Lok Sabha Question No. 1716 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-10
Subject: Vacant Posts
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Shri Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1716 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025

## Vacant Posts

## 1716. Shri Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

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

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

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

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) & (b): The details of the number of sanctioned posts, in position and the number of vacancies in Ministry of Coal as on November 2025 is as under: -

|   S. No. | Detail                    |
|----------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Sanctioned Strength - 229 |
|        2 | In position - 177         |
|        3 | Vacant positions - 52     |

The vacancies under the different posts as and when arise, are intimated to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T), the nodal department for posting of different cadre post  across  various  Ministries/  Departments.  So  far  as  reservation  under  various categories  are  concerned,  the  status  of  all  the  filled  posts  under  various  categories,  is intimated to the DoP&T, which is the nodal agency for making of policy and guidelines for reservation under various post across different Ministries / Departments.

The details year-wise vacancies for various posts in the Ministry of Coal since 2014 is as under: -

| Year            |   Total |
|-----------------|---------|
| 2014            |      45 |
| 2015            |      64 |
| 2016            |      65 |
| 2017            |      39 |
| 2018            |      64 |
| 2019            |      63 |
| 2020            |      94 |
| 2021            |      65 |
| 2022            |      76 |
| 2023            |     101 |
| 2024            |      92 |
| 2025 (November) |      52 |

However, the  roster  of  Multi-Tasking  Staff  (MTS)  is  maintained  in  the  Ministry  and reported  to  Staff  Selection  Commission.  The  details  of  year-wise  and  category-wise vacancies for MTS since 2014 in the Ministry of Coal is as under: -

| Details of year-wise vacancies   | Details of year-wise vacancies   | Details of year-wise vacancies   | Details of year-wise vacancies   | Details of year-wise vacancies   | Details of year-wise vacancies   | Details of year-wise vacancies   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Year                             | UR                               | OBC                              | SC                               | ST                               | EWS                              | Total                            |
| 2014                             | 0                                | 8                                | 0                                | 2                                | Not Applicable                   | 10                               |
| 2015                             | 0                                | 9                                | 0                                | 3                                | Not Applicable                   | 12                               |
| 2016                             | 1                                | 9                                | 0                                | 3                                | Not Applicable                   | 13                               |
| 2017                             | 3                                | 9                                | 0                                | 3                                | Not Applicable                   | 15                               |
| 2018                             | 0                                | 3                                | 0                                | 1                                | Not Applicable                   | 4                                |
| 2019                             | 0                                | 3                                | 0                                | 1                                | 2                                | 6                                |
| 2020                             | 2                                | 5                                | 0                                | 1                                | 3                                | 11                               |
| 2021                             | 7                                | 1                                | 0                                | 1                                | 3                                | 12                               |
| 2022                             | 5                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 2                                | 7                                |
| 2023                             | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 1                                | 1                                |
| 2024                             | 5                                | 1                                | 0                                | 0                                | 2                                | 8                                |
| 30.11.2025                       | 9                                | 1                                | 0                                | 0                                | 2                                | 12                               |

(c): The details of year-wise and category-wise contractual employees and contractual employees hired through agencies, on annual requirement basis since 2014 in the Ministry of Coal is as under: -

|      | Contractual employees hired   | Contractual Employees hired by Ministry of Coal   | Contractual Employees hired by Ministry of Coal   | Contractual Employees hired by Ministry of Coal   | Contractual Employees hired by Ministry of Coal   | Contractual Employees hired by Ministry of Coal   | Contractual Employees hired by Ministry of Coal   |
|------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|      |                               |                                                   | Category-wise                                     | Category-wise                                     | Category-wise                                     | Category-wise                                     | Category-wise                                     |
| Year | through agencies *            | Total                                             | UR                                                | SC                                                | ST                                                | OBC                                               | EWS                                               |
| 2014 | 6                             | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2015 | 9                             | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2016 | 9                             | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2017 | 7                             | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2018 | 6                             | 1                                                 | 1                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2019 | 3                             | 1                                                 | 1                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2020 | 3                             | 1                                                 | 1                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2021 | 6                             | 1                                                 | 1                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2022 | 4                             | 6                                                 | 3                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 3                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2023 | 15                            | 31                                                | 17                                                | 5                                                 | 1                                                 | 8                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2024 | 8                             | 8                                                 | 4                                                 | 1                                                 | 0                                                 | 3                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 2025 | 10                            | 17                                                | 9                                                 | 2                                                 | 0                                                 | 6                                                 | 0                                                 |

*  reservation data not maintained category-wise for contractor's workers.

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