Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
OBC representation against total appointment through direct recruitment consistently above 27% during 2014-2021.
Schedule Tribe female enrolment in universities and colleges register 63.4 percentage increase in 2020-21 as compared to 2014-15.
Posted On:
08 FEB 2023 6:02PM by PIB Delhi
As per information received from the concerned Departments, the table showing the representation of SC/ST/OBC in Central Government since 2014-2021 is at Annexure-I and the table showing social group wise enrollment in Higher Education since 2014-15 is at Annexure-II. It is seen that the representation of OBC against total appointment made through direct recruitment has been consistently above 27% during this period and the enrollment of OBCs in Higher Educational Institutions has been consistently increasing since 2014-15.
There is no proposal to review the existing reservation scheme.
ANNEXURE-I
Representation of SC/ST/OBC (Based on the information uploaded by Ministries/Departments on RRCPS portal of DoPT)
|
Calendar year
|
Total appointment made through direct recruitment
|
Total appointment made through promotion
|
Total appointment made through direct recruitment and promotion taken together
|
Category-wise appointment made through direct recruitment
|
Category-wise appointment made through promotion
|
Category-wise appointment made through direct recruitment and promotion taken together
|
Representation of SC against total appointment made through direct rectt and promotion (in %)
|
Representation of ST against total appointment made through direct rectt and promotion (in %)
|
Representation of OBC against total appointment made through direct rectt (in %)
|
|
|
|
|
|
SC
|
ST
|
OBC
|
SC
|
ST
|
SC
|
ST
|
|
|
|
|
2014
|
128629
|
173363
|
301992
|
21673
|
10843
|
40513
|
32599
|
14112
|
54272
|
24955
|
17.97
|
8.26
|
31.50
|
|
2015
|
118740
|
216932
|
335672
|
20407
|
10927
|
38208
|
44356
|
19481
|
64763
|
30408
|
19.29
|
9.06
|
32.18
|
|
2016
|
89557
|
138202
|
227759
|
15348
|
7208
|
27970
|
24344
|
10841
|
39692
|
18049
|
17.43
|
7.92
|
31.23
|
|
2017
|
115134
|
167925
|
283059
|
18476
|
10693
|
36167
|
28369
|
12426
|
46845
|
23119
|
16.55
|
8.17
|
31.41
|
|
2018
|
72193
|
181576
|
253769
|
11173
|
6695
|
24920
|
32264
|
15011
|
43437
|
21706
|
17.12
|
8.55
|
34.52
|
|
2019
|
100087
|
179999
|
280086
|
16989
|
8081
|
31441
|
34892
|
16043
|
51881
|
24124
|
18.52
|
8.61
|
31.41
|
|
2020
|
69756
|
131846
|
201602
|
10595
|
4991
|
20376
|
24030
|
10515
|
34625
|
15506
|
17.17
|
7.69
|
29.21
|
|
2021
|
64073
|
140908
|
204981
|
10200
|
4573
|
19660
|
24794
|
10938
|
34994
|
15511
|
17.07
|
7.57
|
30.68
|
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ANNEXURE-II
Social Group-wise Enrolment as per All Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)
(Enrolment in Universities, Colleges and Stand-alone Institutions)
|
|
Scheduled Caste
|
Scheduled Tribe
|
Other Backward Classes
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
Both
|
Male
|
Female
|
Both
|
Male
|
Female
|
Both
|
|
2020-21*
|
2993521
|
2901179
|
5894700
|
1191037
|
1221032
|
2412069
|
7533866
|
7287671
|
14821537
|
|
2019-20
|
2854313
|
2803359
|
5657672
|
1072646
|
1083463
|
2156109
|
7202109
|
7047005
|
14249114
|
|
2014-15
|
2504463
|
2102203
|
4606666
|
893511
|
747298
|
1640809
|
6020785
|
5236064
|
11256849
|
|
% Increase 2020-21 to 2019-20
|
4.9
|
3.5
|
4.2
|
11.0
|
12.7
|
11.9
|
4.6
|
3.4
|
4.0
|
|
% Increase 2020-21 to 2014-15
|
19.5
|
38.0
|
28.0
|
33.3
|
63.4
|
47.0
|
25.1
|
39.2
|
31.7
|
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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