PIB News Update: The Department of Personnel & 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 of Central Government. Ministry/Department-wise and category-wise data, as received from Ministries/Departments on backlog reserved vacancies, as on 01.01.2017 to 01.01.2020, is at Annexure.
| As on 31.12.2016 | As on 31.12.2017 | As on 31.12.2018 | As on 31.12.2019 | ||||||||
| SC | ST | OBC | SC | ST | OBC | SC | ST | OBC | SC | ST | OBC |
| 8223 | 6955 | 13535 | 15090 | 13040 | 16078 | 13560 | 12679 | 15591 | 14366 | 12612 | 15088 |
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The Department of Personnel and Training issued instructions vide O.M. dated 16.12.2014, to all Ministries/Departments to constitute an in-house Committee for identification of backlog reserved vacancies, to study the root cause of such vacancies, to initiate measures to remove the factors causing such vacancies and to fill them up through Special Recruitment Drives.
This information was given by The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri A.Narayanaswamy in the Loksabha in a written reply today.