Lok Sabha Question No. 2938 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Vacancies in DoNER Ministry
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: Smt. June Maliah

## Government of India

## Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

## Unstarred Question No. 2938

To be answered on

Wednesday, December 17, 2025/Agrahayana 26, 1947 (Saka)

## QUESTION Vacancies in DoNER Ministry

2938.  Smt. June Maliah:

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state:

- (a)    the total number of sanctioned posts in position and the number of vacancies including reserved posts across categories in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER);
- (b)    the details of total number of vacancies in the Ministry including reserved posts since 2014 year and category-wise; and
- (c)    the details of the number of contractual employees hired since 2014 year and categorywise?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Sukanta Majumdar]

(a) and (b) The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) is the cadre controlling authority for the post of  Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) and Staff Car Driver (SCD) only. For the other posts, the respective cadre controlling Authorities, i.e, Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Department  of  Economic  Affairs  (DEA),  Department  of  Official  Language  (DOL)  etc. maintain the reservation roster and category wise incumbency / vacancy details. The detailed sanctioned strength and vacancy position in respect of this Ministry is given at Annexure-A. The year-wise and category-wise details of vacancy of MDoNER in respect of the posts of MTS and SCD are given at Annexure-B.

- (c) This Ministry hire Service Providers / Human Resource Agencies, following the GFR, 2017 norms; and required number of contractual staff are provided by the agencies to this Ministry  on  need  basis.  Therefore,  the  category  wise  details  are  not  available  with  this Ministry. The year wise details of the contractual staff provided to this Ministry are given at Annexure-C.

Annexure-A Details of vacancy in Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

|   Year | Group   |   Sanctioned Strength |   In position |   Vacant |
|--------|---------|-----------------------|---------------|----------|
|   2014 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            31 |        6 |
|   2014 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            34 |       20 |
|   2014 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            22 |        6 |
|   2014 | Total   |                   119 |            87 |       32 |
|   2015 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            29 |        8 |
|   2015 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            36 |       18 |
|   2015 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            20 |        8 |
|   2015 | Total   |                   119 |            85 |       34 |
|   2016 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            28 |        9 |
|   2016 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            41 |       13 |
|   2016 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            19 |        9 |
|   2016 | Total   |                   119 |            88 |       31 |
|   2017 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            26 |       11 |
|   2017 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            39 |       15 |
|   2017 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            19 |        9 |
|   2017 | Total   |                   119 |            84 |       35 |
|   2018 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            27 |       10 |
|   2018 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            39 |       15 |
|   2018 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            18 |       10 |
|   2019 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            26 |       11 |
|   2019 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            46 |        8 |
|   2019 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            16 |       12 |
|   2019 | Total   |                   119 |            88 |       31 |
|   2020 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            31 |        6 |
|   2020 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            35 |       19 |
|   2020 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            15 |       13 |
|   2020 | Total   |                   119 |            81 |       38 |
|   2021 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            32 |        5 |
|   2021 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            35 |       19 |
|   2021 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            15 |       13 |
|   2021 | Total   |                   119 |            82 |       37 |
|   2022 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            28 |        9 |
|   2022 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            35 |       19 |
|   2022 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            20 |        8 |
|   2022 | Total   |                   119 |            83 |       36 |
|   2023 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            33 |        4 |
|   2023 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            33 |       21 |
|   2023 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            18 |       10 |
|   2023 | Total   |                   119 |            84 |       35 |
|   2024 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            33 |        4 |
|   2024 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            28 |       26 |
|   2024 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            22 |        6 |
|   2024 | Total   |                   119 |            83 |       36 |
|   2025 | Gr. A   |                    37 |            35 |        2 |
|   2025 | Gr. B   |                    54 |            32 |       22 |
|   2025 | Gr. C   |                    28 |            22 |        6 |
|   2025 | Total   |                   119 |            89 |       30 |

## Details of MTS vacancies from 2014 to 2025

|   Year |   Sanctioned Strength |   In position |   Vacant Post | Category-wise vacancy   |
|--------|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|   2014 |                    10 |            10 |            00 | -                       |
|   2015 |                    10 |            10 |            00 | -                       |
|   2016 |                    10 |            10 |            00 | -                       |
|   2017 |                    10 |            10 |            00 | -                       |
|   2018 |                    10 |            10 |            00 | -                       |
|   2019 |                    10 |            07 |            03 | UR-02 OBC-1             |
|   2020 |                    10 |            06 |            04 | UR-02 OBC-1 EWS-1       |
|   2021 |                    10 |            06 |            04 | UR-02 OBC-1 EWS-1       |
|   2022 |                    10 |            10 |            00 | -                       |
|   2023 |                    10 |            09 |            01 | EWS-1                   |
|   2024 |                    10 |            09 |            01 | EWS-1                   |
|   2025 |                    10 |            07 |            03 | UR-2 EWS-1              |

## Details of Staff Car Driver vacancies from 2014 to 2025

|   Year |   Sanctioned Strength |   In position |   Vacant Post | Category-wise vacancy   |
|--------|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|   2014 |                    03 |            04 |            -1 | -                       |
|   2015 |                    03 |            03 |            00 | -                       |
|   2016 |                    03 |            03 |            00 | -                       |
|   2017 |                    03 |            03 |            00 | -                       |
|   2018 |                    03 |            02 |            01 | UR-1                    |
|   2019 |                    03 |            02 |            01 | UR-1                    |
|   2020 |                    03 |            02 |            01 | UR-1                    |
|   2021 |                    03 |            02 |            01 | UR-1                    |
|   2022 |                    03 |            02 |            01 | UR-1                    |
|   2023 |                    03 |            02 |            01 | UR-1                    |
|   2024 |                    03 |            03 |            00 | -                       |
|   2025 |                    03 |            03 |            00 | -                       |

## Details of Contractual Staff for the years from 2014 to 2025

|   Year |   Number of Contractual Staff Hired |
|--------|-------------------------------------|
|   2014 |                                  25 |
|   2015 |                                  22 |
|   2016 |                                  25 |
|   2017 |                                  35 |
|   2018 |                                  38 |
|   2019 |                                  48 |
|   2020 |                                  46 |
|   2021 |                                  47 |
|   2022 |                                  54 |
|   2023 |                                  74 |
|   2024 |                                  89 |
|   2025 |                                 114 |