How many people in India are govt employees?

Regardless of the specific position or field you work in, you’re a federal employee if your job falls under one of the three branches of the United States government .

The total number of regular Central Government Civilian Employees in position as on 01.03. 2018, is 31.19 lakh as against the sanctioned strength of 38.02 lakh and approximately 17.97% of the posts were vacant. Ministries/Departments viz, Railways, Defence (Civil), Home Affairs, Posts and Revenue.

In pure numbers, government employees at the entry level makes much more money than their counterparts in the private sector . That was established by a survey done by the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad to help the Seventh Pay Commission make its recommendations.