OBC representation in govt jobs less than actual quota: Govt

The government said Wednesday representation of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the central services is less as compared to the percentage of reservation for them as their quota started in 1993.

Union minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh said in the Lok Sabha that the representation of the OBCs as on January 1, 2012 was 16.55 per cent and this has increased to 21.57 per cent as on January 1, 2016, showing an increasing trend in the representation of the OBCs.

"Representation of the OBCs in the central government services is less compared to the percentage of reservation for them because reservation of OBCs started in September 1993," he said replying a written question.

Singh said there is reservation of 15 per cent for the members of the Schedule Castes, 7.5 per cent for members of the Scheduled Tribes and 27 per cent for the members of the OBC.

As per data received from 78 ministries and departments, including their attached and subordinate offices, the representation of SCs, STs and OBCs in the posts and services of the central government as on January 1, 2016 is 17.49 per cent, 8.47 per cent and 21.57 per cent respectively.

Singh said 10 ministries and departments having more than 90 per cent of the employees in the central government, including PSU banks and financial institutions, central PSUs reported that out of the 92,589 backlog vacancies for SCs, STs and OBCs, 63,876 vacancies of SCs, STs and OBCs remained unfilled as on January 1 last year.

"The Department of Personnel and Training issued instructions to all ministries and departments to constitute an in-house committee to identify backlog reserved vacancies, study of the root cause of the backlog reserved vacancies, initiation of measures to remove such factors and to fill up such vacancies through special recruitment drive," he said.