The details of Ministry-wise/Department-wise sanctioned strength and the number in position of employees, as on 01.03.2020, are at Annexure-I. Government monitors the progress in respect of filling of backlog reserved vacancies for SCs, STs and OBCs in ten Ministries/Departments, which contribute more than 90% of total number of employees of Central Government. Ministry/Department-wise, Category-wise details of backlog reserved vacancies for the years 2016 to 2020 are at Annexure-II.

Occurrence and filling of vacancies by various recruiting agencies of Central Government including Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is a continuous process on the basis of requisitioning by the respective Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCA). Data regarding vacancies filled by State recruiting agencies is maintained by the respective State Government.

                                                                                                                        ANNEXURE – I                                                                                                        

            Estimated Number of Central Government Employees as on 01.03.2020 *

 
 

S. No.

Ministries/Departments

No. of Sanctioned Posts

Number in Position

 

1

Agricultural Research and Education

54

32

 

2

Agriculture, Cooperation  and Farmers Welfare

5791

3619

 

3

 Animal Husbandry and Dairying & Fisheries

3455

2110

 

4

Atomic Energy

38080

32764

 

5

AYUSH

184

160

 

6

Bio-Technology

255

171

 

7

Cabinet Secretariat

342

295

 

8

Chemicals and  Petrochemicals & Pharmaceuticals

320

313

 

9

Civil Aviation

2106

1254

 

10

Coal

434

285

 

11

Commerce

5359

3206

 

12

Consumer Affairs

1293

778

 

13

Corporate Affairs

2594

1518

 

14

Culture

10294

6721

 

15

Defence (Civil)

633139

385637

 

16

Development of NE Region

336

225

 

17

Drinking Water and Sanitation

158

107

 

18

Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

143

91

 

19

Earth Sciences

7508

4649

 

20

Economic Affairs

1403

1040

 

21

Environment, Forests  and Climate Change

4869

2622

 

22

Expenditure

1597

1072

 

23

External Affairs

11035

8831

 

24

Fertilizers

249

226

 

25

Financial Services

1613

1268

 

26

Food and Public Distribution

1027

757

 

27

Food Processing Industries

181

121

 

28

Health and Family Welfare

23010

20907

 

29

Health Research

42

25

 

30

Heavy Industry

247

166

 

31

Higher Education

1155

844

 

32

Home Affairs

1084430

955588

 

33

Indian Audit and Accounts Department

67522

44285

 

34

Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

2570

1664

 

35

Information and Broadcasting

5335

3379

 

36

Electronics and Information Technology

6549

5113

 

37

Investment and Public Asset Management

86

68

 

38

Labour and Employment

6711

4068

 

39

Land Resources

128

80

 

40

Law and Justice

2703

1971

 

41

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

452

443

 

42

Mines

14019

7094

 

43

Minority Affairs

267

177

 

44

New and Renewable Energy

330

213

 

45

Panchayati Raj

127

74

 

46

Parliamentary Affairs

150

117

 

47

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

11124

8749

 

48

Petroleum and Natural Gas

332

222

 

49

Niti Aayog

739

497

 

50

Posts

267491

177441

 

51

Power

1439

778

 

52

President’s Secretariat

380

289

 

53

Prime Minister’s Office

446

329

 

54

Public Enterprises

107

72

 

55

Railways

1507694

1270399

 

56

Revenue

178432

102105

 

57

Road Transport and Highways

976

726

 

58

Rural Development

549

380

 

59

School Education and Literacy

276

202

 

60

Science and Technology

12444

4217

 

61

Scientific and Industrial Research

116

77

 

62

Ports, Shipping and Waterways

2642

1572

 

63

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

1987

1223

 

64

Social Justice and Empowerment

666

451

 

65

Space

18702

16014

 

66

Statistics and Programme Implementation

6152

4219

 

67

Steel

302

275

 

68

Telecommunications

3546

3349

 

69

Textiles

4739

4653

 

70

Tourism

579

462

 

71

Tribal Affairs

313

172

 

72

Union Public Service Commission

1828

1164

 

73

Housing and Urban Affairs

19507

19493

 

74

Vice President’s Secretariat

62

51

 

75

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

10639

6082

 

76

Women and Child Development

698

596

 

77

Youth Affairs and Sports

382

291

 

. No.

Ministry/Department

ST

As on 31.12.2016

As on 31.12.2017

As on 31.12.2018

As on 31.12.2019

As on 31.12.2020

1

Defence Production

18

1658

1346

1705

1694

2

Railways

324

0

6251

5463

4405

3

Financial Services

1065

1108

1016

942

677

4

Posts

460

181

584

687

667

5

Defence

366

994

1040

951

1167

6

Housing & Urban Affairs

175

186

168

148

43

7

Home Affairs

2230

5383

3210

3326

2821

8

Atomic Energy

207

159

213

149

133

9

Revenue

1641

2479

2061

2567

2000

10

Education

469

892

828

808

852

             

S. No.

Ministry/Department

OBC

As on 31.12.2016

As on 31.12.2017

As on 31.12.2018

As on 31.12.2019

As on 31.12.2020

1

Defence Production

15

404

460

536

528

2

Railways

10

0

8694

6747

5403

3

Financial Services

1425

1280

1007

1234

1145

4

Posts

484

196

517

664

579

5

Defence

1268

3428

2437

2203

3888

6

Housing & Urban Affairs

597

464

306

289

181

7

Home Affairs

5120

6260

6493

6563

5479

8

Atomic Energy

642

511

625

571

540

9

Revenue

2988

1913

1545

2844

1465

10

Education

986

1622

1252

1521

1494

 

 

 

This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok  Sabha today.