Lok Sabha Question No. 3463 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Shortage of Staff and Mobile Towers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, VIKRAM USENDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3463 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH   DECEMER, 2016

## SHORTAGE OF STAFF AND MOBILE TOWERS

## 3463. ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

SHRI VIKRAM USENDI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether various posts are lying vacant in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL);
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Chhattisgarh and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  initiated  an  all  India  recruitment  drive  to  fill  up  the existing vacancies in different cadres of BSNL;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the time by which the recruitment process is likely to be completed;
- (e) the  number  of  BSNL  towers  installed  in  the  State  along  with  the  number  of  those which are non-operational despite their installation; and
- (f) the action taken by the Government to operationalise the non-operational towers?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) & (b) Yes,  various  posts  in  Executive  and  Non-Executive  cadres  including Chhattisgarh  Circle  are  lying  vacant  in  Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL). Details of vacant posts are given at Annexure-I & Annexure-II.

- (c) & (d) BSNL  initiated  centralized  process  to  fill  up  the  existing  vacancies  in different cadres of BSNL as given below:
- (i)  Examination for  Direct  Recruitment  of 2700  Junior  Engineers has  been conducted and the process of recruitment is likely to be completed by 31.12.2016.
- (ii)  Direct Recruitment of 2510 Junior Telecom Officers is also proposed to be conducted and the process of recruitment is likely to be completed by 30.06.2017.
- (e) & (f) Out of 2077 BSNL towers installed in the state of Chhattisgarh 127 are not functional. While in Goa out of 375 BSNL towers installed. 21 are not functional. BSNL has reported  that  steps  are  being  taken  to  operationalize  the  non-functional towers.

Annexure -I

|   Sl | Circle                        |   Junior Telecom Officer (Telecom) | Junior Telecom Officer (Civil)   | Junior Telecom Officer (Electrical)   | Junior Telecom Officer (Architect)   |   Junior Accounts Officer |
|------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|    1 | Andaman & Nicobar             |                                 51 | 0                                | 2                                     |                                      |                         5 |
|    2 | Andhra Pradesh                |                               1204 | 46                               | 36                                    |                                      |                       183 |
|    3 | Assam                         |                                715 | 21                               | 12                                    | 5                                    |                        35 |
|    4 | Bihar                         |                                377 | 22                               | 16                                    | 4                                    |                        59 |
|    5 | Calcutta Telephones.          |                                877 | 0                                | 28                                    | 0                                    |                       142 |
|    6 | Chhattisgarh                  |                                310 | 14                               | 6                                     | 0                                    |                        45 |
|    7 | Chennai Telephones            |                                612 | 0                                | 13                                    | 0                                    |                        51 |
|    8 | Gujarat                       |                               1796 | 70                               | 66                                    | 4                                    |                       166 |
|    9 | Haryana                       |                                228 | 20                               | 42                                    | 3                                    |                       103 |
|   10 | Himachal Pradesh              |                                308 | 18                               | 4                                     | 2                                    |                        32 |
|   11 | Jammu & Kashmir               |                                346 | 12                               | 9                                     | 0                                    |                        39 |
|   12 | Jharkhand                     |                                206 | 12                               | 7                                     | 0                                    |                        32 |
|   13 | Karnataka                     |                               2415 | 45                               | 26                                    | 0                                    |                       167 |
|   14 | Kerala                        |                               1271 | 50                               | 23                                    | 3                                    |                       144 |
|   15 | Maharashtra                   |                               2628 | 93                               | 78                                    | 8                                    |                       269 |
|   16 | Madhya Pradesh                |                                536 | 68                               | 47                                    | 1                                    |                        84 |
|   17 | Nort East -I                  |                                140 | 13                               | 6                                     |                                      |                        19 |
|   18 | Nort East -II                 |                                 88 | 19                               | 1                                     |                                      |                        10 |
|   19 | Northern Telecom Reg          |                                998 | 32                               | 58                                    | 2                                    |                        11 |
|   20 | Orissa                        |                                731 | 13                               | 18                                    | 2                                    |                        30 |
|   21 | Punjab                        |                               1228 | 51                               | 30                                    | 2                                    |                        98 |
|   22 | Rajasthan                     |                               1002 | 47                               | 31                                    | 2                                    |                       151 |
|   23 | Tamil Nadu                    |                               1427 | 91                               | 24                                    | 11                                   |                        57 |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh(East)           |                                419 | 52                               | 28                                    | 3                                    |                       163 |
|   25 | Uttar Pradesh(West)           |                                888 | 33                               | 13                                    |                                      |                       153 |
|   26 | Uttarakhand                   |                                162 | 11                               | 8                                     |                                      |                        17 |
|   27 | West Bengal                   |                                746 | 72                               | 3                                     | 7                                    |                        73 |
|   28 | BSNL Corporate Office & ALTTC |                                  0 | 0                                | 0                                     | 0                                    |                        41 |
|   29 | Non-recruiting Circles        |                                  0 |                                  |                                       |                                      |                       271 |
|   30 | Telecom Factories             |                                 85 | 0                                | 0                                     | 0                                    |                         0 |

