2015 | 10098                 | 2468                  | 2452                  | 1297                  | 0                     | 16315                 |
| 3    | 2016 | 10656                 | 2268                  | 2536                  | 1370                  | 0                     | 16830                 |
| 4    | 2017 | 11208                 | 2496                  | 2680                  | 1454                  | 0                     | 17838                 |
| 5    | 2018 | 10173                 | 2058                  | 2689                  | 1305                  | 0                     | 16225                 |
| 6    | 2019 | 11971                 | 2554                  | 3206                  | 1527                  | 1189                  | 20447                 |
| 7    | 2020 | 11253                 | 2448                  | 3283                  | 1451                  | 1384                  | 19819                 |
| 8    | 2021 | 11794                 | 2607                  | 3306                  | 1485                  | 1489                  | 20681                 |
| 9    | 2022 | 26768                 | 7121                  | 7378                  | 3598                  | 3388                  | 48253                 |
| 10   | 2023 | 12124                 | 2831                  | 3502                  | 1517                  | 1249                  | 21223                 |
| 11   | 2024 | 15944                 | 4388                  | 4481                  | 2138                  | 1860                  | 28811                 |
| 12   | 2025 | 21520                 | 14346                 | 7970                  | 3984                  | 5313                  | 53133                 |

|      |      | Department of Telecommunications   | Department of Telecommunications   | Department of Telecommunications   | Department of Telecommunications   | Department of Telecommunications   | Department of Telecommunications   |
|------|------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| S.N. | Year | UR                                 | OBC                                | SC                                 | ST                                 | EWS                                | Total                              |
| 1    | 2014 | 656                                | 151                                | 117                                | 62                                 | -                                  | 986                                |
| 2    | 2015 | 705                                | 131                                | 125                                | 67                                 | -                                  | 1028                               |
| 3    | 2016 | 669                                | 133                                | 136                                | 76                                 | -                                  | 1014                               |
| 4    | 2017 | 1405                               | 122                                | 299                                | 182                                | -                                  | 2008                               |
| 5    | 2018 | 651                                | 107                                | 146                                | 99                                 | -                                  | 1003                               |
| 6    | 2019 | 712                                | 115                                | 170                                | 89                                 | 41                                 | 1127                               |
| 7    | 2020 | 730                                | 130                                | 162                                | 89                                 | 63                                 | 1174                               |
| 8    | 2021 | 656                                | 98                                 | 142                                | 80                                 | 48                                 | 1024                               |
| 9    | 2022 | 1070                               | 108                                | 215                                | 113                                | 41                                 | 1547                               |
| 10   | 2023 | 578                                | 97                                 | 103                                | 53                                 | 37                                 | 868                                |
| 11   | 2024 | 484                                | 100                                | 108                                | 53                                 | 39                                 | 784                                |
| 12   | 2025 | 614                                | 409                                | 227                                | 114                                | 152                                | 1516                               |

|      |      | Ministry of Communications (including both i.e. Department of Posts and Department of Telecommunications   | Ministry of Communications (including both i.e. Department of Posts and Department of Telecommunications   | Ministry of Communications (including both i.e. Department of Posts and Department of Telecommunications   | Ministry of Communications (including both i.e. Department of Posts and Department of Telecommunications   | Ministry of Communications (including both i.e. Department of Posts and Department of Telecommunications   | Ministry of Communications (including both i.e. Department of Posts and Department of Telecommunications   |
|------|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.N. | Year | UR                                                                                                         | OBC                                                                                                        | SC                                                                                                         | ST                                                                                                         | EWS                                                                                                        | Total                                                                                                      |
| 1    | 2014 | 11680                                                                                                      | 2918                                                                                                       | 2471                                                                                                       | 1611                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                          | 18680                                                                                                      |
| 2    | 2015 | 10803                                                                                                      | 2599                                                                                                       | 2577                                                                                                       | 1364                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                          | 17343                                                                                                      |
| 3    | 2016 | 11325                                                                                                      | 2401                                                                                                       | 2672                                                                                                       | 1446                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                          | 17844                                                                                                      |
| 4    | 2017 | 12613                                                                                                      | 2618                                                                                                       | 2979                                                                                                       | 1636                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                          | 19846                                                                                                      |
| 5    | 2018 | 10824                                                                                                      | 2165                                                                                                       | 2835                                                                                                       | 1404                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                          | 17228                                                                                                      |
| 6    | 2019 | 12683                                                                                                      | 2669                                                                                                       | 3376                                                                                                       | 1616                                                                                                       | 1230                                                                                                       | 21574                                                                                                      |
| 7    | 2020 | 11983                                                                                                      | 2578                                                                                                       | 3445                                                                                                       | 1540                                                                                                       | 1447                                                                                                       | 20993                                                                                                      |
| 8    | 2021 | 12450                                                                                                      | 2705                                                                                                       | 3448                                                                                                       | 1565                                                                                                       | 1537                                                                                                       | 21705                                                                                                      |
| 9    | 2022 | 27838                                                                                                      | 7229                                                                                                       | 7593                                                                                                       | 3711                                                                                                       | 3429                                                                                                       | 49800                                                                                                      |
| 10   | 2023 | 12702                                                                                                      | 2928                                                                                                       | 3605                                                                                                       | 1570                                                                                                       | 1286                                                                                                       | 22091                                                                                                      |
| 11   | 2024 | 16428                                                                                                      | 4488                                                                                                       | 4589                                                                                                       | 2191                                                                                                       | 1899                                                                                                       | 29595                                                                                                      |
| 12   | 2025 | 22134                                                                                                      | 14755                                                                                                      | 8197                                                                                                       | 4098                                                                                                       | 5465                                                                                                       | 54649                                                                                                      |

## Annexure-B

- (c) The details of contractual labours hired in the Department of Posts only in the Ministry of Communications are as under, as in the Department of Telecommunications no contractual labours has been engaged since 2014:

| S.N.   | Year   |   Number of contractual labours hired in Ministry of Communications |
|--------|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | 2014   |                                                                 278 |
| 2      | 2015   |                                                                 298 |
| 3      | 2016   |                                                                 348 |
| 4      | 2017   |                                                                 235 |
| 5      | 2018   |                                                                 303 |
| 6      | 2019   |                                                                 323 |
| 7      | 2020   |                                                                 334 |
| 8      | 2021   |                                                                 388 |
| 9      | 2022   |                                                                 443 |
| 10     | 2023   |                                                                 540 |
| 11     | 2024   |                                                                 617 |
| 12     | 2025   |                                                                 425 |
| Total  | Total  |                                                                4532 |

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