79 IAS, 69 IPS posts laying vacant in J&K
The union government on Thursday informed that 79 posts of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and 69 posts of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are laying vacant in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a written reply, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh informed Rajya Sabha that sanctioned strength of the IAS officers is 137 and 79 posts are laying vacant in Jammu and Kashmir.
Similarly, he added that the sanction strength of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers is 147 and 69 post are laying vacant.
He added requisitions are sought by the central government from the state cadres and joint cadres for filling up these vacancies on the basis of a particular CSE.
He said the induction of officers in IAS and IPS from state services is done by the Central government in consultation with the state governments concerned and on the recommendations of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
The Minister also shared data that shows maximum of 133 vacancies of IAS posts in Bihar followed by 92 in Uttar Pradesh, 84 in Madhya Pradesh, 83 in Kerala, 79 each in Jammu and Kashmir as well as West Bengal, 75 in AGMUT, 74 in Maharashtra, 70 each in Jharkhand and Assam-Meghalaya, 63 in Odisha, 53 in Tamil Nadu, 52 each in Gujarat and Rajasthan, 44 in Telangana, 42 in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, 40 in Tripura, 37 in Haryana, 36 each in Uttarakhand and Nagaland, 32 in Manipur, 29 in Himachal Pradesh, 27 in Chhattisgarh and 10 in Sikkim.
The data also shows maximum of 75 vacancies of IPS posts each in Uttar Pradesh and Odisha, 68 in Jammu and Kashmir, 58 in Madhya Pradesh, 56 in Kerala, 52 each in Gujarat and West Bengal, 49 in Tamil Nadu, 41 in Maharashtra, 36 in Jharkhand, 35 in Assam-Meghalaya, 30 in Manipur, 24 in Karnataka, 23 in Chhattisgarh, 21 each in Rajasthan and Punjab, 20 in AGMUT, 19 each in Bihar and Tripura, nine in Himachal Pradesh, four in Uttarakhand and three in Sikkim.
