The UPA government has decided to set up a 20-member committee to make in-depth analysis of the reasons for backlog in filling up of reserved vacancies. The committee, headed by the secretary, ministry of social justice and empowerment, will suggest measures to enhance the employability of reserved category candidates.
The committee has been directed to submit its report within a period of three months from the date of its constitution, a statement issued by the human resources development ministry said.
The committee comprises members from various Central government ministries, including ministry of home affairs, department of personnel and training, ministry of human resources development, ministry of railways, UPSC, SSC, Railway Recruitment Board etc.
Sources stated that the UPA government had launched a Special Recruitment Drive (SRD) to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies of the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in November, 2008. Progress of the drive was reviewed in July 2011 and it was decided to re-launch the drive so as to fill up the remaining identified backlog vacancies.
The progress of the special recruitment drive was reviewed by the government in May 2013. It was noted out of a total of 64,175 backlog vacancies (DR quota and Promotion quota) which could be filled up, 48,034 vacancies were filled up, indicating overall success rate of the drive at about 75 per cent.