(a) the details of various categories of posts lying vacant in the Directorate General, Doordarshan and Directorate General, Akashwani as on date;
(b) the steps taken by the Government to fill the vacancies in Himalayan States of the country including Uttarakhand;
(c) the status and progress made in filling up the vacancies as a result thereof; and
(d) the time limit fixed for the purpose?
THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE; MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCSTING; AND MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)
(a) To (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *161 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.02.2021 ON VACANT POSTS IN DOORDARSHAN AND AKASHWANI.
(a): The information is given in the enclosed Annexure.
(b) & (c): Prasar Bharati Recruitment Board has been constituted on 01.07.2020 in accordance with Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Notification dated 12.02.2020, for filling up of Direct Recruitment vacancies in Akashvani (All India Radio) and Doordarshan carrying scale of pay less than that of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India. The process of recruitment to fill up the backlog vacancies for physically impaired persons has been initiated by the Board.
Before establishment of Prasar Bharati Recruitment Board, limited recruitment has been undertaken as a special dispensation through Staff Selection Commission for critical Group B and Group C vacancies, approved by the Government on an all India basis in 2013. 220 vacant posts were filled up in the Himalayan States including Uttarakhand.
As regards filling up of the vacancies by promotion, continued efforts have been made by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Prasar Bharati in accordance with extant instructions of Department of Personnel & Training (DoP&T).
(d): Every effort is made to fill up the posts expeditiously. Promotions and recruitment are on-going processes depending upon vacancies available on a year to year basis, as such no time limit can be given.
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