9,79,327 lakh jobs in central government: Check department wise vacancy details!!

The government has made an official announcement about the details of vacant jobs in various departments of the central government. By March 1, 2021, 979327 lakh jobs are vacant in 78 ministries and various departments of the Centre.

It also reported that there are 2.93 lakh posts in railways. Next in priority, Defense Department has 2.64 lakh vacancies and Home Ministry has 1.43 lakh vacancies. Union Minister of State for Personnel Affairs Jitendra Singh has given a written reply to Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi's question in Rajya Sabha.

In the Rajya Sabha, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi raised below questions -

1. the target for providing jobs to ten lakh people in one year by Government, Department-wise;
2. the status of vacancies in Government at present, Department-wise;
3. the vacancies of SCs, STs, OBCs, EBCs and EWSs therein, category-wise;
4. the number of jobs targeted to be provided to the persons belonging to SCs, STs, OBCs, EBCs and EWSs categories out of the bouquet of 10 lakh jobs;
5. the number of persons who have been provided jobs out of the 10 lakh jobs as on date; and
6. by when the National Recruitment Agency will be operational, the current status thereof?

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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) has responded as below- 

1. Recruitment against vacant posts is a continuous process. Vacancies in various Central Government Ministries/ Departments and their Attached and Subordinate offices are caused due to retirement, resignation, death, promotion etc. of the employee. Rozgar Mela events are being held across the country and the new appointees are inducted into various Central Ministries/ Departments/ Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs)/ Autonomous Bodies/ Public Sector Banks etc. The details of number of jobs provided are maintained by the respective Ministries/Departments/ Organisations.
2. Department-wise status of the vacancies in Government as on 01.03.2021 is at Annexure.
3. & (d): Category-wise details of vacancies/ recruitments is maintained by the respective Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations.

5. Rozgar Mela is expected to continue to act as a catalyst in further employment and self employment generation and provide gainful service opportunities to the 10 lakh youth over a period of one year or so.
6. The National Recruitment Agency (NRA) has been constituted. The NRA has conducted a detailed study of the recruitment systems in the Centre as well as States in order to adopt the best practices.

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Department-wise status of the vacancies in Government as on 01.03.2021

Vacancy position of all Ministries/Departments as on 01.03.2021
S. No.	Ministries/Departments	Vacanct Posts as on 01.03.2021
1	Agricultural Research and Education	13
2	Agriculture , Cooperation and Farmers Welfare	2210
3	Animal Husbandry and Diarying & Fisheries	1842
4	Atomic Energy	9460
5	AYUSH	118
6	Bio-Technology	83
7	Cabinet Secretariat	54
8	Chemicals and Petrochemicals & Pharmaceuticals	72
9	Civil Aviation	917
10	Coal	170
11	Commerce	2585
12	Consumer Affairs	541
13	Corporate Affairs	1220
14	Culture	3788
15	Defence (Civil)	264706
16	Development of NE Region	110
17	Drinking Water and Sanitation	49
18	Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities	62
19	Earth Sciences	3043
20	Economic Affairs	306
21	Environment , Forests and Climate Change	2302
22	Expenditure	464
23	External Affairs	2330
24	Fertilizers	60
25	Financial Services	339
26	Food and Public Distribution	405
27	Food Processing Industries	53
28	Health and Family Welfare	1769
29	Health Research	17
30	Heavy Industry	96
31	Higher Education	313
32	Home Affairs	143536
33	Indian Audit and Accounts Department	25934
34	Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade	462
35	Information and Broadcasting	2041
36	Electronics and Information Technology	1568

37	Investment andPublic Asset Managemnent	14
38	Labour and Employment	2408
39	Land Resources	57
40	Law and Justice	937
41	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	71
42	Mines	7063
43	Minority Affairs	121
44	New and Renewable Energy	92
45	Panchayati Raj	56
46	Parliamentary Affairs	29
47	Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	2535
48	Petroleum and Natural Gas	122
49	Pharmaceuticals	36
50	Niti Aayog	233
51	Posts	90050
52	Power	790
53	President's Secretariat	91
54	Prime Minister's Office	129
55	Public Enterprises	41
56	Railways	293943
57	Revenue	80243
58	Road Transport and Highways	287
59	Rural Development	157
60	School Education and Literacy	163
61	Science and Technology	8543
62	Scientific and Industrial Research	46
63	Ports, Shipping and Waterways	1043
64	Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	698
65	Social Justice and Empowerment	269
66	Space	2106
67	Statistics and Programme Implementation	2156
68	Steel	57
69	Telecommunications	167
70	Textiles	501
71	Tourism	144
72	Tribal Affairs	147
73	Union Public Service Commission	657
74	Housing and Urban Affairs	2751
75	Vice President's Secretariat	8
76	Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	6860
77	Women and Child Development	353
78	Youth Affairs and Sports	115
	Total	979327

 

Published date : 04 Feb 2023 01:01PM