Lok Sabha Question No. 792 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-04
Subject: Vacancies in Ministry
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 792

ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026

## VACANCIES IN MINISTRY

## 792. SHRI JAGADISH CHANDRA BARMA BASUNIA

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a)  The details of number of sanctioned posts in position and the number of vacancies including reserved posts across categories at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy;
- (b)  The  details  of  number  of  vacancies  in  the  Ministry  and  institutes  under  it  including  to reserved posts since 2014, year and category-wise; and
- (c) The details of number of contractual employees hired since 2014, year wise and categorywise ?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) Details as on 31.01.2026 is as under:
- i. Sanction Strength -303
- ii. Person in Position -223
- iii. Vacancies - 80
- (b) The Ministry conducts Direct Recruitment in the cadre of Scientists, Multi-Tasking Staff and Staff Car Driver. The details of the number of vacant posts in these cadre as on 31.01.2026 is at Annexure-I.

The information provided by Autonomous Bodies and CPSUs under the administrative control of MNRE is at Annexure-II .

- (c) The details of the strength of the contractual employees in the Ministry is at Annexure-III .

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Scientist-B (Basic Grade) :

| Year        | UR   | SC   | ST   | OBC   | EWS   |
|-------------|------|------|------|-------|-------|
| 2014        | 07   | 01   | 00   | 04    | N/A   |
| 2015 - 2017 | Nil  | Nil  | Nil  | Nil   | Nil   |
| 2018        | 05   | 02   | 01   | 01    | N/A   |
| 2019        | 04   | 01   | 01   | 02    | 02    |
| 2020-2024   | Nil  | Nil  | Nil  | Nil   | Nil   |
| 2025        | 06   | 02   | 02   | 07    | 03    |

Multi-Tasking Staff :

|   Year |   UR |   SC |   ST |   OBC |   EWS |
|--------|------|------|------|-------|-------|
|   2014 |   10 |    0 |    1 |     4 |     0 |
|   2015 |   10 |    0 |    1 |     4 |     0 |
|   2016 |   10 |    0 |    1 |     4 |     0 |
|   2017 |   10 |    0 |    1 |     4 |     0 |
|   2018 |    9 |    0 |    1 |     4 |     0 |
|   2019 |    9 |    0 |    1 |     4 |     0 |
|   2020 |    9 |    0 |    1 |     4 |     0 |
|   2021 |    3 |    0 |    1 |     2 |     1 |
|   2022 |    2 |    0 |    1 |     2 |     1 |
|   2023 |    2 |    0 |    1 |     2 |     1 |
|   2024 |    0 |    0 |    0 |     2 |     1 |
|   2025 |    3 |    2 |    0 |     4 |     1 |

Staff Car Driver :

|   UR |   SC |   ST |   OBC |   EWS |
|------|------|------|-------|-------|
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 |    0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |

Annexure-I

## NIWE

| Sl.No.   | Year   | Sanctioned   | In position   | Reserved (In Position)   | Reserved (In Position)   | Reserved (In Position)   | Reserved (In Position)   |     | Vacant   |
|----------|--------|--------------|---------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----|----------|
|          |        |              |               | General                  | OBC                      | SC                       | ST                       | EWS |          |
| 1.       | 2014   | 40           | 39            | 25                       | 7                        | 6                        | 1                        | -   | 1        |
| 2.       | 2015   | 48           | 39            | 26                       | 6                        | 6                        | 1                        | -   | 9        |
| 3.       | 2016   | 48           | 38            | 25                       | 6                        | 6                        | 1                        | -   | 10       |
| 4.       | 2017   | 48           | 41            | 29                       | 5                        | 6                        | 1                        | -   | 7        |
| 5.       | 2018   | 48           | 46            | 34                       | 5                        | 6                        | 1                        | -   | 2        |
| 6.       | 2019   | 48           | 46            | 33                       | 6                        | 6                        | 1                        | 0   | 2        |
| 7.       | 2020   | 48           | 47            | 32                       | 8                        | 6                        | 1                        | 0   | 1        |
| 8.       | 2021   | 48           | 47            | 32                       | 8                        | 6                        | 1                        | 0   | 1        |
| 9.       | 2022   | 48           | 41            | 28                       | 6                        | 6                        | 1                        | 0   | 7        |
| 10.      | 2023   | 48           | 38            | 26                       | 5                        | 6                        | 1                        | 0   | 10       |
| 11.      | 2024   | 48           | 36            | 24                       | 5                        | 6                        | 1                        | 0   | 12       |
| 12.      | 2025   | 48           | 35            | 23                       | 5                        | 6                        | 1                        | 0   | 13       |

