Union government employees in India

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Government employees in the India are the employees working with the Union Government of India. There are around 56 ministries and departments in Government of India employing around four million eight hundred sixty-seven thousand employees.

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Statistics

Government employees in the union government in 56 ministries [1] and departments under latter as of 1 July 2023 has 48.67 lakhs working employees and 67.95 retired employees on rolls. [2] [1] [3] Indian Railways with 1.3 million employees has highest number of employees in union government. [4]

Benefits

Government employees in the India are entitled to following benefits: [5] [6]

Single male employees and female employees in the Union government are eligible for child care leave for 730 days. [7]

Salary Structure

Union government employees lowest and highest salary structure was revised in 7th Pay Commission. [8]

Training Programmes

Government employees in India are provided with following training programmes [9]

Vacancies

Union government has 9.64 lakh vacancies in various departments of Government of India as on 1 July 2023. [10]

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