Lok Sabha Question No. 4637 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Employees in CEA
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4637 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

## EMPLOYEES IN CEA

4637.  DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of total number of employees working in the Central Electricity Authority  and  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  under  the  Ministry  of  Power including Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) employees;
- (b) whether  the  posts  reserved  for  SCs/  STs  are  vacant  in  the  Central Electricity  Authority  and  PSUs  under  Ministry  of  Power  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (c) the action being taken  by  the Central  Government  for  selection  of candidates belonging to SC/ST on these posts?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : The details of total number of employees, including SC/ST employees, working in the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), under the Ministry of Power and vacant posts of SCs/STs, are given below:-

|   Sl. No. | Name of Organization                                   |   Total Number of employees including SC/ST | Details of vacant posts reserved for SCs/STs   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Central Electricity Authority (CEA)                    |                                         583 | SC-10, ST-16                                   |
|         2 | National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.(NTPC)          |                                       22356 | SC-6, ST- 153                                  |
|         3 | National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. (NHPC)   |                                        8248 | SC-13, ST-15                                   |
|         4 | Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL)           |                                        9228 | SC-73, ST-44                                   |
|         5 | Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC)                   |                                         498 | ST-02                                          |
|         6 | Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) Ltd.           |                                         580 | ST-01                                          |
|         7 | North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) Ltd. |                                        2328 | SC-198, ST-131                                 |
|         8 | Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (SJVNL)                   |                                        1714 | SC-09, ST-01                                   |
|         9 | Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd. (THDC)        |                                        1947 | SC-01                                          |

(c) : The vacant posts including those reserved for SCs/STs in CEA are requisitioned  for  recruitment  to  UPSC/SSC,  on  regular  basis.  PSUs  under  the administrative control of Ministry of Power are advised, from time-to-time, to fill up the backlog/vacant posts of SCs and STs through Special Recruitment Drive (SRD).

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