(a) whether the Central Government has launched a major recruitment drive in Para-Military Forces in the country particularly in J&K under which thousands of jobs are being filled up;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the percentages reserved for minorities, SC & ST etc. therein;
(c) whether any reservation is also kept for Kashmiri Pandits;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)
(a) & (b): Central Police Forces (CPFs) will be filling up vacancies arising out of normal annual wastage and the new raisings. 5000 vacancies will be filled up from Jammu & Kashmir as a part of Reconstruction Plan announced by the Prime Minister. State-wise percentages are given in the Annexure. Reservation will be provided for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per the State-wise quota fixed under extant Government instructions. There is no reservation for minorities for recruitment in CPFs.
(c), (d) & (e): Kashmiri Pandits fall in the General Category, for which 50% vacancies are allocated.
ANNEXURE-1
Sl. No. STATE/UT Precentages of vacancies
1 Andaman & Nicobar 0.03 2 Andhra Pradesh 7.37 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0.11 4 Assam 2.59 5 Bihar 8.07 6 Chandigarh 0.09 7 Chattisgarh 2.02 8 Daman & Diu 0.02 9 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.02 10 Delhi 1.34 11 Goa 0.13 12 Gujarat 4.93 13 Haryana 2.05 14 Himachal Pradesh 0.59 15 Jammu & Kashmir 0.98 16 Jharkhand 2.62 17 Karnataka 5.13 18 Kerala 3.1 19 Lakshadweep 0.01 20 Madhya Pradesh 5.88 21 Maharashtra 9.42 22 Manipur 0.23 23 Meghalya 0.22 24 Mizoram 0.09 25 Nagaland 0.19 26 Orrisa 3.57 27 Pondicherry 0 28 Punjab 2.37 29 Rajasthan 5.5 30 Sikkim 0.05 31 Tamilnadu 6.05 32 Tripura 0.31 33 Uttar Pradesh 16.17 34 Uttaranchal 0.83 35 West Bengal 7.81