Question : Recruitment of Minorities

(a) whether there is a decline in percentage of recruitment of minorities in the Central Ministries during 2015-16;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the Government has asked all Central Ministries to give data on recruitment of minorities during 2015-16 as part of review of the Prime Minister''s new 15-Point Programme for the welfare of minorities and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to give due percentage of recruitment of minority communities in Central Ministries?

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a) to (d): The Department of Personnel & Training has been collecting annual data on recruitment of minority communities since 2006-2007.
Accordingly, this year also the Central Ministries/ Departments have been requested in April 2016 to furnish the annual data for 2015-2016.
However, no segregated data on recruitment is collected religion-wise.
As per data received for the year 2013-14, 7.89% of minorities were recruited. As per data received for the year 2014-15, 8.56% of minorities have been recruited in Government Services.
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