Question : Vacancies in Central Government

(a) the group-wise details of Central Government employees retired and resigned during the last three years, year-wise;
(b) the group-wise number of employees appointed against the vacancies so arised during the said period;
(c) the group-wise details of employees given compulsory retirement during the said period;
(d) the present status of vacant posts in the Central Government along with the vacancies filled in during the last three years for each class upto officer level; and
(e) the details of posts in various groups in Central Government abolished during the last three years and the current year, department and group-wise?

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): Centralized data regarding employees who retired/resigned during last three years is not maintained.

(b): Vacancies caused due to retirement, death, promotion etc. are required to be filled following provisions of recruitment rules for the post. The number of direct recruitments made by Staff Selection Commission and Union Public Service Commission for the last three years is as per table below:

Year Number of candidates Number of candidates
recommended by UPSC recommended by SSC
Recruitment Direct All India Selection
by Recruitment Competitive posts
Examination by Selection Examination
2014-15 5969 2303 57542 524
2015-16 5659 1207 24604 534
2016-17 4612 1123 68496 384

(c): As per the available information, provisions under FR 56(j) and similar provisions under service rules have been invoked/recommended in case of 53 Group ‘A’ officers and 123 Group ‘B’ officers of Central Civil Services, during the period from 1st July 2014 till 31st October 2017.

(d) & (e): As per the Annual Report on Pay and Allowances of Central Government Civilian Employees, the number of vacant posts in position in various Ministries/ Departments is 4,12,752 out of total sanctioned strength of 36,33,935 as on 01.03.2016.

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