Question : RECRUITMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN BPCL

(a) the total number of officers and employees working in Bharat Petroleum Limited at national level alongwith the number of officers and employees belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and OBCs ;

(b) whether all the reserved posts have been filled ;

(c) if so, the total number of appointments made during the last three years alongwith the number of people appinted from Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and OBCs;

(d) whether there is still a backlog in reserved posts ; and

(e) if so, the time by which these reserved posts are likely to be filled up?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) to (e)
(i) The total number of officers (management staff) and other employees working in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) at national level along with the number of officers and employees belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Castes (OBCs) are as follows (as on 1.10.2009) :-

Group	Total No. of officers	Category	/ Employees	SC	ST	OBC
Officers	4765	784	271	412
Others	9223	1562	545	834
Total	13988	2346	816	1246

Group	Total No.of	Category	appointments	SC	ST	OBC
Officers	899	137	61	166
Others	246	31	6	77
Total	1145	168	67	243