**Executive Summary**
This document addresses Unstarred Question No. 1743 in Lok Sabha regarding vacancies in the Department of Space since 2014, including sanctioned posts, reserved posts, and contractual employees. The reply, provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and in the Prime Minister's Office, states that staffing is an ongoing effort using a multi-tiered strategy. The provided data reflects the vacancy status as of December 1, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Staffing Approach:**
* Staffing in the Department of Space utilizes a multi-tiered recruitment strategy.
* This strategy ensures vacancies in Scientific/Technical and Administrative functions are filled efficiently as they arise.
* **Sanctioned Posts and Vacancies (as of 1.12.2025):**
* Scientific & Technical: 14962 sanctioned posts, 2049 vacancies.
* Administrative: 5307 sanctioned posts, 2326 vacancies.
* **Recruitment Status:**
* Recruitment actions are in various stages for S&T posts.
* Administrative vacancies primarily arise due to the reasons such as retirement, resignation, death, promotion etc.
* Filling of vacancies is a continuous process.
* **Contractual Employees:**
* The Department does not directly hire contractual employees.
* Personnel requirements for routine activities are met through work packages/service providers.
**Impact Analysis**
**Department of Space**
* **Impact:** Provides clarity on current staffing levels, vacancy rates, and recruitment strategies. Informs ongoing HR processes and resource planning.
* **Action Required:** Continue to implement the existing multi-tiered recruitment strategy to address vacancies in both Scientific/Technical and Administrative roles.
**Job Seekers / Potential Employees**
* **Impact:** Gives insight into the number of vacancies within the Department of Space, highlighting potential employment opportunities, specifically in Scientific/Technical and Administrative roles.
* **Action Required:** Monitor the Department of Space's recruitment announcements and apply for relevant positions.
**Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions**
* **Impact:** The ministry is responsible for staffing and must ensure that ongoing recruitment efforts are being handled efficiently.
* **Action Required:** Oversee the progress of the Department of Space's recruitment process and ensure compliance with guidelines.
Key Entities Referenced
Department of Space: The primary department addressed in the unstarred question regarding vacancies, sanctioned posts, and recruitment strategies.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Indian Parliament, where the unstarred question was addressed.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
DEPARTMENT OF SPACE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1743
TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 10 DECEMBER, 2025
VACANCY IN DEPARTMENT OF SPACE
1743. SMT. RACHNA BANERJEE:
MR. PATHAN YUSUF:
Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:
(a) The details of the numbers of sanctioned posts in position as
well as the number of vacancies, reserved posts across
categories at the Department of Space since 2014, year-wise
and category-wise along with the stipulated timeline for filing
these vacancies; and
(b) The details of the numbers of contractual employees hired
since 2014, year and category-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC
GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH):
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(a) Staffing in the Department of Space is an ongoing effort handled
by a robust, multi-tiered recruitment strategy (both centralized
and decentralized). This process ensures that vacancies acrossthe two critical functions viz. Scientific/ Technical and
Administrative are filled efficiently as they arise.
The number of sanctioned posts and vacancies under Technical
& Administrative categories is as below for Department of
Space including PSEs and Autonomous Bodies:
Category Sanctioned Vacancies as on
1.12.2025
S&T 14962 2049
Administrative 5307 2326
Actions are in various stages for recruitment of S&T posts. With
regard to administrative posts, the vacancies were mainly due
to wasting categories/promotion posts which were kept for
want of eligible candidates and recruitment actions are
initiated for filling up the direct recruitment posts. Regarding
vacancies and hiring of employees since 2014, it is informed
that occurrence and filling up of vacancies is a continuous
process. By the time, vacancies reported by the Department to
the cadre controlling authorities, are filled up, in compliance
with the reservation norms/ guidelines, some new vacancies
arise due to retirement, resignation, death, promotion etc.
(b) There are no contractual employees directly hired by the
Department. However, this requirement of personnel for
standardized/ routine activities are met by deployment through
work packages/ service providers, based on job requirements/
description, which varies from time-to-time.
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