<span style="color: #222222;">The government today said it is continuously filling up the vacancies and the percentage of vacant seats has significantly come down in the recent years. <br />''<br />''The percentage of vacancies against sanctioned strength in the Central Departments has come down from 16.21 per cent in 2013-14 to 11.30 per cent now.<br />''<br />''Replying to supplementaries in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State in the PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh said, in 2017-18, over 6 lakh 83 thousand posts were lying vacant at various levels out of which the process of filling up of around 4 lakh posts have been initiated before March this year.<br />''<br />''He said, to ensure transparency in the recruitment process, the government has already abolished the interview in Group B and C posts. He said there is also a system of monitoring of interview conducted for candidates to ensure transparency.</span><br />