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Number of Central Government Employees who retired during the last three years & appointed against the vacancies
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 587
(TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2017)
EMPLOYEES RETIRED AND APPOINTED 587. SHRI NARAYAN LAL PANCHARIYA:
Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:
(a)        the number of Central Government employees who retired during the last three years, group-wise;
(b)       the number of employees appointed during that period against the vacancies caused due to retirement, etc.;
(c)        the number of employees who have been retired compulsorily during that period, groupwi se; and
(d)       the present position regarding vacant posts in the Central Government?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a):       Centralized data regarding employees who retired during last three years is not maintained.
Vacancies caused due to retirement, death, promotion etc. are required to be filled following provisions of Recruitment Rules for the post. The number of direct recruitments made by Staff Selection Commission (SSC) and Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) during the last three years is as per table below:
(a):
Year
Number of candidates recommended by UPSC
Number of candidates recommended bySSC

Recruitment       by
Examination
Direct Recruitmentby Selection
All India CompetitiveExamination
Selection posts
2014-15
5969
2303
57542
524
2015-16
5659
1207
24604
534
2016-17
4612
1123
68496
384
(b) : Information on premature retirement in respect of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), which is not in the form of penalty, in terms of Rule 16(3) of All India Services (Death Cum Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958 i n the past three years are as follows:
Year
Number
2014
Nil
2015
Nil
2016
1
(c): Penalty of Compulsory Retirement upon completion of Departmental Proceeding in terms of the All India Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1969 has been imposed against one IAS officer in the year 2015.
In respect of Central Services, as per the information made available by various Ministries/Department Cadre Controlling Authorities, provisions under FR 56(j)/similar provisions have been invoked/recommended in case of 30 Group ‘A’ officers and 103 Group ’13’ officers, till May, 2017.
(d):  As per the Annual Report on Pay and Allowances of Central Government Civilian Employees 2015-16 as on 1.3.2015, published by Pay Research Unit, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, the number of vacant posts in position in various Ministries/Departments is 4,20,547 out of total sanctioned strength of 36,49,468.
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