<p class="title">Over 4.12 lakh posts were lying vacant in various Central Government organisations in 2016, the Centre said in a written reply to Lok Sabha on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Out of the total of 4,12,752 vacancies, 15,284 were Group 'A' posts, 76,050 in Group 'B' and 3,21,418 in Group 'C' categories, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The vacancies are based on the annual report on pay and allowances of central government civilian employees' for 2016-17 as on March 1, 2016 published by Pay Research Unit, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, the reply said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The posts falling vacant are required to be filled as per recruitment rules by the concerned ministries/departments/organisations," Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The filling up of posts is a continuous process depending on the vacancies arising across ministries and departments during the year and action calender of the recruiting agencies, he said.</p>
<p class="title">Over 4.12 lakh posts were lying vacant in various Central Government organisations in 2016, the Centre said in a written reply to Lok Sabha on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Out of the total of 4,12,752 vacancies, 15,284 were Group 'A' posts, 76,050 in Group 'B' and 3,21,418 in Group 'C' categories, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The vacancies are based on the annual report on pay and allowances of central government civilian employees' for 2016-17 as on March 1, 2016 published by Pay Research Unit, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, the reply said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The posts falling vacant are required to be filled as per recruitment rules by the concerned ministries/departments/organisations," Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The filling up of posts is a continuous process depending on the vacancies arising across ministries and departments during the year and action calender of the recruiting agencies, he said.</p>