Question : Compassionate Appointment

(a) whether the Government proposes to raise the current percentage of quota for compassionate appointment;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether there are different parameters for appointment on compassionate ground in various departments; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor and the measures taken by the Government to bring about uniform parameters for all Ministries/Departments and the number of cases of compassionate appointment pending in various Ministries along with the steps taken in this regard?

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) &(b): No, Madam.
(c) & (d): Compassionate Appointments in the Central Government are regulated as per instructions issued by the Department of Personnel and Training vide Office Memorandum No. 14014/6/94-Estt.(D) dated 09.10.1998 as amended from time to time. All these instructions have been consolidated vide Office Memorandum No. 14014/02/2012-Estt.(D) dated 16.01.2013. These instructions are to be followed by all the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India, while making appointments on compassionate grounds. To monitor the status of implementation of the appointments on compassionate ground, a software namely Compassionate Appointment Monitoring System (CAMS) has been developed by the Department of Personnel & Training.

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