Over 8.72 lakh posts vacant in central govt departments: Minister
Giving details of the recruitments done by the three major recruiting agencies for the last five years, he said the UPSC recruited 25,267 candidates, 2,14,601 candidates recruited by SSC and the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) hired 2,04,945 candidates from 2016-17 to 2020-21.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed that of the 41,421 sanctioned teaching posts, 13,701 are vacant in central universities and other educational/ technical/ management institutes. File. There were around 8.72 lakh vacant posts in different central government departments as on March 1, 2020, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Thursday in response to a Rajya Sabha question.
The sanctioned strength of all central government departments was 40,04,941 (as on March 1, 2020), of which 31,32,698 employees were in position then, he said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. “The total number of vacant posts as on March 1, 2020 was 8,72,243,” the minister noted.
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Giving details of the recruitments done by the three major recruiting agencies for the last five years, he said the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recruited 25,267 candidates, the Staff Selection Commission 2,14,601 candidates and the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) recruited 2,04,945 candidates, from 2016-17 to 2020-21.
Source: Government data
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