NISE

| Sl.No.   | Year   | Sanctioned   | In position   | Reserved (Vacant)   | Reserved (Vacant)   | Reserved (Vacant)   | Reserved (Vacant)   |     | Vacant   |
|----------|--------|--------------|---------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----|----------|
|          |        |              |               | General             | OBC                 | SC                  | ST                  | EWS |          |
| 1.       | 2014   | 40           | 0             | 33                  | 05                  | 02                  | 0                   | -   | 40       |
| 2.       | 2015   | 40           | 0             | 33                  | 05                  | 02                  | 0                   | -   | 40       |
| 3.       | 2016   | 40           | 02            | 31                  | 05                  | 02                  | 0                   | -   | 38       |
| 4.       | 2017   | 40           | 02            | 31                  | 05                  | 02                  | 0                   | -   | 38       |
| 5.       | 2018   | 40           | 02            | 31                  | 05                  | 02                  | 0                   | -   | 38       |
| 6.       | 2019   | 40           | 06            | 27                  | 05                  | 02                  | 0                   | -   | 34       |
| 7.       | 2020   | 40           | 26            | 12                  | 02                  | 0                   | 0                   | -   | 14       |
| 8.       | 2021   | 40           | 24            | 13                  | 02                  | 0                   | 0                   | 01  | 16       |
| 9.       | 2022   | 40           | 23            | 14                  | 02                  | 0                   | 0                   | 01  | 17       |
| 10.      | 2023   | 40           | 27            | 10                  | 02                  | 0                   | 0                   | 01  | 13       |
| 11.      | 2024   | 40           | 27            | 10                  | 02                  | 0                   | 0                   | 01  | 13       |
| 12.      | 2025   | 40           | 27            | 10                  | 02                  | 0                   | 0                   | 01  | 13       |

SECI

|      |            | In Position Regular   | Vacancies arising out of Recruitment   | Vacancies arising out of Recruitment   | Vacancies arising out of Recruitment   | Vacancies arising out of Recruitment   |
|------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Year | Sanctioned | Employees             | SC                                     | ST                                     | OBC                                    | EWS                                    |
| 2015 | 99         | 27                    | 2                                      | 1                                      | 4                                      | 0                                      |
| 2016 | 105        | 56                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      |
| 2017 | 105        | 64                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 2                                      | 0                                      |
| 2018 | 101        | 67                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 2019 | 101        | 70                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 2020 | 111        | 85                    | 1                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 2021 | 162        | 93                    | 2                                      | 0                                      | 6                                      | 1                                      |
| 2022 | 162        | 107                   | 3                                      | 0                                      | 6                                      | 0                                      |
| 2023 | 317        | 107                   | 2                                      | 0                                      | 7                                      | 0                                      |
| 2024 | 317        | 115                   | 1                                      | 0                                      | 3                                      | 0                                      |
| 2025 | 317        | 154                   | 3                                      | 2                                      | 5                                      | 3                                      |

## Annexure-II

| Group     |   Sanctioned Posts |   Posts in Position | Vacant Posts   |   SC (In Position) |   SC (Vacant) |   OBC (In Position) |   OBC (Vacant) |   EWS |
|-----------|--------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|----------------|-------|
| Group 'A' |                 21 |                  10 | 11             |                  0 |             3 |                   2 |              2 |     1 |
| Group 'B' |                  3 |                   3 | 0              |                  0 |             0 |                   0 |              0 |     0 |
| Group 'C' |                  2 |                   2 | 0              |                  0 |             0 |                   0 |              0 |     0 |
| Total     |                 26 |                  15 | # 11           |                  0 |             3 |                   2 |              2 |     1 |

( # Including reservation)

Recruitment  to  various  posts  in  SSS-NIBE  has  been  undertaken  from  time  to  time  in accordance with approved Recruitment Rules and extant Government guidelines. While the current position of vacancies is available, year-wise and category-wise vacancy data since 2014 is not available in a consolidated form.

IREDA

|   S.N. | Data (as on)            |   Sanctioned Posts (Nos.) |   In-Position (Nos.) |   Vacant Posts (Nos.) * |
|--------|-------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|      1 | 31.03.2014              |                       179 |                  130 |                      49 |
|      2 | 31.03.2015              |                       213 |                  127 |                      86 |
|      3 | 31.03.2016              |                       213 |                  134 |                      79 |
|      4 | 31.03.2017              |                       213 |                  150 |                      63 |
|      5 | 31.03.2018              |                       213 |                  147 |                      66 |
|      6 | 31.03.2019              |                       213 |                  163 |                      50 |
|      7 | 31.03.2020              |                       213 |                  161 |                      52 |
|      8 | 31.03.2021              |                       213 |                  157 |                      56 |
|      9 | 31.03.2022              |                       213 |                  156 |                      57 |
|     10 | 31.03.2023              |                       213 |                  160 |                      53 |
|     11 | 31.03.2024              |                       213 |                  173 |                      40 |
|     12 | 31.03.2025              |                       305 |                  166 |                     139 |
|     13 | 27.01.2026 (as on date) |                       305 |                  225 |                      80 |

Consultants (hired as per DoE guidelines):

|   Year | Hired Nos.   |
|--------|--------------|
|   2014 | -            |
|   2015 | -            |
|   2016 | -            |
|   2017 | -            |
|   2018 | 2            |
|   2019 | -            |
|   2020 | -            |
|   2021 | 6            |
|   2022 | 10           |
|   2023 | 1            |
|   2024 | -            |
|   2025 | 4            |

JTT & STT Hired :

|   Year | Hired Nos.   |
|--------|--------------|
|   2014 | 4            |
|   2015 | 1            |
|   2016 | 22           |
|   2017 | -            |
|   2018 | 21           |
|   2019 | 1            |
|   2020 | -            |
|   2021 | -            |
|   2022 | -            |
|   2023 | -            |
|   2024 | -            |
|   2025 | -            |

Young Professionals :

| Year                | Hired Nos.   |
|---------------------|--------------|
| Before 2020 Vacancy | -            |
| 2021                | 09           |
| 2022                | -            |
| 2023                | 09           |
| 2024                | 09           |
| 2025                | -            |

NGHM (National Green Hydrogen Mission) :

|   Year | Hired   |
|--------|---------|
|   2023 | 06      |
|   2024 | 02      |
|   2025 | -       |

Annexure-III