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More than 76% of Group C safai karmacharis employed crossed the cardinal authorities travel from Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), oregon Other Backward Classes (OBC) backgrounds, information connected reservations from the Department of Personnel and Training’s (DoPT) latest yearly study for the twelvemonth 2024-25 showed.
The report, released past week, further showed that among each Group A posts successful Central authorities Ministries and Departments, 14.20% were held by SCs, 6.54% by STs, and 19.14% by OBCs.
DoPT regulations connected nonstop recruitment to each groups of posts successful the Central authorities necessitate reserving 15% of seats for SCs, 7.5% for STs, 27% for OBCs, and 10% for Economically Weaker Sections.
The DoPT yearly study 2024-25 information connected the practice of SC, ST, and OBC employees successful the Central authorities showed that successful Group C (excluding Safai Karmacharis) posts, 16.75% were SCs, 8.94% were STs, and 27.29% were OBCs. In Group B posts, SCs comprised 16.20%, STs 7.63%, and OBCs 21.95%.
Overall, among the 32.52 lakh cardinal authorities employees crossed 80 Ministries and Departments that the latest study accounted for, the practice of SCs was astatine 16.84%, that of STs was 8.70%, and that of OBCs was 26.32%. However, the study does not supply immoderate information connected the practice of EWS employees successful the Central government. The DoPT said that this information is for Central authorities employees arsenic of January 1, 2024.
This is the archetypal clip since its 2018-19 yearly study that the DoPT has enactment retired information connected the practice of SCs, STs, and OBCs crossed astir of its Ministries and Departments. In yearly reports from 2019 onwards, the DoPT has been accounting for partial information connected Central authorities employees, showing practice figures for a full of astir 19-20 lakh employees. In statements to Parliamentary committees, the DoPT has said that this shortfall had been occurring due to the fact that not each Ministries and Departments were capable to supply the information successful time.
Compared to the practice figures from 2018-19 for cardinal authorities employees, the past clip erstwhile implicit 32 lakh employees were accounted for crossed 78 Ministries and Departments, the wide practice of SC staffers went down from 17.49% to 16.84%, that of ST staffers went up somewhat from 8.47% to 8.94%, and that of OBC staffers saw the highest summation from 21.57% to 26.32%.
Across Groups A, B, and C, the highest summation successful practice was seen among OBCs compared to the figures from 2018-19, portion the practice of SC and ST groups remained astir the same.
