Lok Sabha Question No. 2766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Appointment of Minorities in Jobs
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2766 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2016

## APPOINTMENT OF MINORITIES IN JOBS

## 2766.  SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of appointment of minority communities in Public Sector Undertakings, Centre, State / UT-wise;
- (b) whether the present status, as recorded, is justified and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  policy/directive/instruction  in  favour  of restoring least  minimum  justification to  these  communities  in  getting appointment proportionately; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) & (b): As per the data collated by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T),  the  recruitment  of  minorities  in  the  Central  Ministries/  Departments, Public  Sector  Enterprises,  Public  Sector  Banks,  Financial  Institutions,  etc  was 7.89% in 2013-14 and 8.56% (provisional data, collated from 79 Ministries/Departments)  in  2014-15.  Data  related  to  employment  of  minority communities in the State Governments and their undertakings is not collated by DoP&T.

(c)  &  (d):  The  Government  is  committed  to  ensuring  fair  representation  of minorities  in  the  Government  employment  including  Public  Sector  Enterprises, Public  Sector  Banks,  Financial  Institutions,  Railways,  etc.  Towards  this  end, DoP&T has issued  necessary  guidelines  to  Ministries  /  Departments  of  Central Government,  Public  Sector  Enterprises,  Public  Sector  Banks  and  Financial Institutions,  quasi-Government  organizations,  autonomous  bodies  etc.  and  all appointing  authorities,  to  give  special  consideration  to  minorities  in  recruitment, under the Prime Minister's New 15 Point Programme for the welfare of minorities, vide DoP&T's Office Memorandum dated 08.01.2007. DoP&T instructions, interalia, stipulate as under:

(i) The  composition  of  Selection  Committees  should  be  representative.    It should be mandatory to have one member belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/

Scheduled  Tribes  (ST)  and  one  member  belonging  to  minority  community  in Selection Boards / Communities for making recruitment to 10 or more vacancies.

(ii) Where the number of vacancies against which selection is to be made is less than 10, efforts should be made to have the Scheduled Caste / Tribes officer and a Minority community officer included in such Communities / Boards.

(iii) Wide publicity should be given to all appointments in Government, public sector  banks  and financial  institutions.    Advertisements  should  be  issued  in  the language(s) spoken by large number of people of the State / Union Territories, apart from English and Hindi.  Further, for Group C level posts, having only basic qualifying requirements, information about vacancies for recruitment should also be disseminated through schools and colleges in that area, in addition to normal channels.

(iv) Where  there  is  concentration  of  minority  community  population  in  local areas, the vacancy circular in local language may be distributed in those areas by suitable arrangements.

These  instructions  are  reiterated  from  time  to  time  to  all  concerned  appointing authorities.

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