Parliament Question: Vacant Posts

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1716 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025 Vacant Posts

1716. Shri Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the number of sanctioned posts in position and the number of vacancies including reserved posts across all categories in the Ministry of Coal;

(b) the details of number of vacancies in the Ministry including the reserved posts since 2014, year and category-wise; and

(c) the details of number of contractual employees hired since 2014, year and category- wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) & (b): The details of the number of sanctioned posts, in position and the number of vacancies in Ministry of Coal as on November 2025 is as under: - S. No. Detail 1 Sanctioned Strength – 229 2 In position – 177 3 Vacant positions – 52 The vacancies under the different posts as and when arise, are intimated to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T), the nodal department for posting of different cadre post across various Ministries/ Departments. So far as reservation under various categories are concerned, the status of all the filled posts under various categories, is intimated to the DoP&T, which is the nodal agency for making of policy and guidelines for reservation under various post across different Ministries / Departments.

1The details year-wise vacancies for various posts in the Ministry of Coal since 2014 is as

under: - Year Total 2014 45 2015 64 2016 65 2017 39 2018 64 2019 63 2020 94 2021 65 2022 76 2023 101 2024 92 2025 (November) 52 However, the roster of Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) is maintained in the Ministry and reported to Staff Selection Commission. The details of year-wise and category-wise vacancies for MTS since 2014 in the Ministry of Coal is as under: - Details of year-wise vacancies Year UR OBC SC ST EWS Total 2014 0 8 0 2 Not Applicable 10 2015 0 9 0 3 Not Applicable 12 2016 1 9 0 3 Not Applicable 13 2017 3 9 0 3 Not Applicable 15 2018 0 3 0 1 Not Applicable 4 2019 0 3 0 1 2 6 2020 2 5 0 1 3 11 2021 7 1 0 1 3 12 2022 5 0 0 0 2 7 2023 0 0 0 0 1 1 2024 5 1 0 0 2 8

30.11.2025 9 1 0 0 2 12 2(c): The details of year-wise and category-wise contractual employees and contractual employees hired through agencies, on annual requirement basis since 2014 in the Ministry

of Coal is as under: - Contractual Contractual Employees hired by Ministry of Coal employees hired Category-wise Year through agencies * Total UR SC ST OBC EWS 2014 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2019 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2020 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2021 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2022 4 6 3 0 0 3 0 2023 15 31 17 5 1 8 0 2024 8 8 4 1 0 3 0 2025 10 17 9 2 0 6 0 * reservation data not maintained category-wise for contractor's workers.

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