How many vacancies are expected to be released by Government of India?

1 lakh vacancies will be released by the Government of India.

10 Lakh Government Jobs: Recruitment Drive Updates |

10 Lakh Government Jobs: Our honourable Prime Minister made an announcement on 14th June 2022 that the central government has the mission of recruiting nearly 10 lakh people in the next 1.5 years. These days the Indian parliament is in session and a question has been raised in the Rajya Sabha demanding answers on the breakdown of vacancies that are sought to be filled in the next 1.5 years as per PM Modi’s announcement. In this post we have covered the information provided by the central government regarding the posts sanctioned in government departments/ministries, the employees currently working in them and the posts lying vacant.

10 Lakh Government Jobs: Recruitment Drive Updates

Answers were also demanded regarding the department and ministry-wise breakdown of the recruitment announcements/circulars/notifications released as on date and the steps taken by the government to ensure that the recruitments will be undertaken within the next 1.5 years. DR. Jitendra Singh (Minister of State in PMO) replied that the posts in the government departments get vacant due to the retirement, promotion, resignation, and death of persons, and the responsibility to fill these posts is of the department in which this space is created.

10 Lakh Government Jobs: PDF

In the following table, we have given the number of vacant positions in the various departments and ministries for grades A, B & C.

S.No.	Ministry/Department	Number of Vacant Positions
		Grade A(G)	Grade B(G)	Grade B(NG)	Grade C(NG)	Total
1	Agricultural Research & Education	3	5	3	2	13
2	Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmer Welfare	230	191	217	1572	2210
3	Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying	130	57	57	1598	1842
4	Atomic Energy	900	130	1642	6788	9460
5	AYUSH	34	31	39	14	118
6	Bio-Technology	47	-2	5	33	83
7	Cabinet Secretariat	11	-4	23	24	54
8	Chemicals & Petrochemicals	24	0	19	29	72
9	Civil Aviation	204	104	227	382	917
10	Coal	19	30	22	99	170
11	Commerce	377	333	663	1202	2585
12	Consumer Affairs	38	56	76	371	541
13	Corporate Affairs	217	86	294	623	1220
14	Culture	212	10	631	2935	3788
15	Defence (Civilian)	4029	7659	39366	213652	264706
16	Development of NE Region	12	18	42	38	110
17	Drinking Water and Sanitation	12	63	12	12	49
18	Empowerment of Person with Disabilities	22	1	28	11	62
19	Earth Sciences	416	695	384	1548	3043
20	Economic Affiars	89	38	17	162	306
21	Environment, Forests & Climate Change	212	164	562	1364	2302
22	Expenditure	109	102	98	155	464
24	Fertilizers	0	9	20	31	60
25	Financial Services	64	44	101	130	339
26	Food & Public Distribution	18	1	164	222	405
27	Food Processing Industries	7	19	8	19	53
28	Health & Family Welfare	197	54	86	1432	1769
29	Health Research	2	3	9	3	17
30	Heavy Industries	16	19	14	47	96
31	Higher Education	51	7	91	164	313
32	Home Affairs	3855	1318	17864	120499	143536
33	Indian Audit & Accounts	950	2455	824	21705	25934
34	Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade	103	98	156	105	462
35	Information and Broadcasting	140	150	273	1478	2041
36	Electronics & Information Technology	563	112	97	796	1568
37	Investment & Public Asset Management	2	5	5	2	14
38	Labour & Employment	370	123	43	1872	2408
39	Land Resources	15	6	23	13	57
40	Law and Justice	166	144	169	458	937
41	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	12	15	7	37	71
42	Mines	1556	652	1873	2982	7063
43	Minority Affairs	27	32	30	32	121
44	New & Renewable Energy	37	25	5	25	92
45	Panchayati Raj	3	18	8	27	56
46	Parliamentary Affairs	2	12	10	-5	29
47	Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	340	329	849	1017	2535
48	Petroleum and Natural Gas	16	15	21	70	122
49	Pharmaceuticals	6	13	12	5	36
50	Planning (Niti Ayog)	58	158	17	0	233
51	Posts	338	1580	225	87907	90050
52	Power	207	119	193	271	790
53	President’s Secretariat	9	5	16	61	91
54	Prime Minster’s Office	-25	13	18	123	129
55	Public Enterprises	6	3	12	20	41
56	Railways	1420	904	117	291502	293943
57	Revenue	4003	5309	18283	52648	80243
58	Road Transport & Highways	62	47	82	96	287
59	Rural Development	15	54	31	57	157
60	School Education and Literacy	33	13	48	69	163
61	Science & Technology	324	239	1586	6394	8543
62	Scientific & Industrial Research	11	6	16	13	46
63	Ports, Shipping and Waterways	90	68	214	671	1043
64	Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	95	55	304	244	698
65	Social justice & Empowerment	40	53	71	105	269
66	Space	262	78	324	1442	2106
67	Statistics and Programme Implementation	131	174	1400	451	2156
68	Steel	15	13	7	22	57
69	Telecommunication	-135	46	264	-9	167
70	Textiles	57	26	60	358	501
71	Tourism	12	11	25	96	144
72	Tribal Affairs	24	22	39	62	147
73	Union Public Service Commission	36	100	144	377	657
74	Housing and Urban Affairs	203	245	154	2149	2751
75	Vice President’s secretariat	0	0	2	6	8
76	Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation	193	743	974	4956	6860
77	Woman & Child Development	26	73	62	192	353
78	Youth Affairs and Sports	8	20	30	57	115
	Total	23584	26282	92525	836936	979327