Lok Sabha Question No. 2887 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-12
Subject: Brahmaputra Board
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2887

ANSWERED ON 12.12.2024

## BRAHMAPUTRA BOARD

## 2887.   SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the number of vacancies and total number of positions among the technical staff of the Brahmaputra Board during the last five years and the current year;

(b)  the  details  of  the  percentage  of  technical  staff  of  the  Brahmaputra  Board  who  were  natives  of  the North-Eastern Region during the last ten years;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  review  of  the  recruitment  policy  of  the  Brahmaputra Board and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether there is any plan to transfer the North Eastern Hydraulic and Allied Research Institute (NEHARI) to North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM) and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) & (b) The details of the number of vacancies and total number of positions among the technical staff of the Brahmaputra Board during the last five years and the current year; and the details of the percentage of technical staff of the Brahmaputra Board who were natives of the North- Eastern during the last ten years are given in Annexure.

(c) No.  However,  the  Recruitment  Rules  pertaining  to  various  post  of  Brahmaputra  Board  have  been updated and amended as required.

(d) There is no such proposal.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2887  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  12.12.2024  REGARDING  'BRAHMAPUTRA BOARD'.

The  details  of  the  number  of  vacancies  and  total  number  of  positions  among  the technical staff of the Brahmaputra Board during the last five years and the current year are as under:

|   YEAR |   SANCTIONED STRENGTH |   VACANT |   IN POSITION |
|--------|-----------------------|----------|---------------|
|   2019 |                   182 |       59 |           123 |
|   2020 |                   182 |       66 |           116 |
|   2021 |                   182 |       81 |           101 |
|   2022 |                   182 |       82 |           100 |
|   2023 |                   182 |       85 |            97 |
|   2024 |                   182 |       65 |           117 |

The details  of  the  percentage  of  technical  staff  of  the  Brahmaputra  Board  who  were natives of the North East during the last ten years are as under:

|   Year |   Sanctioned Strength |   In Position |   Native To North East Region. | Percentage Of Natives To North East Region w.r.t. In Position   |
|--------|-----------------------|---------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2014 |                   246 |           193 |                            184 | 95%                                                             |
|   2015 |                   246 |           217 |                            212 | 97%                                                             |
|   2016 |                   246 |           198 |                            193 | 97%                                                             |
|   2017 |                   246 |           179 |                            174 | 97%                                                             |
|   2018 |                   246 |           148 |                            143 | 97%                                                             |
|   2019 |                   182 |           123 |                            118 | 96%                                                             |
|   2020 |                   182 |           116 |                            111 | 96%                                                             |
|   2021 |                   182 |           101 |                             97 | 96%                                                             |
|   2022 |                   182 |           100 |                             96 | 96%                                                             |
|   2023 |                   182 |            97 |                             88 | 90%                                                             |

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