New Delhi, July 20
There were around 9.79 lakh vacancies in central government departments against the sanctioned strength of 40.35 lakh, as informed to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, March 1, 2021.
According to a written reply by the Union Minister of State, as per the Annual Report of the Pay Research Unit of the Department of Expenditure, there were 40,35,203 sanctioned posts in various Ministries/Departments of the Central Government as on March 1 last year. Personnel Jitendra Singh.
It said that against the sanctioned strength, 30,55,876 civil servants of the central government were in the post as on date.
“Creation and filling up of posts in the central government is the responsibility of the concerned ministry/department and is a continuous process,” Singh said.
He said that vacancies in various Ministries/Departments of the Central Government and their attached or subordinate offices arise due to retirement, promotion, resignation, death etc.
“All Ministries/Departments of the Central Government have been requested to take action in mission mode to fill up the vacant posts in a time bound manner,” the minister said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month asked various government departments and ministries to recruit 10 lakh people on “mission mode” in the next one and a half years.
In another reply, Singh said that as per the Census of Central Government Employees brought out by the Directorate General of Employment and Training, Ministry of Labour, the total number of permanent employees in various Central Ministries/Departments was 30,87,278, out of which on March 3, 2011 Till date 37,439 employees were women.