GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(DEPARTMENT OF
PERSONNEL & TRAINING)
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2731
ANSWERED ON: 10.07.2019
SC/ST and OBC Quota in
Government Departments
2731. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:
Will the PRIME MINISTER
be pleased to state:-
(a) the details of the
number of vacancies for the SC/ST and OBC quotas in all departments of the
Government;
(b) whether the Government plans to fill up 100% of the backlog within the next
five years;
(c) whether there is dilution of the reservation system of the OBC, SC and STs
in favour of the economically underprivileged; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and corrective steps being taken in this regard?
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) & (b): Vacant posts
of reserved category candidates are 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 respect of filling up of
backlog reserved vacancies for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs)
and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) with ten Ministries/ Departments, having more
than 90% of the employees in Central Government.
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 backlog reserved 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 reserved 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.
Filling up of vacancies,
including backlog reserved vacancies, is a continuous process. However,
Department of Personnel and Training has already issued instructions 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.
(c) & (d): The
persons belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs), who are not covered
under the scheme of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs have been given 10% reservation
in direct recruitment in civil posts and services in the Government of India.
Every Government
establishment shall recast group-wise posts-based reservation roster register
for direct recruitment in accordance with the format given in Office Memorandum
No. 36039/1/2019-Estt.(Res) dated 31.01.2019, issued by the Department of
Personnel and Training for affecting 10% reservation for EWSs. While fixing the
roster points, if the EWS roster point coincides with the roster points of
SCs/STs/OBCs, the next available UR (Unreserved) roster point has been allotted
to the EWS.
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2731
ANSWERED ON: 10.07.2019
(b) whether the Government plans to fill up 100% of the backlog within the next five years;
(c) whether there is dilution of the reservation system of the OBC, SC and STs in favour of the economically underprivileged; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and corrective steps being taken in this regard?
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)