(a) whether the Government proposes to launched any special drive through Employment
Exchanges to fill up the vacancies reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes
(STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and handicapped categories in the Government sectors
and Public Sector Undertakings(PSUs);
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT(SHRI HARISH RAWAT)
(a) No, Madam.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) The Employment Exchanges sponsor the names of registered job-seekers against the vacancies (including reserved vacancies) notified to them. After a Supreme Court judgment in 1996,
recruitment in public sector is made by notifying the vacancies to local Employment Exchange
and by open advertisement, etc. Thus, both the lists of jobseekers submitted by the
Employment Exchange and those who have responded against the advertisement are to be considered
for selection by the employer/ establishment. However, all vacancies (including reserved
vacancies) arising in the public sector establishments except those to be filled through
promotion or by absorption of surplus staff of any branch or department of the same
establishment or on the result of any examination conducted or interview held by, or
on the recommendation of, any independent agency, such as the Union or a State Public
Service Commission and the like, are to be notified to the Employment Exchanges as per
provisions of Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies)Act,1959.