Parliament Question: Reserved category vacancies

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3364 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23rd March 2026 RESERVED CATEGORY VACANCIES 3364. SHRI GOLLA BABURAO Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION be pleased to state:- a) whether DoPT directed to constitute an In-House Committee for identification of backlog reserved vacancies, study root cause of such vacancies, initiate measures to fill them up through Special Recruitment Drives; (b) if so, when In-House Committee would be constituted by 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; (e) whether Ministry studied root cause of such vacancies; and (f) when had Ministry initiated measures to fill vacancies through Special Recruitment Drives and the status of reserved vacancies since constitution of In-House Committee and now? ANSWER Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION (Shri Murlidhar Mohol) (a) to (f): Guidelines are received from Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) from time to time for identification and filling up of backlog reserved vacancies, including undertaking Special Recruitment Drives. Vacancies in the Ministry are filled up by DoPT and Staff Selection Commission (SSC). The vacancies for various grades are regularly being filled up and there is no substantive backlog noticed. Ministry has designated Liaison Officers and has also established a Reservation Cell. Liaison Officers for SC/ST/ OBC/PwD and EWS have been nominated and positioned. ******