Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Number of Sanctioned Posts and Vacant Posts in Central Government Departments




As per available information, the details of number of sanctioned posts, number in position and vacancies in Central Government posts as on 1st March, 2011 was as under:

Number of Sanctioned Posts
Number in Position
Number of Vacant Posts
Group A
98977
84474
14503
Group B
228755
192728
36027
Group C
3335797
2804736
531061
Total vacancies
581591

           
Details of vacancy position in respect of reserved posts and details of backlog vacancies in Central Government Departments is not centrally maintained. A Special Recruitment Drive was launched in 2008 to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies of Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/ Other Backward Classes (OBC), which continued till 31.03.2012. The details of recruitment/ appointments made during the drive were as under:

Direct Recruitment
Promotion
Total

Backlog
Filled up
Backlog
Filled up
Backlog
Filled up
SC
10955
7797
13458
9655
24413
17452
ST
11400
7051
17637
9791
29037
16842
OBC
22072
13740
Not applicable
Not applicable
22072
13740
Total
44427
28588
31095
19446
75522
48034

   The vacancies are filled as per the provisions of the Recruitment Rules and if Recruitment Rules permit lateral entry, the backlog vacancies may also be filled through the lateral entry route.
This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a question by   Shri Ashok Kumar  today.

Source : PIB