The minister also added that filling up of vacant posts is a continuous process depending on vacancies arising across ministries or departments during the year and action calendar of the recruiting agency.
Budget 2019: At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government is reeling under the pressure of increasing unemployment across the country, the Central government on Wednesday claimed that over 6.84 lakh posts were vacant in various departments under it. “Of the total sanctioned strength of 38.02 lakh, 31.18 lakh were filled as on March 1, 2018, leaving 6.84 lakh posts vacant,” news agency PTI quoted a a written reply by Minister of State (MoS) Jitendra Singh. The Statistic Ministry, had in May 2019, revealed that country’s unemployment rate rose to 6.1 per cent in the 2017-18 fiscal year, making it highest level in at least 45 years.
“Vacancies in central government are caused due to retirement, death, promotion, etc. and the posts falling vacant are required to be filled as per recruitment rules by ministries, departments or organisations concerned,” Singh said. The minister also added that filling up of vacant posts is a continuous process depending on vacancies arising across ministries or departments during the year and action calendar of the recruiting agency.
In another reply, he said the Staff Selection Commission has planned to conduct examinations to fill up the 1,03,266 vacancies reported by various ministries during the years 2019 and 2020. “Railway Board has notified five centralised employment notifications in 2018-19 for new and future vacancies likely to arise in two years, covering 1,56,138 vacancies,” Singh said.
Source: ABP Live