## Circle-wise vacancies in various Executive cadres

|   Sl | Circle                        |   Sub- Divisional Engineer (Telecom) | Sub- Divisional Engineer (Civil)   | Sub- Divisional Engineer (Electrical)   | Sub- Divisional Engineer (Architect)   | Assistant Engineer (Architect)   |   Accounts Officer |
|------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------|
|    1 | Andaman & Nicobar             |                                    5 | 0                                  | 1                                       | 0                                      | 0                                |                  2 |
|    2 | Andhra Pradesh                |                                  493 | 18                                 | 3                                       | 1                                      |                                  |                 18 |
|    3 | Assam                         |                                  114 | 0                                  | 2                                       | 1                                      |                                  |                  8 |
|    4 | Bihar                         |                                  127 | 8                                  | 3                                       | 1                                      |                                  |                 31 |
|    5 | Calcutta Telephones.          |                                  859 |                                    | 4                                       |                                        |                                  |                 15 |
|    6 | Chattisgarh                   |                                   76 | 3                                  | 1                                       | 0                                      | 0                                |                 14 |
|    7 | Chennai Telephones            |                                  487 |                                    | 5                                       |                                        |                                  |                 13 |
|    8 | Gujarat                       |                                 1061 | 1                                  | 19                                      | 1                                      | 1                                |                115 |
|    9 | Haryana                       |                                  200 | 1                                  | 8                                       |                                        | 1                                |                  8 |
|   10 | Himachal Pradesh              |                                   34 | 2                                  | 3                                       |                                        |                                  |                 11 |
|   11 | Jammu & Kashmir               |                                   84 | 1                                  | 3                                       |                                        |                                  |                 10 |
|   12 | Jharkhand                     |                                  101 | 7                                  | 3                                       |                                        |                                  |                 17 |
|   13 | Karnataka                     |                                  888 | 4                                  | 1                                       |                                        | 1                                |                 80 |
|   14 | Kerala                        |                                  735 | 13                                 | 15                                      |                                        |                                  |                 19 |
|   15 | Maharashtra                   |                                  870 | 3                                  | 16                                      | 1                                      | 1                                |                124 |
|   16 | Madhya Pradesh                |                                  377 | 4                                  | 8                                       | 1                                      |                                  |                 45 |
|   17 | Nort East -I                  |                                   77 | 0                                  | -1                                      |                                        |                                  |                  6 |
|   18 | Nort East -II                 |                                   41 | 0                                  | 1                                       |                                        |                                  |                  7 |
|   19 | Northern Telecom Reg          |                                  429 | 0                                  | 9                                       | 2                                      | 1                                |                  8 |
|   20 | Orissa                        |                                  117 | 3                                  | 1                                       |                                        |                                  |                  3 |
|   21 | Punjab                        |                                  247 | 2                                  | 2                                       | 1                                      |                                  |                 60 |
|   22 | Rajasthan                     |                                  543 | 0                                  | 18                                      |                                        |                                  |                 16 |
|   23 | Tamil Nadu                    |                                  974 | 4                                  | 6                                       | 1                                      |                                  |                 39 |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh(East)           |                                  473 | 2                                  | 5                                       |                                        | 1                                |                 18 |
|   25 | Uttar Pradesh(West)           |                                  338 | 4                                  | 5                                       |                                        |                                  |                 18 |
|   26 | Uttarakhand                   |                                  108 | 8                                  | 2                                       |                                        |                                  |                  6 |
|   27 | West Bengal                   |                                  287 | 25                                 | 7                                       | 1                                      | 1                                |                 18 |
|   28 | BSNL Corporate Office & ALTTC |                                   29 | 1                                  | 0                                       | 0                                      | 0                                |                  0 |
|   29 | Non-recruiting Circles        |                                 1901 |                                    |                                         |                                        |                                  |                 35 |
|   30 | Telecom Factories             |                                   90 | 0                                  | 0                                       | 0                                      | 0                                |                  0 |

