Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

15-March-2016 18:08 IST

It is not correct to say that that more than half of the positions in the Competition Commission of India (CCI) are vacant sanctioned strength of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) including the office of the Director General, CCI (DG, CCI) is 197. As on date, the working strength of CCI is 125 and 72 posts are vacant. The vacancies are existing due to non-availability of candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria prescribed in the Recruitment Rules for various posts. To fill up the vacant positions, CCI has advertised for filling up 65 posts at various levels. In addition, to assist the Commission, CCI has also engaged 38 Experts/Research Associates in the streams of Economics, Law and Financial Analysis.

This was stated by Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Corporate Affairs in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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DSM/KA

Sanctioned strength and vacancies clarified; recruitment and expert engagement underway to address eligibility based staffing gaps. The Commission's sanctioned strength is one hundred ninety seven, with a working strength of one hundred twenty five and seventy two vacancies caused by lack of candidates meeting the Recruitment Rules' eligibility criteria; the Commission has advertised recruitment for sixty five posts and engaged thirty eight Experts and Research Associates in Economics, Law and Financial Analysis to assist while vacancies are filled.