As per the information available, the estimated sanctioned
and actual strength of Civilian Employees (Group-wise) in the Central
Government is:
|
Group-wise number of sanctioned posts
|
Number in position
|
|
A(G)
|
100869
|
87960
|
|
B(G)
|
86840
|
76724
|
|
B (N.G)
|
144454
|
113477
|
|
C (N.G)
|
3352380
|
2806396
|
|
Total
|
3684543
|
3084530
|
In view of the prevailing economic scenario
and in order to promote fiscal discipline, Government of India has issued
Economy instructions which, inter alia, impose a ban on creation of new
posts. However, proposals for creation of posts are examined/concurred to in
the Ministry on case to case basis if supported by adequate functional
justification.
All Ministries/Departments are required to
review their vacancies vis-a-vis the work load regularly to take necessary
steps for filing up vacancies as per their requirements subject to extant
guidelines and rules on the matter.
This
information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Smt. Nirmala
Sitharaman in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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