What could be big news on the job front but add a significant financial impact to the government, PM Narendra Modi In the next 18 months, the central government has directed to provide jobs to 10 lakh people.
The announcement comes at a time when the opposition has been raising the issue of unemployment in the country. The Prime Minister’s Office tweeted on Monday, “The Prime Minister reviewed the position of human resources in all departments and ministries and directed that the government should recruit 10 lakh people in mission mode in the next 1.5 years.”
time @Narendra Modi Reviewed the position of human resource in all the departments and ministries and directed that the government should recruit 10 lakh people in mission mode in the next 1.5 years.
– PMO India (@PMOIndia) 14 June 2022
The government told Parliament earlier this year that there are 8.72 lakh vacancies in central government departments as of March 1, 2020. The central government has sanctioned more than 40 lakhs but has less than 32 lakhs employees. The government has been trying to fill these vacancies for years, but with no success.
Where are the jobs?
Major ministries and departments including Posts, Defense (Civil), Railways and Revenue have maximum vacancies. As per the details of News18, against the sanctioned posts of around 15 lakh in Railways, around 2.3 lakh posts are vacant in the Ministry of Railways. In the Defense (Civil) Department, there are about 2.5 lakh vacancies against the sanctioned strength of about 6.33 lakh employees. The Department of Posts has around 90,000 vacancies against a total sanctioned strength of 2.67 lakh employees, while in the Revenue Department, there are around 74,000 vacancies against a total sanctioned strength of 1.78 lakh employees.
| ministry | vacant post |
| railway | 2.3 lakh |
| Defense (Civil) Department | 2.5 lakh |
| post office | 90,000 |
| Revenue Department | 74,000 |
(Indicative post break-up based on sources in Govt.)
A senior government official explained to News18 that due to acute shortage of staff, work of some departments is getting affected and new recruitment has slowed down due to retirement and even the sanctioned number of employees in the ministries has increased over the years. has grown. The move may also deter the opposition’s criticism on the unemployment front ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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