**Executive Summary**
This document is a response from the Minister of Coal and Mines to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1716, addressing the number of sanctioned posts, vacancies, and contractual employees within the Ministry of Coal. The response details the data as of November 2025 and includes historical data back to 2014. The document states the response to the question is due on December 10, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Sanctioned Posts and Vacancies (as of November 2025):**
* Sanctioned Strength: 229
* In Position: 177
* Vacant Positions: 52
* **Vacancy Intimation and Reservation:**
* Vacancies are communicated to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T).
* DoP&T is the nodal agency for posting different cadre posts and for policies and guidelines regarding reservation across various Ministries/Departments.
* The status of filled posts under various categories is intimated to DoP&T.
* **Year-wise Vacancies (2014 - November 2025):**
* Provides a table detailing total vacancies for each year from 2014 to November 2025.
* **Year-wise and Category-wise Vacancies for Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) (2014 - November 2025):**
* Presents a table breaking down vacancies for MTS by year and category (UR, OBC, SC, ST, EWS).
* **Contractual Employees (2014 - 2025):**
* Provides details of year-wise and category-wise contractual employees and those hired through agencies.
* Reservation data is not maintained category-wise for contractor's workers.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Ministry of Coal**
* **Impact:** The Ministry is subject to public scrutiny and transparency regarding its staffing levels and hiring practices.
* **Action Required:** To maintain records and data as requested to answer questions from Lok Sabha. Ensure consistent reporting of vacancies to DoP&T and Staff Selection Commission, as well as maintaining the roster of Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS).
**Stakeholder: Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T)**
* **Impact:** Receives data on vacancies and filled positions to manage cadre allocation and reservation policies.
* **Action Required:** Utilize the provided information to effectively manage postings and ensure compliance with reservation policies across various ministries/departments.
**Stakeholder: Prospective Employees/Job Seekers**
* **Impact:** Provides information on the number of vacancies and the hiring practices of the Ministry of Coal, including contractual positions.
* **Action Required:** Review the data to identify potential opportunities and understand the various categories of positions available.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Coal: The primary ministry to which the questions about sanctioned posts, vacancies, and contractual employees pertain.
Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T): Nodal department for posting of different cadre posts across Ministries/ Departments and for making policy and guidelines for reservation.
Staff Selection Commission: The commission that the roster of Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) is reported to.
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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