Filling Up of Posts in B&S Cadres of Military Engineer Service

Filling Up of Posts in B&S Cadres of MES

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE 

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3847

TO BE ANSWERED ON 2.4.2018

FILLING UP OF POSTS IN B&S CADRES OF MES

3847. SHRI K.R. ARJUNAN:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that 1573 posts of Barrack and Store (B&S) Cadre of Military Engineer Services (MES) were revived through Ministry of Finance during September, 2016;

(b) if so, the details of vacancies filled-up till date;

(c) if not, reasons for delay of 18 months in filling up of vacancies;

(d) the date by which all revived posts will be filled-up alongwith details of recruitment / DPCs conducted during last three years at each level; and

(e) the details of DPC conducted during last three years in respect of all cadres of MES at each level with present position of each case?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) to (d): Post Cadre Review of the Barrack and Store Cadre, which was completed on 15th December, 2017 a number of posts have been upgraded and some have been abolished. These will require amendment of the recruitment rules before filling up of posts.

(e) A total of 44 Departmental Promotion Committees have been conducted for various cadres of Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ Officers of MES in the past three years.

Source: Rajya Sabha