NEW DELHI: More than six lakh
posts are lying vacant in different central government departments and
ministries, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
Minister of State for
Personnel V Narayanasamy said as on March 1, 2012, there were 36,84,543
sanctioned posts in various central government ministries, departments and
Union territory administrations.
Out of these sanctioned posts,
6,00,013 posts are lying vacant, he said.
"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 Minister said.