|   Sl | Circle                        | Executive Engineer (Civil)   | Executive Engineer (Electrical)   | Architect   |   Divisional Engineer |   Chief Accounts Officer |
|------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|    1 | Andaman & Nicobar             |                              | 0                                 | 0           |                     5 |                        3 |
|    2 | Andhra Pradesh                | 9                            | 0                                 | 1           |                   179 |                      109 |
|    3 | Assam                         | 6                            | 0                                 | 3           |                    20 |                       22 |
|    4 | Bihar                         | 3                            | 0                                 | 1           |                    84 |                       29 |
|    5 | Calcutta Telephones.          |                              | 0                                 | 0           |                   119 |                       35 |
|    6 | Chattisgarh                   | 3                            | 0                                 | 0           |                    19 |                       17 |
|    7 | Chennai Telephones            |                              | 0                                 | 0           |                    70 |                       36 |
|    8 | Gujarat                       | 10                           | 0                                 | 0           |                   194 |                       81 |
|    9 | Haryana                       | 5                            | 0                                 | 1           |                   109 |                       33 |
|   10 | Himachal Pradesh              | 5                            | 0                                 | 1           |                    45 |                       18 |
|   11 | Jammu & Kashmir               | 4                            | 0                                 | 0           |                    18 |                        8 |
|   12 | Jharkhand                     | 3                            | 0                                 | 0           |                    48 |                       16 |
|   13 | Karnataka                     | 7                            | 3                                 | 1           |                   186 |                       84 |
|   14 | Kerala                        | 10                           | 0                                 | 0           |                   240 |                       91 |
|   15 | Maharashtra                   | 20                           | 1                                 | 1           |                   248 |                      100 |
|   16 | Madhya Pradesh                | 10                           | 1                                 | 0           |                   110 |                       45 |
|   17 | Nort East -I                  | 3                            | 0                                 | 2           |                    12 |                       13 |
|   18 | Nort East -II                 | 3                            | 0                                 | 0           |                    17 |                        8 |
|   19 | Northern Telecom Reg          | 7                            | 0                                 | 3           |                    21 |                        3 |
|   20 | Orissa                        | 5                            | 0                                 | 1           |                    57 |                       27 |
|   21 | Punjab                        | 8                            | 0                                 | 2           |                   219 |                       66 |
|   22 | Rajasthan                     | 7                            | 2                                 | 1           |                   153 |                       46 |
|   23 | Tamil Nadu                    | 12                           | 1                                 | 1           |                   201 |                       81 |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh(East)           | 9                            | 1                                 | 1           |                    91 |                       55 |
|   25 | Uttar Pradesh(West)           | 7                            | 1                                 | 0           |                   108 |                       40 |
|   26 | Uttarakhand                   | 5                            | 0                                 | 0           |                    15 |                       16 |
|   27 | West Bengal                   | 12                           | 0                                 | 2           |                   110 |                       42 |
|   28 | BSNL Corporate Office & ALTTC | 4                            | 0                                 | 0           |                    70 |                       33 |
|   29 | Non-recruiting Circles        |                              |                                   |             |                   313 |                       63 |
|   30 | Telephone Factories           | 0                            | 0                                 | 0           |                     0 |                        0 |

