Executive Summary:
This document addresses Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 16 regarding the appointment of employees from Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), and Scheduled Tribes (STs) categories within various bodies under the Ministry of Culture. It provides details of appointments made over the last three years and the current year, as well as the number of employees from these categories in Group A senior posts. The information is current as of July 21, 2025.
Key Points / Main Content:
Appointments and Representation:
* Employees from OBC, SC, and ST categories are appointed at various bodies under the Ministry of Culture.
* Details of appointments made during the last three years (2022, 2023, 2024) and the current year (2025-26) are provided, categorized by year, category, and institution (Annexure I).
Reservation Policy:
* The Government of India issues instructions regarding representation, promotion, and training of employees, including those from reserved categories, periodically.
* Reservation in services is applicable up to the lowest rung of Group A posts.
* Reservation is not applicable for promotion from Group A posts to Group A posts.
Group A Posts:
* Details of the number of employees from OBC, SC, and ST categories employed at Group A senior posts are provided institution-wise (Annexure I).
Impact Analysis:
Ministry of Culture:
Impact: Responsible for ensuring adherence to the reservation policy in appointments, promotions, and training within its various bodies.
Action Required: Review Annexure I to understand the current representation of reserved categories and ensure compliance with government guidelines.
Attached Offices, Subordinate Offices, Deemed Universities, Central Institutions, Autonomous Bodies, Museums, Regional Cultural Centres, Libraries:
Impact: Required to implement the government's reservation policy in their hiring and promotion practices.
Action Required: Review their appointment records and practices to ensure they align with the reservation policy and identify areas for improvement in representation.
Employees (OBC, SC, ST Categories):
Impact: The policy impacts opportunities for appointment, promotion, and training within the Ministry of Culture's affiliated bodies.
Action Required: Be aware of their rights and entitlements under the reservation policy and participate in available training and promotion opportunities.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Culture: The Indian government ministry responsible for the preservation and promotion of art and culture.
Other Backward Classes: A group of castes and communities that are socially and educationally disadvantaged in India, and are eligible for reservation in government jobs and educational institutions.
Scheduled Castes: A group of historically disadvantaged castes in India, recognized by the Indian Constitution, and eligible for reservation in government jobs and educational institutions.
Scheduled Tribes: A group of indigenous communities in India, recognized by the Indian Constitution, and eligible for reservation in government jobs and educational institutions.
Archaeological Survey of India: An Indian government agency responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural monuments in the country.
National Archives of India: The custodian of the records of the Government of India.
Lucknow, U.P.: The capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, location of the National Research Laboratory for conservation of Cultural Property
National Culture Fund: The National Culture Fund (NCF) was established by the Government of India in 1996 as a Trust under the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CULTURE
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.✝*16
TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025
Appointment of Employees from the Reserved Categories
✝*16.SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA:
Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the employees belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs),
Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) categories are appointed at
various bodies under the Ministry such as Attached Offices, Subordinate Offices,
Deemed Universities, Central Institutions, Autonomous Bodies, Museums, Regional
Cultural Centres, Libraries etc;
(b) if so, details thereof during the last three years and the current year, year,
category and institution-wise;
(c) the details of the number of employees from the said categories employed at
Group-A/senior posts such as Director, Professor, General Manager, Deputy Director,
etc., institution-wise; and
(d) the details of the measures taken by the Government to increase the
opportunities for training, promotion and representation of the said categories of
employees?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM
(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)
(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
*******STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) IN RESPECT OF LOK
SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.✝*16FOR REPLY ON 21.07.2025 RAISED BY SHRI
DEVESH SHAKYA, HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING ‘APPOINTMENT
OF EMPLOYEES FROM THE RESERVED CATEGORIES’.
(a) to (d): Yes, Sir. Government of India issues instructions, from time to time, regarding
representation, promotion and training of employees including reserved categories’
employees.As per the reservation policy of the Government of India, reservation in services is
applicable up to the lowest rung of Group A posts. Reservation is not applicable for promotion
from Group A posts to Group A posts. The details of appointments made during the last three
years and the current year, year, category and institution-wise at various bodies under the
Ministry,and the details of the number of employees from the OBC, SC & ST categories
employed at Group-A/senior posts institution-wise are given at Annexure-I.ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.✝*16 FOR REPLY ON 21.07.2025 REGARDING ‘APPOINTMENT
OF EMPLOYEES FROM THE RESERVED CATEGORIES’.
S. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved The details of the number of
No. Organization categories employees from the reserved
categories employed at Group-
A posts
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 No. of Group-A
No. of -23 -24 25 Total No. of employee
employ Group-A belonging to
ees as employees reserved
on date categories
1. Archaeological OBC 1253 7 139 142 13
Survey of India SC 827 8 77 42 5 148 63
ST 296 4 38 20 0
2. National OBC 52 2 4 2 2
Archives of SC 37 2 2 0 0 16 4
India ST 20 0 0 0 0
3. Anthropological OBC 63 18 8 13 1
Survey of India, SC 42 1 0 0 0
25 11
Kolkata, West ST 21 1 0 0 0
Bengal
4. Central OBC 12 0 0 0 1
Reference SC 8 0 0 0 0
Library, ST 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kolkata, West
Bengal
5. National OBC 12 0 6 2 0
Gallery of SC 6 0 0 0 0
13 2
Modern Art, ST 1 0 1 0 0
New Delhi
6. National OBC 74 5 8 12 10
Library, SC 43 3 5 1 4
4 2
Kolkata, West ST 18 2 2 1 2
Bengal
7. National OBC 18 2 1 1 0
5
Museum, New SC 26 1 2 1 1 10
Delhi ST 6 0 2 0 0
8. National OBC 13 0 1 1 3
Research 3 2
SC 4 0 0 0 1S. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved The details of the number of
No. Organization categories employees from the reserved
categories employed at Group-
A posts
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 No. of Group-A
No. of -23 -24 25 Total No. of employee
employ Group-A belonging to
ees as employees reserved
on date categories
Laboratory for ST 0 0 0 0 0
conservation of
Cultural
Property,
Lucknow, U.P.
9. National OBC As per the existing Recruitment Rules
Monument SC (RRs), the mode of recruitmentin NMA is
Authority ST 100% deputation. 3 0
(NMA), New
Delhi
10. Lalit Kala OBC 10 0 0 0 0
Akademi, New SC 12 0 0 0 0 5
0
Delhi ST 1 0 0 0 0
11. National OBC 11 2 3 2 0
School of SC 24 1 2 2 0
18 8
Drama, New ST 4 0 0 0 0
Delhi
12. Sahitya OBC 31 0 1 3 1
Akademi, New SC 25 2 2 1 0 20 11
Delhi, ST 8 1 0 1 0
13. Sangeet Natak OBC 4 0 0 0 0
Akademi, New SC 10 1 0 0 0
10 3
Delhi ST 0 0 0 0 0
14. Delhi Public OBC 28 0 0 0 0
Library, New SC 36 0 0 0 0 2 0
Delhi ST 3 0 0 0 0
15. Khuda Bakhsh OBC 5 0 0 0 0
Oriental Public SC 0 0 0 0 0
0 0
Library, Patna, ST 0 0 0 0 0
Bihar
16. Prime Ministers OBC 21 1 3 4 0
Museum 21 6
SC 17 0 5 0 0S. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved The details of the number of
No. Organization categories employees from the reserved
categories employed at Group-
A posts
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 No. of Group-A
No. of -23 -24 25 Total No. of employee
employ Group-A belonging to
ees as employees reserved
on date categories
&Library, New ST 7 0 4 0 0
Delhi
17. Raja OBC 1 0 0 0 0
Rammohun
Roy Library
Foundation, 1 0
Kolkata, West
SC 1 0 0 0 0
Bengal
ST 0 0 0 0 0
18. Rampur Raza OBC 4 0 0 0 0
Library, SC 2 0 0 0 0
Rampur, U.P. ST 0 0 0 0 0
0
0
19. Central OBC 0 0 0 0 0
Institute of SC 1 0 0 0 0
Buddhist ST 119 0 0 0 0 21 17
Studies, Leh,
Ladakh
20. Central OBC 2 0 0 0 0
Institute of
SC 1 0 0 0 0
Himalayan
ST 0 0 0 0 0
Culture 11 3
Studies,
Arunachal
Pradesh
21. Central OBC 33 0 0 0 1
Institute of SC 4 0 0 0 0
Higher Tibetan ST 8 0 0 0 1 40 6
Studies,
Varanasi, U.P.S. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved The details of the number of
No. Organization categories employees from the reserved
categories employed at Group-
A posts
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 No. of Group-A
No. of -23 -24 25 Total No. of employee
employ Group-A belonging to
ees as employees reserved
on date categories
22. Nava Nalanda OBC 8 0 0 0 0
Mahavihara, SC 3 0 0 0 0 27 5
Nalanda, Bihar ST 1 0 0 0 0
23. Allahabad OBC 8 0 0 0 0
0
Museum, SC 6 0 0 0 0 1
Prayagraj, U.P. ST 1 0 0 0 0
24. Indian OBC 1 0 0 0 0
Museum, SC 11 0 0 1 0
Kolkata, West
Bengal ST 1 0 0 0 0 0
1
25. Indira Gandhi OBC 16 0 0 4 0
Rastriya Manav
SC 20 0 0 2 0 0
Sangrahalaya, 1
ST 7 0 0 0 0
Bhopal, M.P.
