Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
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Government of India

REMOVAL UNDER FR56(J)

Dated On: 11 FEB 2021

As per the information/ data provided by different Ministries/ Departments/ Cadre Controlling Authorities(CCAs), provisions of FR 56(J)/ similar Rules have been invoked against 171 Group-A Central Government officers, including All India Services(AIS) officers, and 169 Group-B officers of different Ministries/ Departments during the period from July 2014 to December 2020.

As on 01.03.2018, the sanctioned strength of civilian regular employees under the Central Government is 3802779 and 3118956 employees are in position. Vacancies in the Central Government are caused due to retirement, resignation, death, promotion, etc and the posts falling vacant are required to be filled as per the Recruitment Rules by the concerned Ministries/ Departments/Organizations. Filling up of vacant posts is a continuous process depending on the vacancies arising across Ministries/ Departments during the year, and the action calendar of the recruiting agencies.

Department of Personnel &Training issues instructions from time to time for timely and advance action for filling up the vacant posts.  In January 2020, all the Ministries/ Departments of the Central Government have been requested to take time-bound action to fill the existing vacancies in respective Ministries/ Departments and their attached/ subordinate offices.

This was stated by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

Source: PIB

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