## Annexure -I

|   Sl | Circle                        | Suptdg. Engineer (Civil)   |   Suptdg. Engineer (Electrical) |   Senor Architect |   JAG Level of Accounts cadre |   Deputy General Manager |
|------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|    1 | Andaman & Nicobar             |                            |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                        4 |
|    2 | Andhra Pradesh                | 2                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             3 |                       41 |
|    3 | Assam                         | 1                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                        7 |
|    4 | Bihar                         | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             1 |                       14 |
|    5 | Calcutta Telephones.          |                            |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                       27 |
|    6 | Chattisgarh                   | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                        1 |
|    7 | Chennai Telephones            |                            |                               1 |                 0 |                             0 |                        7 |
|    8 | Gujarat                       | 2                          |                               2 |                 0 |                             1 |                       58 |
|    9 | Haryana                       | 1                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             3 |                       17 |
|   10 | Himachal Pradesh              | 1                          |                               1 |                 0 |                             1 |                       13 |
|   11 | Jammu & Kashmir               | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             1 |                        0 |
|   12 | Jharkhand                     | 1                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                       11 |
|   13 | Karnataka                     | 1                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             2 |                       15 |
|   14 | Kerala                        | 0                          |                               2 |                 0 |                             0 |                       30 |
|   15 | Maharashtra                   | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             4 |                       31 |
|   16 | Madhya Pradesh                | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             1 |                       18 |
|   17 | Nort East -I                  | 0                          |                               1 |                 0 |                             0 |                        0 |
|   18 | Nort East -II                 | 1                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             1 |                        0 |
|   19 | Northern Telecom Reg          | 1                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                        0 |
|   20 | Orissa                        | 0                          |                               1 |                 0 |                             0 |                        3 |
|   21 | Punjab                        | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             2 |                       25 |
|   22 | Rajasthan                     | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                       11 |
|   23 | Tamil Nadu                    | 2                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                       15 |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh(East)           | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                        2 |
|   25 | Uttar Pradesh(West)           | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             3 |                       17 |
|   26 | Uttarakhand                   | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                        8 |
|   27 | West Bengal                   | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             3 |                       24 |
|   28 | BSNL Corporate Office & ALTTC | 0                          |                               1 |                 0 |                             1 |                        2 |
|   29 | Non-recruiting Circles        | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                       26 |
|   30 | Telephone Factories           | 0                          |                               0 |                 0 |                             0 |                        3 |

## Circle-wise vacancies in various Executive cadres

## Annexure -I

|   Sl | Circle                        | Chief Engineer (Civil)   |   Chief Engineer (Electrical) |   Chief Architect |   General Manager |   PGM/GM level of Accounts cadre | Principal Chief Engineer (Civil)   |   Principal /Chief General Manager | CMD / Direc tor   |
|------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|    1 | Andaman & Nicobar             | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 1 |                                0 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|    2 | Andhra Pradesh                | 3                        |                             0 |                 0 |                13 |                                2 | 0                                  |                                  0 |                   |
|    3 | Assam                         | 0                        |                             0 |                 1 |                 7 |                                0 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|    4 | Bihar                         | 0                        |                             1 |                 0 |                 4 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|    5 | Calcutta Telephones.          |                          |                             0 |                 0 |                10 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|    6 | Chattisgarh                   | 1                        |                             1 |                 0 |                 2 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|    7 | Chennai Telephones            |                          |                             1 |                 0 |                 6 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|    8 | Gujarat                       | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                20 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|    9 | Haryana                       | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                11 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   10 | Himachal Pradesh              | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 8 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   11 | Jammu & Kashmir               | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 3 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   12 | Jharkhand                     | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 5 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   13 | Karnataka                     | 0                        |                             0 |                 1 |                24 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   14 | Kerala                        | 1                        |                             0 |                 0 |                22 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   15 | Maharashtra                   | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                22 |                                1 | 0                                  |                                  0 |                   |
|   16 | Madhya Pradesh                | 1                        |                             0 |                 0 |                11 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   17 | Nort East -I                  | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 5 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   18 | Nort East -II                 | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 3 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   19 | Northern Telecom Reg          | 2                        |                             0 |                 0 |                -3 |                                1 | 0                                  |                                  0 |                   |
|   20 | Orissa                        | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 6 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   21 | Punjab                        | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                13 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   22 | Rajasthan                     | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                13 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   23 | Tamil Nadu                    | 1                        |                             0 |                 0 |                21 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh(East)           | 0                        |                             0 |                 1 |                 9 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   25 | Uttar Pradesh(West)           | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 9 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   26 | Uttarakhand                   | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 3 |                                1 |                                    |                                  0 |                   |
|   27 | West Bengal                   | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                14 |                                1 | 1                                  |                                  0 |                   |
|   28 | BSNL Corporate Office & ALTTC | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 9 |                                3 | 0                                  |                                  0 | 1                 |
|   29 | Non-recruiting Circles        | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 0 |                                5 | 0                                  |                                  0 |                   |
|   30 | Telephone Factories           | 0                        |                             0 |                 0 |                 1 |                                0 | 0                                  |                                  0 |                   |

