PARLIAMENT QUESTION: POSTS FILLED THROUGH LATERAL ENTRY
PARLIAMENT QUESTION: POSTS FILLED THROUGH LATERAL ENTRY
So far 63 appointments have been made at the level of Joint Secretary/ Director/Deputy Secretary on contract/deputation basis into various Government Departments through lateral entry since 2018. A statement indicating name, year-wise & Ministries/Department-wise appointment is at Annexure. These appointments have been made for specific assignments, keeping in view their specialized knowledge and expertise in the domain area. Since, each of these appointments has been made against single post cadre, and accordingly in view of the Hon’ble Supreme Court judgement in the case titled ‘PGIMER, Chandigarh Vs. Faculty Association and Ors’ category wise data of the appointed officers has not been maintained.
Annexure
List of candidates recruited by Lateral Entry in year 2019 (Total-8):
S.
No.
Ministry/ Department
Post
1
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Joint Secretary-1
2
Economic Affairs
Joint Secretary-1
3
Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Joint Secretary-1
4
Financial Services
Joint Secretary-1
5
New and Renewable Energy
Joint Secretary-1
6
Road Transport and Highways
Joint Secretary-1
7
Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Joint Secretary-1
8
Department of Commerce
Joint Secretary-1
List of candidates recruited by Lateral Entry in year 2021 (Total-30):
S.
No.
Ministry/ Department
Post
1
Revenue
Joint Secretary -1
2
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Joint Secretary -1
Director -1
3
Department of Commerce
Joint Secretary-1
Director -1
4
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
Director -1
5
Health & Family Welfare
Director -1
6
Jal Shakti
Director -1
7
Higher Education
Director -1
8
Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Director -1
9
School Education & Literacy
Director-2
Deputy Secretary-1
10
Economic Affairs
Director-3
11
Food & Public Distribution
Director -1
12
Legal Affairs
Director-2
13
Financial Services
Director-2
14
Road Transport & Highways
Director -1
15
Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Deputy Secretary -1
16
Power
Deputy Secretary -1
17
Statistics and Programme Implementation
Deputy Secretary -1
18
Heavy Industry
Deputy Secretary -1
19
Corporate Affairs
Deputy Secretary -1
20
Steel
Deputy Secretary -1
21
Mines
Deputy Secretary -1
22
Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Deputy Secretary -1
List of candidates recruited by Lateral Entry in year 2023 (Total-25):
S.
No.
Ministry/ Department
Post
1
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Joint Secretary-1
2
Department of Legal Affairs
Joint Secretary-1
3
Department of Financial Services
Joint Secretary-1
Director-1
4
Department of Food and Public Distribution
Director-1
5
Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade
Director-1
6
Ministry of Power
Director-2
7
Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Director-2
8
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Director-2
Deputy Secretary-3
9
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Director-1
10
Department of School Education & Literacy
Director-1
11
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Director-1
Deputy Secretary-1
12
Department of Rural Development,
Director-1
Ministry of Rural Development
13
Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Director-1
14
Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Director-1
15
Department of Higher Education
Deputy Secretary-1
16
Ministry of Heavy Industries
Deputy Secretary-2
This information was given by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.