OBCS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
OBCs in Government Services
As per
information received from various Ministries/ Departments till date, the
representation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), as on 01.01.2013, in
69 Central Government Ministries/Departments was 5,23,721 which is
17.74% of 29,52,080 employees.
The reasons for lower representation of Other Backward Classes in services are identified as under-:
(i) Reservation for Other Backward Classes started only from the year 1993.
(ii)
Other Backward Classes candidates who were appointed up to 1993, that is
before introduction of reservation for the Other Backward Classes, are
not included for counting the representation.
(iii)
There is generally a time gap between occurrence of vacancies and
filling thereof as recruitment is a time consuming process.
(iv)
Some reserved posts for Other Backward Classes remain vacant due to
non-availability of suitable candidates of reserved category.
(v)
Some of the selected Other Backward Classes candidates do not join the
service or leave the service after joining because they get better
opportunities elsewhere.
Reservation
in Central Government jobs for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes employees is provided at the rate of 27%, 15% and
7.5%, respectively. As per information received till date from 69
Ministries/ Departments, the representation of Other Backward Classes,
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as on 01.01.2013, was 17.74%,
17.57% and 7.73%, respectively.
Instructions
have been issued in June, 2013 to all concerned to make concerted
efforts to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies. A committee was
constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment to analyse the reasons for less employability of
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes in
Government sector and to suggest remedial measures. Keeping in view the
recommendations of the Committee, various time bound measures have been
identified and intimated to concerned Ministries/Departments to fill up
such backlog vacancies.
This
was stated by Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Kumari Shobha
Karandlaje in the Lok Sabha today.
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