## Circle-wise vacancies in various Non-Executive cadres

|   Sl | Circle               |   Assistant Telecom Technician |   Telecom Technician |   Junior Engineer |   Motor Driver |   Senior Telecom Office Assistant (General) |   Junior Hindi Translator |   Senior Hindi Translator |
|------|----------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|    1 | Andaman & Nicobar    |                             18 |                   26 |                26 |              4 |                                          23 |                         0 |                         1 |
|    2 | Andhra Pradesh       |                           1737 |                 1641 |              1641 |            142 |                                          75 |                        34 |                         2 |
|    3 | Assam                |                            606 |                  240 |               240 |             84 |                                           0 |                         9 |                         1 |
|    4 | Bihar                |                           1569 |                  207 |               207 |             35 |                                           0 |                         3 |                         0 |
|    5 | Calcutta Telephones. |                           1415 |                  703 |               703 |            167 |                                         733 |                         1 |                         1 |
|    6 | Chhattisgarh         |                             71 |                   53 |                53 |             27 |                                          66 |                         6 |                         0 |
|    7 | Chennai Telephones   |                           1412 |                  634 |               634 |             84 |                                         814 |                         0 |                         1 |
|    8 | Gujarat              |                            982 |                 2661 |              2661 |            234 |                                         220 |                        13 |                         2 |
|    9 | Haryana              |                           1022 |                  762 |               762 |             38 |                                         126 |                         2 |                         0 |
|   10 | Himachal Pradesh     |                            605 |                  120 |               120 |             15 |                                         301 |                         0 |                         0 |
|   11 | Jammu & Kashmir      |                            253 |                  159 |               159 |             28 |                                         211 |                         4 |                         0 |
|   12 | Jharkhand            |                            295 |                  163 |               163 |             35 |                                         164 |                         1 |                         0 |
|   13 | Karnataka            |                            708 |                  943 |               943 |            155 |                                         201 |                        31 |                         2 |
|   14 | Kerala               |                           1377 |                  849 |               849 |            163 |                                         617 |                         8 |                         0 |
|   15 | Maharashtra          |                           1574 |                 1097 |              1097 |            260 |                                        1404 |                        28 |                         5 |
|   16 | Madhya Pradesh       |                            399 |                  453 |               453 |            145 |                                           8 |                        16 |                         0 |
|   17 | Nort East -I         |                            299 |                  159 |               159 |             34 |                                           0 |                         4 |                         1 |
|   18 | Nort East -II        |                            319 |                   62 |                62 |             27 |                                          47 |                         2 |                         0 |
|   19 | Northern Telecom Reg |                            199 |                  154 |               150 |             18 |                                          35 |                         6 |                         0 |
|   20 | Orissa               |                           1138 |                  212 |               212 |             84 |                                         261 |                         5 |                         1 |
|   21 | Punjab               |                           3864 |                 2004 |              2004 |             75 |                                         535 |                         5 |                         0 |
|   22 | Rajasthan            |                            709 |                  804 |               804 |             55 |                                         535 |                        11 |                         0 |
|   23 | Tamil Nadu           |                            563 |                 1329 |              1329 |            177 |                                         184 |                        32 |                         2 |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh(East)  |                            976 |                  389 |               389 |             21 |                                         569 |                        11 |                         0 |
|   25 | Uttar Pradesh(West)  |                           1630 |                  557 |               557 |             58 |                                         819 |                         4 |                         0 |
|   26 | Uttarakhand          |                            123 |                   49 |                49 |             26 |                                          40 |                         2 |                         0 |
|   27 | West Bengal          |                            864 |                  521 |               521 |             33 |                                         425 |                        17 |                         2 |

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