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Official TranscriptGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.✝1320 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025 Representation of Various Categories Persons in Culture Institutions ✝1320. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH OLA: Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government appoints persons belonging to the Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes categories in various...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.✝1320 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025 Representation of Various Categories Persons in Culture Institutions ✝1320. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH OLA:
Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government appoints persons belonging to the Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes categories in various bodies such as Attached Offices, Subordinate Offices, Deemed Universities, Central Institutes, Autonomous Bodies, Museums, Zonal Cultural Centres, Libraries etc. under the Ministry of Culture;
(b) if so, the details thereof, year, category and institution-wise during the last three years and the current year;
(c) the details of the number of employees of the above categories who are employed in senior positions like Director, Professor, General Manager, Deputy Director, etc., institution-wise; and
(d) the details of the measures taken/ being taken by the Government to increase opportunities for training and representation of the above categories of employees? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)
(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 senior posts institution-wise are given at Annexure.
*******ANNEXURE Annexure referred to in Part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †1320 for answer on 08.12.2025 asked by Shri Brijendra Singh Ola, Hon’ble MP (LS) regarding “Representation of Various Categories Persons in Culture Institutions”.
S. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved Details of employees holding No Organization categories senior positions .
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 Total No. of No. of employee No. of -23 -24 25 employees belonging to employ holding reserved ees as senior categories in on date positions senior positions
1. Archaeological OBC 1866 7 139 142 538 Survey of India SC 1050 8 77 42 254 175 80 ST 420 4 38 20 105
2. National OBC 58 2 04 2 7 Archives of SC 40 2 02 0 1 16 4 India ST 20 0 0 0 0
3. Anthropological OBC 76 18 8 13 13 Survey of India, SC 44 1 0 0 2 33 14 Kolkata, West ST 22 1 0 0 1 Bengal
4. Central OBC 12 0 1 1 1 Reference SC 8 0 1 2 0 Library, ST 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kolkata, West Bengal
5. National OBC 12 0 6 2 0 Gallery of SC 5 0 0 0 0 13 2 Modern Art, ST 1 0 1 0 0 New Delhi
6. National OBC 49 6 7 0 10 Library, SC 42 4 5 1 4 4 2 Kolkata, West ST 17 1 2 1 3 Bengal
7. National OBC 19 2 1 1 2 Museum, New SC 26 1 2 1 1 10 4 Delhi ST 6 0 2 0 0
8. National OBC 13 0 1 1 3 Research SC 4 0 0 0 1 Laboratory for ST 0 0 0 0 0 conservation of Cultural 3 2 Property, Lucknow, U.P.S. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved Details of employees holding No Organization categories senior positions .
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 Total No. of No. of employee No. of -23 -24 25 employees belonging to employ holding reserved ees as senior categories in on date positions senior positions
9. National OBC As per the existing Recruitment Rules As per the Monument SC (RRs), the mode of recruitment in NMA is existing Authority ST 100% deputation. Recruitment
(NMA), New Rules (RRs), 3 Delhi recruitment of all posts in NMA is 100% by deputation
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 25 1 2 2 1 18 8 Drama, New ST 4 0 0 0 0 Delhi
12. Sahitya OBC 31 0 1 3 1 Akademi, New SC 27 2 2 1 2 20 6 Delhi ST 8 1 0 1 0
13. Sangeet Natak OBC 4 0 0 0 0 Akademi, New SC 10 1 0 3 4 16 2 Delhi ST 0 0 0 0 0
14. Delhi Public OBC 23 0 05 0 0 Library, New SC 32 0 02 02 0 3 1 Delhi ST 04 0 01 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 & Library, New SC 17 0 5 0 0 Delhi ST 7 0 4 0 0 21 6
17. Raja OBC 1 0 0 0 0 Rammohun Roy Library SC 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Foundation, Kolkata, West ST 1 0 0 0 0 Bengal
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 0S. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved Details of employees holding No Organization categories senior positions .
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 Total No. of No. of employee No. of -23 -24 25 employees belonging to employ holding reserved ees as senior categories in on date positions senior positions
19. Central OBC 0 0 0 0 0 Institute of SC 0 0 0 0 0 Buddhist ST 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 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 31 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.
22. Nava Nalanda OBC 8 0 0 0 0 Mahavihara, SC 3 0 0 0 0 Nalanda, Bihar ST 1 0 0 0 0 27 5
23. Allahabad OBC 8 0 0 1 0 Museum, SC 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 Prayagraj, U.P. ST 1 0 0 0 0
24. Indian OBC 1 0 0 0 0 Museum, SC 10 0 0 1 0 Kolkata, West 0 ST 1 0 0 0 0 1 Bengal
25. Indira Gandhi OBC 16 0 0 4 0 Rastriya Manav SC 20 0 0 2 0 1 0 Sangrahalaya, ST 7 0 0 0 0 Bhopal, M.P.
26. National OBC 205 16 8 4 6 Council of SC 129 6 5 2 6 Science ST 38 0 0 1 2 Museum, 81 34 Kolkata, West Bengal
27. Indian Institute OBC Indian Institute of Heritage, Noida has of Heritage, SC isolated posts, so they are not reserved for Noida, U.P. ST any special categories.
5 0S. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved Details of employees holding No Organization categories senior positions .
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 Total No. of No. of employee No. of -23 -24 25 employees belonging to employ holding reserved ees as senior categories in on date positions senior positions
28. Salar Jung OBC 13 0 3 0 0 Museum, SC 15 2 0 1 0 Hyderabad, ST 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 Telangana
29. Victoria OBC 9 0 0 0 0 Memorial Hall, SC 17 0 0 0 0 Kolkata, West ST 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bengal
30. Centre for OBC 8 1 0 1 0 Culture SC 6 0 0 3 1 Resources and 8 2 ST 2 0 0 0 0 Training, New Delhi
31. Gandhi Smriti OBC 1 0 0 0 0 and Darshan SC 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Samiti, New ST 0 0 0 0 0 Delhi
32. Indira Gandhi OBC 3 0 0 1 0 National Centre SC 28 0 0 1 0 for Arts, New ST 3 0 0 0 0 35 3 Delhi
33. Kalakshetra OBC 37 2 0 1 0 Foundation, SC 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 Chennai, T.N ST 2 0 0 0 0
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, 2 0 Kolkata, West 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 0 0 Delhi the Ministry of Culture functions as Member Secretary, NCF.
36. Asiatic Society, OBC 9 1 0 0 0 Kolkata, West SC 10 1 1 0 0 4 1 Bengal ST 1 0 0 0 0
37. North Central OBC 1 0 0 0 0 Zone Cultural SC 0 0 0 0 0 Centre, ST 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Prayagraj, U.PS. Name of the Details of Appointments made in the reserved Details of employees holding No Organization categories senior positions .
Category Total 2022 2023 2024- 2025-26 Total No. of No. of employee No. of -23 -24 25 employees belonging to employ holding reserved ees as senior categories in on date positions senior positions
38. North East OBC 2 1 0 0 0 Zone Cultural SC 0 0 0 0 0 Centre, ST 19 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 Patiala, Punjab ST 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
40. South Central OBC 4 0 0 0 0 Zone Cultural SC 1 0 0 0 0 Centre, ST 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Nagpur, Maharashtra
41. South Zone OBC 7 0 1 0 7 Cultural SC 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 Centre, ST 0 0 0 0 0 Thanjavur, T.N
42. West Zone OBC 7 0 0 0 1 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 3 0 0 0 0 Centre, ST 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Kolkata, West Bengal Grand Total 4825 95 343 271 983 606 196 ********