26. National OBC 199 16 8 4 1
Council of SC 130 6 5 2 1
Science ST 38 0 0 1 0
77 31
Museum,
Kolkata, West
Bengal
27. Indian Institute OBC 0 0 0 0 0
of Heritage, SC 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Noida, U.P. ST 0 0 0 0 0
28. Salar Jung OBC 12 0 3 0 0
Museum, SC 15 2 0 1 0
Hyderabad, ST 8 0 0 0 0 4 3
Telangana
29. Victoria OBC 9 0 0 0 0
Memorial Hall, SC 17 0 0 0 0
0
Kolkata, West ST 3 0 0 0 0 0
Bengal
30. Centre for OBC 8 0 3 0 0
Culture
SC 7 2 0 1 0
Resources and 7 1
ST 2 0 0 0 0
Training, New
Delhi
31. Gandhi Smriti OBC 1 0 0 0 0
and Darshan SC 1 0 0 0 0
3
Samiti, New ST 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delhi
32. Indira Gandhi OBC 4 0 0 1 0 37 3S. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved The details of the number of
No. Organization categories employees from the reserved
categories employed at Group-
A posts
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 No. of Group-A
No. of -23 -24 25 Total No. of employee
employ Group-A belonging to
ees as employees reserved
on date categories
National Centre SC 28 0 0 1 0
for Arts, New ST 3 0 0 0 0
Delhi
33. Kalakshetra OBC 37 2 0 1 0
Foundation, SC 11 0 0 0 0
Chennai, T.N ST 2 0 0 0 0
0
4
34. Maulana Abdul OBC 0 0 0 0 0
Kalam Azad
SC 2 0 0 0 0
Institute of
ST 0 0 0 0 0
Asian Studies,
Kolkata, West 1 0
Bengal
35. National OBC There is no regular sanctioned post in NCF.
Culture Fund SC There are 09 staff working in NCF on
(NCF), New ST Contract/Outsource basis. DS/Director in
Delhi the Ministry of Culture functions as Member 0 0
Secretary, NCF.
36. Asiatic Society, OBC 11 1 0 0 0
Kolkata, West
SC 8 1 1 0 0
1
Bengal 4
ST 1 0 0 0 0
37. North Central OBC 1 0 0 0 0
Zone Cultural SC 1 0 0 0 0
1 1
Centre, ST 0 0 0 0 0
Prayagraj, U.P
38. North East OBC 1 0 0 0 0
Zone Cultural SC 2 0 0 0 0
Centre, ST 26 0 0 0 0 8 8
Dimapur,
Nagaland
39. North Zone OBC 6 0 0 0 0
Culture Centre, SC 2 0 0 0 0
0
Patiala, Punjab ST 0 0 0 0 0 1S. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved The details of the number of
No. Organization categories employees from the reserved
categories employed at Group-
A posts
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 No. of Group-A
No. of -23 -24 25 Total No. of employee
employ Group-A belonging to
ees as employees reserved
on date categories
40. South Central OBC 4 0 0 0 0
Zone Cultural SC 1 0 0 0 0
Centre, ST 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Nagpur,
Maharashtra
41. South Zone OBC 7 1 0 0 0
Cultural SC 4 0 0 0 0
Centre, ST 0 0 0 0 0
Thanjavur, T.N 0
1
42. West Zone OBC 7 0 0 0 0
Cultural SC 3 0 0 0 0
Central, ST 2 0 0 0 0
0 0
Udaipur,
Rajasthan
43. Eastern Zone OBC 1 0 0 0 0
Cultural SC 4 0 0 0 0
Centre, ST 0 0 0 0 0 2
1
Kolkata, West
Bengal
Grand Total 4000 95 336 271 48 558 197
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