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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 15
ANSWERED ON 29TH JANUARY, 2026
VACANCIES IN MINISTRY
15 SMT. MAMATA THAKUR:
Will the Minister of Communications be pleased to state:
(a) the number of sanctioned posts and vacancies, including reserved posts across categories in
the Ministry;
(b) the number of vacancies in the Ministry and Departments, for reserved posts since 2020, year-
wise and category-wise; and
(c) the number of contractual employees hired since 2020, year-wise and category-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)
(a) There are 2,58,362 sanctioned posts under the Ministry of Communications, out of which
2,01,932 posts are filled up and 54,649 posts are vacant, including reserved posts across categories.
(b) The details of number of vacancies in the Ministry and its Departments, including reserved
posts since 2020, year-wise and category-wise, is attached as Annexure-A.
(c) Contractual labours in the Ministry of Communications are engaged through open tenders
from private vendors (through Government e-Marketplace i.e. GeM) as per requirements. Category-
wise reservation is not applicable to such contractual labours. The details of number of contractual
labours hired since 2020, year-wise are attached as Annexure-B.
1Annexure-A
(b) Details of the number of vacancies in the Ministry and Department including reserved posts
since 2020, year and category wise
S. N. Year Department of Posts
UR OBC SC ST EWS Total
1 2020 11253 2448 3283 1451 1384 19819
2 2021 11794 2607 3306 1485 1489 20681
3 2022 26768 7121 7378 3598 3388 48253
4 2023 12124 2831 3502 1517 1249 21223
5 2024 15944 4388 4481 2138 1860 28811
6 2025 21520 14346 7970 3984 5313 53133
S. N. Year Department of Telecommunications
UR OBC SC ST EWS Total
1 2020 730 130 162 89 63 1174
2 2021 656 98 142 80 48 1024
3 2022 1070 108 215 113 41 1547
4 2023 578 97 103 53 37 868
5 2024 484 100 108 53 39 784
6 2025 614 409 227 114 152 1516
S. N. Year Ministry of Communications (including both i.e. Department of
Posts and Department of Telecommunications
UR OBC SC ST EWS Total
1 2020 11983 2578 3445 1540 1447 20993
2 2021 12450 2705 3448 1565 1537 21705
3 2022 27838 7229 7593 3711 3429 49800
4 2023 12702 2928 3605 1570 1286 22091
5 2024 16428 4488 4589 2191 1899 29595
6 2025 22134 14755 8197 4098 5465 54649
2Annexure-B
(c) The details of contractual labours hired in the Department of Posts only in the ministry of
Communications are as under, as in the Department of Telecommunications no contractual labours
has been engaged since 2020:
Number of contractual labours hired
S.N. Year
in the ministry of Communications
1 2020 334
2 2021 388
3 2022 443
4 2023 540
5 2024 617
6 2025 425
Total 2747
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