Vacant Posts of Reserved Categories, The total number of vacant posts of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS 

(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING) 

LOK SABHA

 STARRED QUESTION NO. 130 

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2018) 

VACANT POSTS OF RESERVED CATEGORIES 

130. SHRI AJAY NISHAD: 

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state: 

• (a) whether the Government is aware of the vacant posts of SCs, STs and OBCs in the Central Ministries/ Departments and their allied offices; 

• (b) if so, the details thereof during the last two years and the current year, Ministry/Department and allied office-wise; and 

• (c) the progress made by the Government to fill up the said posts by launching special recruitment drive? 

ANSWER 

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, 

PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND 

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH) 

(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House. 

STATEMENT REFFERED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 130 FOR ANSWER ON 19.12.2018 BY SHRI AJAY NISHAD REGARDING VACANT POSTS OF RESERVED CATEGORIES 

(a) to (c): The total number of vacant posts of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is not centrally maintained, as the recruitment process is carried out by the respective cadre controlling authorities through concerned recruitment agencies. However, Department of Personnel and Training monitors the progress in filling up of backlog reserved vacancies for SCs, STs and OBCs with ten Ministries/ Departments having more than 90% of the employees in Central Government. 

Instructions were issued in November/ December, 2014 to all Ministries/ Departments to constitute an in-house Committee to identify backlog reserved vacancies, study of the root cause of backlog reserved vacancies, initiation of measures to remove such factors and to fill up such vacancies through Special Recruitment Drive. 

As per information provided by the ten Ministries/Departments which includes their Public Sector Banks/Financial Institutions, Central Public Sector Undertakings etc., out of 92589 backlog reserved vacancies (29198 for SCs, 22829 for STs and 40562 for OBCs), 63876 vacancies (20975 for SCs, 15874 for STs and 27027 for OBCs) were filled up during the period from 01.04.2012 to 31.12.2016 and 28,713 backlog vacancies (8223 for SCs, 6955 for STs and 13535 for OBCs) remained unfilled as on 01.01.2017. 

Out of these ten Ministries/Departments, five Ministries/Departments have further informed that out of 21499 backlog reserved vacancies (7532 for SCs, 6887 for STs and 7080 for OBCs), 12334 backlog reserved vacancies (4514 for SCs, 3595 for STs and 4225 for OBCs) were filled up as on 31.12.2017 and 9165 backlog reserved vacancies (3018 for SCs, 3292 for STs and 2855 for OBCs) remained unfilled as on 01.01.2018. 

      

Statements showing category-wise backlog reserved vacancies for the ten Ministries/Departments as on 01.01.2017 and that of five Ministries/ Departments as on 01.01.2018 is at Annexure I & II respectively. 

Annexure-I 

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 130 FOR ANSWER ON 19.12.2018 BY SHRI AJAY NISHAD REGARDING VACANT POSTS OF RESERVED CATEGORIES

Category-wise details of backlog vacancies (as on 31.12.2016), vacancies filled up (as on 31.12.2016) and unfilled vacancies (as on 01.01.2017)
Ministry/ Deptt.	SC			ST			OBC			TOTAL (SC+ST+OBC)
	Vacancies	Filled up	Unfilled	Vacancies	Filled up	Unfilled	Vacancies	Filled up	Unfilled	Vacancies	Filled up	Unfilled
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)
Posts	673	372	301	717	257	460	718	234	484	2108	863	1245
Defence Production	1014	1013	1	1597	1579	18	164	149	15	2775	2741	34
Financial Services	9528	8598	930	6456	5391	1065	14455	13030	1425	30439	27019	3420
Atomic Energy	292	195	97	398	191	207	1444	802	642	2134	1188	946
Defence	703	304	399	893	527	366	2707	1439	1268	4303	2270	2033
Railways	2194	2049	145	4266	3942	324	2204	2194	10	8664	8185	479
Revenue	3631	1220	2411	2226	585	1641	5064	2076	2988	10921	3881	7040
Housing & Urban Affairs	226	75	151	257	82	175	692	95	597	1175	252	923
Human Resources Development	926	336	590	614	145	469	1557	571	986	3097	1052	2045
Home Affairs	10011	6813	3198	5405	3175	2230	11557	6437	5120	26973	16425	10548
Total	29198	20975	8223	22829	15874	6955	40562	27027	13535	92589	63876	28713