DETAILS OF VACANT POSTS IN CENTRAL GOVT DEPARTMENTS

DETAILS OF VACANT POSTS IN CENTRAL GOVT DEPARTMENTS

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT POSTS – SANCTIONED POSTS, NUMBER IN

POSITION (POSTS FILLED UP) AND VACANCY IN CENTRAL

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN GROUP A GROUP B AND GROUP C

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.

PIB News

SPL RECTT DRIVE TO FILL UP BACKLOG SC/ST VACANCIES DETAILS

SPECIAL RECRUITMENT DRIVE LAUNCHED TO FILL UP THE BACKLOG IN

RESERVED VACANCIES OF THE SCHEDULED CASTES (SCS),

SCHEDULED TRIBES (STS) AND OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES (OBCS)

– UNION CABINET GIVES APPROVAL

The Union Cabinet today approved the Special Recruitment Drive launched

to fill up the backlog in reserved vacancies of the Scheduled Castes (SCs),

Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) The achievement of

the drive was reviewed in July, 2011 by the Minister of State for Personnel,

Public Grievances and Pensions as there was a large backlog of vacancieswhich

were yet to be filled.  The drive was re-launched to fill up the remaining identified

backlog vacancies by the end of the financial year i.e. 31.03.2012.  All

Ministries/Departments were requested to make concerted efforts to ensure that

the remaining backlog reserved vacancies of SCs, STs and OBCs were filled up by

31st March, 2012. The achievement of  the  Special  Recruitment  Drive  on  its

conclusion on 31st March, 2012, as reported by various Ministries/Departments is

as follows:

(i)  A total of 75,522 backlog vacancies were identified. Of these, 44,427 were in

the direct recruitment quota and 31,095 in the promotion quota.

(ii)       Of the 44,427 backlog vacancies in the direct recruitment quota, 28,588

have been filled up so far. The success rate in direct recruitment quota is therefore

64.35 percent .

(iii)    Out of 31,095 backlog vacancies in the promotion quota, there are 11,347

vacancies (SC 4,239 & ST 7,106) for which eligible candidates are not available

even in the extended zone of consideration. Therefore, it has not been found

possible to fill up these vacancies. Out of the remaining 19,748

vacancies in the promotion quota, 19,446vacancies have been filled up so far.

After excluding the vacancies for which candidates are not available,

achievement of the drive in respect of the promotion quota is 98.47 percent.

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Source : PIB