No ban on recruitment in
Central Government
"There
is no ban on recruitment in Central Government" said Minister of Dopt.
In Lok
Sabha while answering to a question, Minister V.Narayanasamy said that there is
no ban on recruitment in Central Government and the respective Ministries /Departments
concerned are required to fill up the vacancies within the framework of
existing instructions/rules keeping in view functional requirement of the
posts.
“As per
the Employment Market Information Programme of Ministry of Labour &
Employment , employment growth in the organized sector including public and
private sectors has increased from 281.72 lakh in 2009 and 289.99 lakh in 2011
registering a compound annual growth rate of 1.46%. The compound annual growth
rate was 5.05% per annum in Private Sector and a marginal decline of 0.70% in
Public Sector, mainly due to rightsizing.
There is
no ban on recruitment in Central Government. The respective Ministries
/Departments concerned are required to fill up the vacancies within the
framework of existing instructions/rules keeping in view functional requirement
of the posts. In so far as Railways is concerned, notifications for filling up
of about 2 lakh posts pertaining to safety, maintenance and operations have
already been issued.
The
estimated number of total vacancies of regular Central Government Civilian
employees (including Railways) as on 1.3.2011 is 5,81,591. The data in respect
of CPSUs and Railway PSUs in not centrally maintained”.
