THE BELOW DETAIL WAS SUBMITTED IN A WRITTEN REPLY IN THE PARLIAMENT BY THE MINISTER OF DOPT SHRI V.NARAYANASAMY ON 12TH DECEMBER 2013 TO A QUESTION REGARDING THE NUMBER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IS CONSTANTLY DECREASING DUE TO NON-FILLING UP OF VACANCIES FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS...
The Minister said that the details of the number of posts
sanctioned, filled and vacant of Regular Civilian Employees in
Central Government & Union Territory Administrations
as per the ‘Brochure on Pay and Allowances of Central
Government Civilian Employees for 2009-2010, 2010-2011
and 2011-12 brought out by the Ministry of Finance
(Department of Expenditure), as on 1st March of the relevant
year are as under:
sanctioned, filled and vacant of Regular Civilian Employees in
Central Government & Union Territory Administrations
as per the ‘Brochure on Pay and Allowances of Central
Government Civilian Employees for 2009-2010, 2010-2011
and 2011-12 brought out by the Ministry of Finance
(Department of Expenditure), as on 1st March of the relevant
year are as under:
| As on | Number of sanctioned posts | Number of incumbents in position | Number of vacant posts |
| 1.3.2010 | 3602295 | 3068359 | 533936 |
| 1.3.2011 | 3663529 | 3081938 | 581591 |
| 1.3.2012 | 3684543 | 3084530 | 600013 |
The Ministries/Departments are required to fill the vacancies as per Recruitment Rules and
extant guidelines. This Department issues instructions from time to time
to all Ministries/Departments to fill up the vacant posts on timely basis. The data in this
regard is not centrally maintained.