Centre says 9.79 lakh vacant posts in various govt departments in March 2021

NEW DELHI: As of March 1, 2021, there are 9.79 lakh vacancies in 40.35 lakh central government departmental jobs, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

According to the annual report of the Pay Research Unit of the Department of Expenditure, 40,35,203 posts were sanctioned under various Ministries/Departments of the Union Government till March 1 last year, said the Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh.

As many as 30,55,876 central government civilian employees were in position on the date against the sanctioned strength, it said.

"Creation and filling up of posts in the central government is the responsibility of the ministry/department concerned, and it is a continuous process," Singh said.

Vacancies in various ministries/departments of the central government, and their attached or subordinate offices arise due to retirement, promotion, resignation, and death, among others, he said.

"All ministries/departments of the central government have been requested to take action in a mission mode for filling up of vacant posts in a time-bound manner," the minister added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last month asked various government departments and ministries to undertake the recruitment of 10 lakh people on a "mission mode" in the next year-and-a-half.

Singh in another reply said that according to the central government employees census released by the Directorate General of Employment and Training in the Ministry of Labour, the number of permanent employees in various central ministries and departments as of March 2011 is 30,87,278, out of which 37,439 employees were women.

With PTI inputs