Over 4.75 lakh vacancies in RRB, SSC, UPSC to be filled soon, says Union Minister

The Minister stated that 4,399 vacancies in the UPSC, 13,995 vacancies in the SSC and a total of 1,16,391 vacancies in the RRBs will be filled soon.

The government is building up space for filling up more than 4,75,000 government vacancies, informed Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

The Minister, in the reply to a query informed that during the year 2019-20, three recruiting agencies- the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), and Staff Selection Commission (SSC) have made recommendations for recruitment to a total of 1,34,785 posts.

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Sharing the break-up of these vacancies, the Minister stated that nearly 4,399 vacancies in the UPSC, 13,995 vacancies in the SSC and 1,16,391 vacancies in the RRBs will be filled up.

Besides this, the SSC, RRBs, Ministry of Defence, and Department of Posts have commenced the process for filling up of an additional 3,41,907 vacant posts.

According to the Minster’s reply, “All Ministries/Departments of Government of India (GoI) have been advised to take action in advance for reporting vacancy position with respect to direct recruitment (DR) posts to the concerned recruitment agencies i.e. the UPSC and SSC, etc. for filling up of such vacancies in a timely manner. In January 2020, all Ministries/Departments of Central Government were requested to take time bound action to fill the existing vacancies in the respective Ministries/Departments and their attached/subordinate offices.”

The 2nd phase of the Budget session of Parliament began on March 2 and will conclude on April 3, 2020. Parliament’s Budget session began on January 11 and was adjourned on February 11.

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