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Official TranscriptGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2055 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 11, 2025 VACANCIES IN MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS NO. 2055. SHRI KALIPADA SAREN KHERWAL: Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) the number of sanctioned posts, posts in position and vacancies including reserved posts across categories...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2055 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 11, 2025 VACANCIES IN MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS NO. 2055. SHRI KALIPADA SAREN KHERWAL:
Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the number of sanctioned posts, posts in position and vacancies including reserved posts across categories in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs;
(b) the details and the number of vacancies in the Ministry and its Departments, including reserved posts, since 2014, year and category- wise; and
(c) the details and the number of contractual employees hired since 2014, year and category-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)
(a) & (b): The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is manned by officers/officials belonging to All India, other Organized and General Civil Services etc. The postings, transfers and promotion orders issued by the respective Cadre Controlling Authorities, from time to time, are implemented by this Ministry. At present, in this Ministry, 1068 posts are filled up, against the sanctioned strength of 1325.
As regards vacancies and hiring of employees since 2014, it is informed that occurrence and filling up of vacancies is a continuous process. The vacancies reported by this Ministry to the respective Cadre Controlling Authorities, are filled up by them, in compliance with the Reservation norms/guidelines of Government of India.
However, the vacancies that arise in the cadre of Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization (CPHEEO) and Multi-Tasking Staff
(MTS) are maintained by this Ministry as these posts are directly filled up by MoHUA, through Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Staff Selection Commission (SSC), respectively. …2/--2- In CPHEEO, the sanctioned strength is of 17 officers/staff against which 12 officers/staff are in position. As regards the post of MTSs in MoHUA, 64 MTSs are in position against the sanctioned strength of 81. The details of vacancies reported since 2014 in CPHEEO and in the post of MTSs in MoHUA, are given in Annexure-I.
(c): At present, 81 contractual MTS staff, 20 Data Entry Operators and 07 Staff Car Drivers have been hired by MoHUA through different service providers. *****ANNEXURE-I IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER 2055 FOR ANSWER ON 11.12.2025 BY SHRI KALIPADA SAREN KHERWAL, HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
YEAR-WISE AND CATEGORY-WISE VACANCIES REPORTED/FULFILLED IN CPHEEO S. Vacancy Category No. Year Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled SC ST OBC UR EWS 1 2014 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2 2015 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3 2016 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4 2017 00 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 00 00 5 2018 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6 2019 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 7 2020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8 2021 01 01 00 00 01 01 02 00 00 00 9 2022 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 2023 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 2024 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 01 00 00 12 2025 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 TOTAL 01 01 00 00 03 02 04 02 00 00 YEAR-WISE AND CATEGORY-WISE VACANCIES REPORTED/FULFILLED OF MTSs IN MoHUA S. No. Vacancy Category Year Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled SC ST OBC UR EWS 1 2014 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2 2015 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3 2016 00 00 04 02 15 13 19 18 00 00 4 2017 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5 2018 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6 2019 00 00 02 01 08 04 02 02 03 01 7 2020 03 01 01 01 06 03 08 04 03 01 8 2021 04 02 01 01 07 03 09 08 03 02 9 2022 05 00 01 00 08 00 11 00 03 00 10 2023 05 03 01 01 08 07 06 03 06 05 11 2024 04 00 00 00 01 00 05 00 02 00 12 2025 04 00 01 00 04 00 06 00 02 00 TOTAL 25 06 11 06 57 30 66 35 22 09