Government is planning to abolish all posts which are vacant for more than five years: Details given in Loksabha

Government is planning to abolish all posts which are vacant for more than five years: Details given in Loksabha

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING)

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018)

(a) whether the Government is planning to abolish all posts which are
vacant for more than five years and has directed all the ministries and the department to submit
a comprehensive report on it; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

(a) & (b): Yes Madam. Department of Expenditure in its consolidated
compendium of instructions/guidelines dated 12.04.2017 directed all the
Ministries/Departments to abolish all the posts which are lying vacant for
more than five years and submit a report. At the same time, Department of
Expenditure has also decided that now vacant posts would fall under deemed
abolished category after a period of two/three years against earlier norm
of one year subject to laid down conditions. Deemed abolished posts can be
got revived from Department of Expenditure subject to fulfilling of
stipulated conditions.