The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) informed the Lok Sabha on July 27 that over 7.22 lakh people got permanent central government jobs in the past eight years. Government received over 22 crore applications for these jobs, the reply said.
Responding to a question by member Anumala Revanth Reddy, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said that since the year 2014, as many as 7,22,311 people got permanent jobs in the central government. Mr. Reddy had sought to know the year-wise details of the central government jobs given since 2014 and the number of applications received for such jobs.
According to DoPT data, 22,05,99,238 people applied for these jobs since 2014.