Parliament Question: In-House Committee for backlog reserved vacancies

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS RAJYA SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 2800

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 17.03.2026 In-House Committee for backlog reserved vacancies

2800. SHRI YERRAM VENKATA SUBBA REDDY:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

(a) whether DoPT directed to constitute an In-House Committee for identification of backlog reserved vacancies, study the root cause of such vacancies, initiate measures to fill them up through Special Recruitment Drives;

(b) if so, when the Committee was constituted by the Ministry to identify backlog reserved vacancies;

(c) whether Ministry has constituted Liaison Officer and set up Special Reservation Cell under him;

(d) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILZERS

(a) Yes.

(b) No. ( c) & (d) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers comprising three Departments viz.

Department of Fertilizers (DoF), Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals

(DCPC) and Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), are the cadre controlling authority for the posts of MTS, Despatch Rider, Staff Car Driver and other technical posts.

Reservation is applicable only to the post of MTS. Further, recruitment to other posts is done by SSC, UPSC and through deputation.

DoF, DCPC and DoP have nominated Liaison Officers for SC, ST, OBC and PwD. Reservation Cell has been set up by DCPC and secretariat support to the Liaison Officers in DoF and DoP is provided by the respective Establishment Section. The

details of Liaison Officers of the three Departments are as under:- S.No Department Details of Liaison Officer

1. DoF Shri Mohan Lal Meena, Deputy Secretary Shri Surendra Thakur, Deputy Secretary

2. DCPC Shri Ganesh Singh, Deputy Secretary Shri Sachin Poria, Section Officer

3. DoP Ms. Khayi Leinshingam, Joint Director Shri Kumar Amar Bharti, Director