The Government has decided to set up a Committee to
make in-depth analysis of the reasons for backlog in filling up of reserved
vacancies. A 20-member committee headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment will suggest measures to enhance the employability of
reserved category candidates. The Committee members are from various Central
Government Ministries including Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of
Personnel & Training, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Ministry of
Railways, UPSC, SSC, Railway Recruitment Board etc.
The Committee will submit its report within a
period of three months from the date of its constitution.
The Government had launched a Special Recruitment
Drive (SRD) to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies of the Scheduled Castes
(SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in November,
2008. Progress of the drive was reviewed in July, 2011 and it was decided to
re-launch the drive so as to fill up the remaining identified backlog vacancies
by 31st March, 2012. The progress of Special Recruitment Drive was reviewed by
the Government in May 2013. It was noted out of a total of 64,175 backlog
vacancies (DR quota and Promotion quota) which could be filled up, 48,034
vacancies were filled up, indicating overall success rate of the Drive at about
75%.
The analysis of data and consultation with various
Ministries indicated that lack of finishing skills or interview skills, less
availability of professionally qualified persons, less identification of posts
for Persons with Disabilities, dearth of professionally qualified persons
especially in Hearing impaired Category of disability etc. are some of the
reasons for less employability of SCs, STs, OBCs and PWDs in Government Sector.
Source : PIB (Release ID
:98467)
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