Special Drive Recruitment to fill backlog vacancies of SC, ST & OBC – Lok Sabha QA

Special Drive Recruitment to fill backlog vacancies of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) – Lok Sabha QA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 638
(TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2022)

SPECIAL DRIVE RECRUITMENT

638. KUNWAR DANISH ALI:
Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a) whether a number of Government posts in SC, ST and OBC categories are lying vacant in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government is planning to fill up these posts by conducting a special drive;
and

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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): Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) monitors the progress in 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 of Central Government. Ministry/Department-wise and category-wise (i.e. SCs, STs and OBCs) details of backlog reserved vacancies, as on 01.01.2021, are at Annexure.

(b) & (c): Filling up of vacancies, including backlog reserved vacancies, is a continuous process. Instructions have been issued to all Ministries/Departments of the Central Government to constitute an In-House Committee for identification of backlog reserved vacancies, to study the root cause of such vacancies, to initiate measures to remove the factors causing such vacancies and to fill them up through Special Recruitment Drives.

Source: Lok Sabha