Status on Vacancies in Central Government Depts

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The details of Ministry-wise/Department-wise sanctioned strength and the number in position of employees, as on 01.03.2020, are at Annexure-I. Government monitors the progress in respect of filling of backlog reserved vacancies for SCs, STs and OBCs in ten Ministries/Departments, which contribute more than 90% of total number of employees of Central Government. Ministry/Department-wise, Category-wise details of backlog reserved vacancies for the years 2016 to 2020 are at Annexure-II.

Occurrence and filling of vacancies by various recruiting agencies of Central Government including Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is a continuous process on the basis of requisitioning by the respective Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCA). Data regarding vacancies filled by State recruiting agencies is maintained by the respective State Government.

ANNEXURE – I

            Estimated Number of Central Government Employees as on 01.03.2020 *
S. No. Ministries/Departments No. of Sanctioned Posts Number in Position
1 Agricultural Research and Education 54 32
2 Agriculture, Cooperation  and Farmers Welfare 5791 3619
3  Animal Husbandry and Dairying & Fisheries 3455 2110
4 Atomic Energy 38080 32764
5 AYUSH 184 160
6 Bio-Technology 255 171
7 Cabinet Secretariat 342 295
8 Chemicals and  Petrochemicals & Pharmaceuticals 320 313
9 Civil Aviation 2106 1254
10 Coal 434 285
11 Commerce 5359 3206
12 Consumer Affairs 1293 778
13 Corporate Affairs 2594 1518
14 Culture 10294 6721
15 Defence (Civil) 633139 385637
16 Development of NE Region 336 225
17 Drinking Water and Sanitation 158 107
18 Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 143 91
19 Earth Sciences 7508 4649
20 Economic Affairs 1403 1040
21 Environment, Forests  and Climate Change 4869 2622
22 Expenditure 1597 1072
23 External Affairs 11035 8831
24 Fertilizers 249 226
25 Financial Services 1613 1268
26 Food and Public Distribution 1027 757
27 Food Processing Industries 181 121
28 Health and Family Welfare 23010 20907
29 Health Research 42 25
30 Heavy Industry 247 166
31 Higher Education 1155 844
32 Home Affairs 1084430 955588
33 Indian Audit and Accounts Department 67522 44285
34 Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade 2570 1664
35 Information and Broadcasting 5335 3379
36 Electronics and Information Technology 6549 5113
37 Investment and Public Asset Management 86 68
38 Labour and Employment 6711 4068
39 Land Resources 128 80
40 Law and Justice 2703 1971
41 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 452 443
42 Mines 14019 7094
43 Minority Affairs 267 177
44 New and Renewable Energy 330 213
45 Panchayati Raj 127 74
46 Parliamentary Affairs 150 117
47 Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 11124 8749
48 Petroleum and Natural Gas 332 222
49 Niti Aayog 739 497
50 Posts 267491 177441
51 Power 1439 778
52 President’s Secretariat 380 289
53 Prime Minister’s Office 446 329
54 Public Enterprises 107 72
55 Railways 1507694 1270399
56 Revenue 178432 102105
57 Road Transport and Highways 976 726
58 Rural Development 549 380
59 School Education and Literacy 276 202
60 Science and Technology 12444 4217
61 Scientific and Industrial Research 116 77
62 Ports, Shipping and Waterways 2642 1572
63 Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 1987 1223
64 Social Justice and Empowerment 666 451
65 Space 18702 16014
66 Statistics and Programme Implementation 6152 4219
67 Steel 302 275
68 Telecommunications 3546 3349
69 Textiles 4739 4653
70 Tourism 579 462
71 Tribal Affairs 313 172
72 Union Public Service Commission 1828 1164
73 Housing and Urban Affairs 19507 19493
74 Vice President’s Secretariat 62 51
75 Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 10639 6082
76 Women and Child Development 698 596
77 Youth Affairs and Sports 382 291
* As per data, provided by the Department of Expenditure

 

 

                                                                                                                                    Annexure-II

 

S. No. Ministry/Department ST
As on 31.12.2016 As on 31.12.2017 As on 31.12.2018 As on 31.12.2019 As on 31.12.2020
1 Defence Production 18 1658 1346 1705 1694
2 Railways 324 0 6251 5463 4405
3 Financial Services 1065 1108 1016 942 677
4 Posts 460 181 584 687 667
5 Defence 366 994 1040 951 1167
6 Housing & Urban Affairs 175 186 168 148 43
7 Home Affairs 2230 5383 3210 3326 2821
8 Atomic Energy 207 159 213 149 133
9 Revenue 1641 2479 2061 2567 2000
10 Education 469 892 828 808 852
S. No. Ministry/Department OBC
As on 31.12.2016 As on 31.12.2017 As on 31.12.2018 As on 31.12.2019 As on 31.12.2020
1 Defence Production 15 404 460 536 528
2 Railways 10 0 8694 6747 5403
3 Financial Services 1425 1280 1007 1234 1145
4 Posts 484 196 517 664 579
5 Defence 1268 3428 2437 2203 3888
6 Housing & Urban Affairs 597 464 306 289 181
7 Home Affairs 5120 6260 6493 6563 5479
8 Atomic Energy 642 511 625 571 540
9 Revenue 2988 1913 1545 2844 1465
10 Education 986 1622 1252 1521 1494

 

 

 

This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok  Sabha today.

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