Amid chorus over lack of jobs, the government Wednesday saidover 6.84 lakh posts were vacant in different departments under it.
Of the total sanctioned strength of 38.02 lakh, 31.18 lakhwere filled as on March 1, 2018, leaving 6.84 lakh posts vacant, according to awritten reply by Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh.
“Vacancies in central government are caused due to retirement,death, promotion, et cetera and the posts falling vacant are required to befilled as per recruitment rules by ministries, departments or organisations concerned,” he said.
The filling up of vacant posts is a continuous processdepending on vacancies arising across ministries or departments during the yearand action calender of the recruiting agency, Singh said.
In another reply, he said the Staff Selection Commission hasplanned to conduct examinations to fill up the 1,03,266 vacancies reported byvarious ministries during the years 2019 and 2020.
Railway Board has notified five centralised employmentnotifications in 2018-19 for new and future vacancies likely to arise in twoyears, covering 1,56,138 vacancies, the minister said.