(a) whether it is a fact that due to administrative exigency, efficiency and unavoidable circumstances, outsourcing of work in the Government departments through contract is resorted to and no centralized data of employment in Government departments is maintained in this regard;
(b) if so, the reasons for not maintaining the data in the era of digitalisation and the date-wise/competent authority-wise details of guidelines with justification for adoption of outsourcing policy in the Government;
(c) the Department-wise details of jobs provided on contract/outsourcing and the number of vacancies and backlog vacancies that were lying vacant during the last three years;
(d) whether the Government is intending to issue any guidelines to curb middlemen in contract/outsourcing and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) whether the Government proposes to issue guidelines to provide permanent jobs to the people instead of keeping them on contract/outsourcing for a long time and if so, the details thereof?