On December 17, 2025, the Lok Sabha will address Unstarred Question No. 2821 regarding vacancies in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Shri Kalipada Saren Kherwal posed questions regarding the number of sanctioned posts, positions, and vacancies (including reserved posts) across categories in the Ministry and its wings/institutes, as well as the number of vacancies since 2014 by year and category, and the number of contractual employees hired since 2014 by year and category.
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting & Parliamentary Affairs (Dr. L. Murugan) responded that the sanctioned posts and vacancy positions in the Ministry are subject to periodic review and necessary action is taken to fill vacancies per established procedures. Contractual employees are engaged based on functional requirements.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting: Primary subject of the document; deals with sanctioned posts, vacancies, and contractual employees.
Lok Sabha: The document is an unstarred question for the Lok Sabha, indicating parliamentary oversight.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2821
TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025
VACANCIES IN MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
2821. SHRI KALIPADA SAREN KHERWAL:
Will the Minister of Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state:
a) The number of sanctioned posts, in position and the number of vacancies including reserved posts
across categories in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and its different wings and
institutes/organisations under it;
b) The number of vacancies in the said Ministry and its wings, institutes/organisations under it
including reserved posts since the year 2014, year and category-wise; and
c) The number of contractual employees hired since 2014, years and category-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING &
PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (DR. L. MURUGAN)
(a) to (c): The sanctioned posts and vacancy positions in the Ministry are subject to periodic review.
Necessary action to fill the vacancies is taken as per established procedures to ensure smooth
functioning.
Contractual employees are engaged from time to time as per the functional requirement.
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