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Vacancies In Central Government Departments

The details of Ministry-wise/Department-wise sanctioned strength and the number in position of employees, as on 01.03.2020, are at Annexure-I. Government monitors the progress in respect of filling of backlog reserved vacancies for SCs, STs and OBCs in ten Ministries/Departments, which contribute more than 90% of total number of employees of Central Government. Ministry/Department-wise, Category-wise details of backlog reserved vacancies for the years 2016 to 2020 are at Annexure-II.

Occurrence and filling of vacancies by various recruiting agencies of Central Government including Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is a continuous process on the basis of requisitioning by the respective Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCA). Data regarding vacancies filled by State recruiting agencies is maintained by the respective State Government.

ANNEXURE – I

Estimated Number of Central Government Employees as on 01.03.2020 *
S. No.	Ministries/Departments	No. of Sanctioned Posts	Number in Position
1	Agricultural Research and Education	54	32
2	Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare	5791	3619
3	Animal Husbandry and Dairying & Fisheries	3455	2110
4	Atomic Energy	38080	32764
5	AYUSH	184	160
6	Bio-Technology	255	171
7	Cabinet Secretariat	342	295
8	Chemicals and Petrochemicals & Pharmaceuticals	320	313
9	Civil Aviation	2106	1254
10	Coal	434	285
11	Commerce	5359	3206
12	Consumer Affairs	1293	778
13	Corporate Affairs	2594	1518
14	Culture	10294	6721
15	Defence (Civil)	633139	385637
16	Development of NE Region	336	225
17	Drinking Water and Sanitation	158	107
18	Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities	143	91
19	Earth Sciences	7508	4649
20	Economic Affairs	1403	1040
21	Environment, Forests and Climate Change	4869	2622
22	Expenditure	1597	1072
23	External Affairs	11035	8831
24	Fertilizers	249	226
25	Financial Services	1613	1268
26	Food and Public Distribution	1027	757
27	Food Processing Industries	181	121
28	Health and Family Welfare	23010	20907
29	Health Research	42	25
30	Heavy Industry	247	166
31	Higher Education	1155	844
32	Home Affairs	1084430	955588
33	Indian Audit and Accounts Department	67522	44285
34	Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade	2570	1664
35	Information and Broadcasting	5335	3379
36	Electronics and Information Technology	6549	5113
37	Investment and Public Asset Management	86	68
38	Labour and Employment	6711	4068
39	Land Resources	128	80
40	Law and Justice	2703	1971
41	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	452	443
42	Mines	14019	7094
43	Minority Affairs	267	177
44	New and Renewable Energy	330	213
45	Panchayati Raj	127	74
46	Parliamentary Affairs	150	117
47	Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	11124	8749
48	Petroleum and Natural Gas	332	222
49	Niti Aayog	739	497
50	Posts	267491	177441
51	Power	1439	778
52	President’s Secretariat	380	289
53	Prime Minister’s Office	446	329
54	Public Enterprises	107	72
55	Railways	1507694	1270399
56	Revenue	178432	102105
57	Road Transport and Highways	976	726
58	Rural Development	549	380
59	School Education and Literacy	276	202
60	Science and Technology	12444	4217
61	Scientific and Industrial Research	116	77
62	Ports, Shipping and Waterways	2642	1572
63	Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	1987	1223
64	Social Justice and Empowerment	666	451
65	Space	18702	16014
66	Statistics and Programme Implementation	6152	4219
67	Steel	302	275
68	Telecommunications	3546	3349
69	Textiles	4739	4653
70	Tourism	579	462
71	Tribal Affairs	313	172
72	Union Public Service Commission	1828	1164
73	Housing and Urban Affairs	19507	19493
74	Vice President’s Secretariat	62	51
75	Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	10639	6082
76	Women and Child Development	698	596
77	Youth Affairs and Sports	382	291

* As per data, provided by the Department of Expenditure

Annexure-II

S. No.	Ministry/Department	ST
S. No.	Ministry/Department	As on 31.12.2016	As on 31.12.2017	As on 31.12.2018	As on 31.12.2019	As on 31.12.2020
1	Defence Production	18	1658	1346	1705	1694
2	Railways	324	0	6251	5463	4405
3	Financial Services	1065	1108	1016	942	677
4	Posts	460	181	584	687	667
5	Defence	366	994	1040	951	1167
6	Housing & Urban Affairs	175	186	168	148	43
7	Home Affairs	2230	5383	3210	3326	2821
8	Atomic Energy	207	159	213	149	133
9	Revenue	1641	2479	2061	2567	2000
10	Education	469	892	828	808	852

S. No.	Ministry/Department	OBC
S. No.	Ministry/Department	As on 31.12.2016	As on 31.12.2017	As on 31.12.2018	As on 31.12.2019	As on 31.12.2020
1	Defence Production	15	404	460	536	528
2	Railways	10	0	8694	6747	5403
3	Financial Services	1425	1280	1007	1234	1145
4	Posts	484	196	517	664	579
5	Defence	1268	3428	2437	2203	3888
6	Housing & Urban Affairs	597	464	306	289	181
7	Home Affairs	5120	6260	6493	6563	5479
8	Atomic Energy	642	511	625	571	540
9	Revenue	2988	1913	1545	2844	1465
10	Education	986	1622	1252	1521	1494

This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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