Lok Sabha Question No. 1093 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Vacancies in MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shri Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1093 TO BE ANSWERED ON:  05.02.2026

## VACANCIES IN MSMEs

## 1093. SHRI JAGADISH CHANDRA BARMA BASUNIA:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of sanctioned posts, in position and the number of vacancies, including reserved posts across categories  at the  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises (MSMEs);
- (b) the number of vacancies in the Ministry and its Departments, including for reserved posts since 2014, year-wise and category-wise; and
- (c) the number of contractual employees hired since 2014, year and category-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

- (a) & (b): There  are  174  sanctioned  posts  in  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises  (MSME)  (proper)  and  2755  sanctioned  posts  in  Office  of  Development Commissioner (MSME), an attached office of Ministry of MSME. Details of the number of posts in-position and the number of vacancies, including reserved posts since 2014, yearwise and category wise are given at Annexure-II and I.
- (c): Contractual employees  in the Ministry (proper) and Office of  Development Commissioner  (MSME)  are  outsourced  as  per  requirement  from  time  to  timethrough tendering processincluding Government e-Marketplace (GeM). The category-wise reservation  is  not  applicable  to  such  contractual  employees  andthe  Ministry  does  not maintain data of such outsourced contractual employees.

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Details of sanctioned and in-position of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Proper) as referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1093 for answer on 05.02.2026

|   Year |   Sanctioned |   In- position |   SC |   ST |   OBC | EWS   |   Others |   Vacancies |   PWD (Horizontal reservation) |
|--------|--------------|----------------|------|------|-------|-------|----------|-------------|--------------------------------|
|   2014 |          142 |            113 |   17 |    8 |     6 | -     |       82 |          29 |                              2 |
|   2015 |          142 |            114 |   16 |   10 |    12 | -     |       76 |          28 |                              2 |
|   2016 |          164 |            123 |   20 |    9 |    14 | -     |       80 |          41 |                              2 |
|   2017 |          131 |            113 |   23 |    9 |    13 | -     |       68 |          18 |                              3 |
|   2018 |          143 |            124 |   24 |   11 |    17 | -     |       72 |          19 |                              3 |
|   2019 |          170 |            115 |   17 |   11 |    15 | -     |       72 |          55 |                              2 |
|   2020 |          169 |            114 |   18 |    8 |    15 | -     |       73 |          55 |                              1 |
|   2021 |          176 |            117 |   21 |    9 |    15 | -     |       72 |          59 |                              1 |
|   2022 |          168 |            122 |   22 |   10 |    16 | -     |       74 |          46 |                              1 |
|   2023 |          172 |            138 |   27 |    8 |    22 | 2     |       79 |          34 |                              1 |
|   2024 |          173 |            138 |   28 |    6 |    26 | 2     |       76 |          35 |                              1 |
|   2025 |          174 |            161 |   44 |    4 |    45 | 7     |       61 |          13 |                              0 |

Source:  Representation  of  Reserved  Categories  in  Posts  and  Services  in  GOI  (RRCPS) Monitoring System and Manpower Management Information System (MMIS)

Details of sanctioned and in-position of Office of Development Commissioner (MSME), an Attached Office of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprisesas referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1093 for answer on 05.02.2026:

| Year   | No. of posts in-position including reserved posts across categories*   | No. of posts in-position including reserved posts across categories*   | No. of posts in-position including reserved posts across categories*   | No. of posts in-position including reserved posts across categories*   | No. of posts in-position including reserved posts across categories*   | No. of posts in-position including reserved posts across categories*   | Total Vacancies   |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| Year   | SC                                                                     | STs                                                                    | OBCs                                                                   | EWS                                                                    | UR                                                                     | Total                                                                  | Total Vacancies   |
| 2014   | 236                                                                    | 79                                                                     | 127                                                                    | 0                                                                      | 718                                                                    | 1160                                                                   | 1595              |
| 2015   | 264                                                                    | 91                                                                     | 144                                                                    | 0                                                                      | 763                                                                    | 1262                                                                   | 1493              |
| 2016   | 267                                                                    | 98                                                                     | 144                                                                    | 0                                                                      | 771                                                                    | 1280                                                                   | 1475              |
| 2017   | 260                                                                    | 90                                                                     | 148                                                                    | 0                                                                      | 779                                                                    | 1277                                                                   | 1478              |
| 2018   | 336                                                                    | 120                                                                    | 244                                                                    | 0                                                                      | 822                                                                    | 1522                                                                   | 1233              |
| 2019   | 302                                                                    | 116                                                                    | 240                                                                    | 0                                                                      | 810                                                                    | 1468                                                                   | 1287              |
| 2020   | 285                                                                    | 110                                                                    | 236                                                                    | 1                                                                      | 742                                                                    | 1374                                                                   | 1381              |
| 2021   | 272                                                                    | 105                                                                    | 231                                                                    | 1                                                                      | 677                                                                    | 1286                                                                   | 1469              |
| 2022   | 251                                                                    | 100                                                                    | 236                                                                    | 1                                                                      | 637                                                                    | 1225                                                                   | 1530              |
| 2023   | 216                                                                    | 90                                                                     | 210                                                                    | 0                                                                      | 491                                                                    | 1007                                                                   | 1748              |
| 2024   | 207                                                                    | 90                                                                     | 225                                                                    | 3                                                                      | 454                                                                    | 979                                                                    | 1776              |
| 2025   | 217                                                                    | 111                                                                    | 245                                                                    | 31                                                                     | 446                                                                    | 1050                                                                   | 1705              |