PARLIAMENT QUESTION: LATERAL ENTRY

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Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
12 FEB 2026 1:42PM by PIB Delhi

So far 63 appointments have been made at the level of Joint Secretary/ Director/ Deputy Secretary on contract/deputation basis in various Government Departments through lateral entry since 2018 (Details in Annexure). These appointments have been made for specific assignments, keeping in view their specialized knowledge and expertise in the domain area. Since, each of these appointments has been made against single post cadre, accordingly, in view of the Hon’ble Supreme Court judgement in the case titled ‘PGIMER, Chandigarh Vs. Faculty Association and Ors’ category wise data of the appointed officers has not been maintained. No posts have been abolished during the last five years.

Annexure

Details of Lateral Entrants since 2018:

S.No.	Ministry/Department		Lateral Entrants
1.	Ministry of Commerce	Department of Commerce	Joint Secretary -2 Director-1
1.	Ministry of Commerce	Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade	Director-2
2.	Ministry of Civil Aviation		Joint Secretary-2
3.	Ministry of Finance	Department of Financial Services	Joint Secretary-2 Director-3
		Department of Economic Affairs	Joint Secretary-1 Director-3
		Department of Revenue	Joint Secretary -1
4.	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change		Joint Secretary-1 Deputy Secretary-1
5.	Ministry of New and Renewable Energy		Joint Secretary-1
6.	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways		Joint Secretary-1 Director-1
7.	Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways		Joint Secretary-1 Deputy Secretary-1
8.	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare		Joint Secretary-1 Director-3
9.	Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship		Director-1
10.	Ministry of Health & Family Welfare		Director-2 Deputy Secretary-1
11.	Ministry of Jal Shakti		Director-1
12.	Ministry of Education	Department of Higher Education	Director-1 Deputy Secretary-1

		Department of School Education & Literacy	Director-3 Deputy Secretary-1
13.	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Department of Food and Public Distribution		Director-2
14.	Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Legal Affairs		Joint Secretary-1 Director-2
15.	Ministry of Power		Director-2 Deputy Secretary-1
16.	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation		Director-2 Deputy Secretary-4
17.	Ministry of Heavy Industries		Deputy Secretary-3
18.	Ministry of Corporate Affairs		Deputy Secretary-1
19.	Ministry of Steel		Deputy Secretary-1
20.	Ministry of Mines		Deputy Secretary-1
21.	Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs		Director-1
22.	Ministry of Rural Development		Director-1
23.	Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers	Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals	Director-1
		Department of Pharmaceuticals	Director-1

This information was given by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

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