Lok Sabha Question No. 1959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Vacancies in Ministry of Power
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Dr. Sharmila Sarkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1959 ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025

## VACANCIES IN MINISTRY OF POWER

1959.  DR. SHARMILA SARKAR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of sanctioned posts in position and the number of vacancies including reserved posts across categories in the Government;
- (b) the number of vacancies in the Ministry/Department including reserved posts since 2014, year-wise and category-wise; and
- (c) the number of contractual employees hired since 2014, year-wise and categorywise?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) & (b): The Ministry of Power is manned by officials/officers belonging to All India, Other organised and General Civil Services etc. The Ministry implements posting, transfer &  promotion  orders  of  the  cadre  controlling  authorities  of  these  services.  As  on 30.11.2025, against a sanctioned strength of 356 in Ministry of Power (secretariat), 300 posts are filled up.

Ministry of Power is the cadre controlling authority in respect of Despatch Rider, Staff Car Driver etc., which are currently filled up on Deputation or Re-employment basis for which Reservation  policy  is  not  applicable.  Further,  Ministry  of  Power  is  also  the  cadre controlling authority in respect of Multi Tasking Staff (MTS), for which recruitment is done through Staff Selection Commission on Direct Recruitment basis and hence category wise breakup of vacancies in MTS grade is available in the Ministry.

The details of year-wise and category-wise vacancies since 2014, are Annexed.

## (c): The details of contractual employees hired since 2014 in Ministry of Power and their year wise details are as under:

|   Sr. no. | Hired in Year           |   No. of contractual employees appointed | Category                                                        |
|-----------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2014-2020               |                                       00 | Reservation policy is not applicable for Contractual employees. |
|         2 | 2021                    |                                       01 | Reservation policy is not applicable for Contractual employees. |
|         3 | 2022                    |                                       04 | Reservation policy is not applicable for Contractual employees. |
|         4 | 2023                    |                                       05 | Reservation policy is not applicable for Contractual employees. |
|         5 | 2024                    |                                       07 | Reservation policy is not applicable for Contractual employees. |
|         6 | 2025 (as on 30.11.2025) |                                       03 | Reservation policy is not applicable for Contractual employees. |

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Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1959 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025  REGARDING 'VACANCIES IN MINISTRY OF POWER'.

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| Sl. No.   | Year (as on 31 st December of that year)   | Sanctio- ned Posts   | In Position   | Vacancies including reserved posts   | Vacancies in MTS Grade   | Category Wise breakup of vacancies in MTS Grade   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| A         | B                                          | C                    | D             | E (C-D)                              | F (out of E)             | G                                                 |
| 1.        | 2014 343                                   |                      | 280           | 63                                   | 03                       | UR-14 OBC-13 SC-0*(25 excess) ST-01               |
| 2.        | 2015                                       | 343                  | 297           | 46                                   | 04                       | UR-14 OBC-13 SC-0*(24 excess) ST-01               |
| 3.        | 2016                                       | 318                  | 292           | 26                                   | 07                       | UR-15 OBC-13 SC-0*(22 excess) ST-01               |
| 4.        | 2017                                       | 321                  | 277           | 44                                   | 12                       | UR-17 OBC-13 SC-0*(19 excess) ST-01               |
| 5.        | 2018                                       | 320                  | 275           | 45                                   | 06                       | UR-15 OBC-11 SC-0*(20 excess) ST-00               |
| 6.        | 2019                                       | 335                  | 271           | 64                                   | 6                        | UR-9 OBC-10 EWS-6** SC-0*(20 excess) ST-01        |
| 7.        | 2020                                       | 335                  | 265           | 70                                   | 08                       | UR-09 OBC-10 EWS-6** SC-0*(18 excess) ST-1        |
| 8.        | 2021                                       | 331                  | 276           | 55                                   | 11                       | UR-09 OBC-10 EWS-6** SC-0*(16 excess) ST-2        |
| 9.        | 2022                                       | 324                  | 277           | 47                                   | 16                       | UR-13 OBC-09 EWS-6** SC-0*(15 excess) ST-3        |
| 10.       | 2023                                       | 356                  | 301           | 55                                   | 17                       | UR-14 OBC-05 EWS-6** SC-0*(11 excess) ST-3        |

|   11. | 2024                    |   356 |   304 |   52 |   21 | UR-15 OBC-7 EWS-6** SC-0*(10 excess) ST-3   |
|-------|-------------------------|-------|-------|------|------|---------------------------------------------|
|    12 | 2025 (as on 30.11.2025) |   356 |   300 |   56 |   29 | UR-17 OBC-8 EWS-6** SC-0*(5 excess) ST-3    |

* Erstwhile Group D posts were re-designated as 'Multi Tasking Staff (MTS)' due to which SC Category staff became in excess as compared to seats reserved for them. **EWS Reservation was implemented in year 2019 UR (Un-Reserved), Other Backward Class (OBC), Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST)

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