**Executive Summary**
This document summarizes the answers provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Power to questions raised in Lok Sabha regarding vacancies in Power Sector PSUs. The questions covered total sanctioned posts, filled posts, vacancies, duration of vacancies, and the number of contractual employees hired since 2014. The answers include references to Annexure-I and Annexure-II for specific details. The data for 2025 is provided till the date of the report.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Sanctioned Posts, Filled Posts, and Vacancies:**
* Detailed information on the total sanctioned posts, filled posts, and vacancies in each Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the Ministry of Power (MoP) is provided in Annexure-I, broken down by category.
* **Vacancy Management:**
* The occurrence and filling of vacancies is a continuous process influenced by retirements, superannuations, resignations, backlogs, attrition, business needs, and operational requirements.
* The number of vacancies keeps varying due to these factors.
* **Contractual Employees:**
* The number of contractual employees hired since 2014 in CPSEs under the Ministry of Power is detailed in Annexure-II. This data is provided year-wise and PSU-wise.
* **PFC Specifics:**
* PFC has 672 sanctioned posts.
* Recruitment is based on future expansion plans and business requirements, but there were no vacant posts as of the report date.
* **REC Limited Specifics:**
* In REC Limited, no appointments are made on a contract basis for regular posts.
* Consultants are engaged as needed for specific periods.
* **NHPC Specifics:**
* NHPC has been recruiting employees on a fixed-term basis from 2025.
* **Financial Year for Data:**
* Data related to contractual employees in Annexure-II is presented on a financial year basis, starting from FY 2014-15 to FY 2025-26.
**Impact Analysis**
**Ministry of Power / Government of India**
* **Impact:** Need to review and manage workforce planning and recruitment processes in the Power Sector PSUs based on the vacancy status and contractual employee hiring trends.
* **Action Required:** Analyze the data provided in Annexure-I and Annexure-II to formulate strategies for managing vacancies and optimizing the use of contractual employees.
**Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under the Ministry of Power**
* **Impact:** The data reveals their current staffing status, the extent of vacancies, and reliance on contractual employees.
* **Action Required:** Review their recruitment and workforce planning strategies based on the information presented in the document. Update their manpower strategies for submission to the Ministry of Power.
**Potential Employees / Job Seekers**
* **Impact:** Provides insights into potential job opportunities (both permanent and contractual) within the Power Sector PSUs.
* **Action Required:** Review Annexure I and II to understand potential job opportunities in specific CPSEs and tailor their job search accordingly.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Power: Indian government ministry responsible for power generation and distribution.
Public Sector Undertaking (PSU): Government-owned entities in the power sector. The document discusses the number of sanctioned, filled, and vacant positions in these PSUs.
Lok Sabha: Lower house of the Indian Parliament, where the questions regarding vacancies in the power sector PSUs were raised.
Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE): Government-owned corporations that operate under the Ministry of Power, with information regarding sanctioned, filled, and vacant positions.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF POWER
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3020
ANSWERED ON 18.12.2025
VACANCIES IN POWER SECTOR PSUs
3020. DR. SHARMILA SARKAR:
SHRI JAGADISH CHANDRA BARMA BASUNIA:
Will the Minister of POWER
be pleased to state:
(a) the total sanctioned posts, filled posts and vacancies in each Public Sector
Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry, category-wise and post-wise;
(b) the duration for which these posts have remained vacant; and
(c) the number of contractual employees hired in these PSUs since 2014, year-
wise and PSU wise?
A N S W E R
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER
(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)
(a) : The position relating to total sanctioned posts, filled-up posts and
vacancies in each Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under Ministry of
Power (MoP), is given in Annexure-I.
(b) : The occurrence of vacancies and their filling up is a continuous process.
The number keeps on varying due to retirements/superannuations, resignations,
back-logs, attritions, and business & various operational requirements etc.
(c) : The number of contractual employees hired since 2014 in CPSEs under
Ministry of Power, is given in Annexure-II.
*********ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.
3020 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 18.12.2025
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Posts (category
CPSE Name Total Sanctioned Filled Posts Vacancies
wise)
NTPC Total 18,632 18,601 31
Executives 5588 5247 341
Supervisors 2888 2734 154
PGCIL
Workmen 1543 1534 9
Total 10019 9515 504
PFC# Executives 672 607 -
REC## Executive 812 575 21
Non - Executive 13 13 -
Total 825 588 21
Executives 4211 3429 782
Supervisors 948 419 529
NHPC
Workmen 577 837 -260
Total 5736 4685 1051
Executives 1259 927 332
Supervisor 566 339 227
SJVN
Workmen 879 282 597
Total 2704 1548 1156
THDC Total 1772 1762 10
NEEPCO Total 1231 1326 -
Group A 626 579 47
Group B 35 35 -
GRID-INDIA
Group C 5 5 -
Total 666 619 47
#There are 672 sanctioned posts in PFC. Actual manpower for recruitment is processed
based on future expansion plans of the Corporation and its business requirements within
the overall limit. There is no vacant post as on date.
##Within the sanctioned strength, posts are being operated as and when required, based
on organizational requirement.
*************ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.
3020 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 18.12.2025
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Number of contractual employees hired since 2014 in CPSEs under MoP
Calendar NTPC PGCIL# PFC NHPC SJVN THDC NEEPCO REC@ GRID-
Year/ INDIA
CPSE
Name
2014 Nil 49 5 Nil Nil 0 47 Nil Nil
2015 244 0 0 engaged
2016 164 45 2 on yearly
2017 218 10 0 contract
2018 1 266 9 1 renewal
2019 18 76 26 1 in 2014,
2020 39 113 0 1 who
continued
2021 76 123 42 1
till 2024
2022 138 190 0 275 86
2023 416 56 0 314 144
2024 191 559 24 34 13
2025 (till 202 124 43 22* - 8 46
date) continue
# The data is Financial Year wise starting from FY 2014-15 to FY 2025-26.
* From 2025 NHPC is recruiting employees on Fixed Term Basis.
@ In REC Limited, no appointment is made on contract basis in regular posts. However,
Consultants etc. are engaged by REC Limited as per requirement for a specified period
only.
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