Lok Sabha Question No. 502 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Vacant Posts of Directors in PSUs
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES *****

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 502 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 th  December, 2017

## Vacant Posts of Directors in PSUs

## 502. SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

Will  the  Minister  of  HEAVY  INDUSTRIES  AND  PUBLIC  ENTERPRISES  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)  whether more than one hundred posts of independent directors in the Public Sector Undertakings are lying vacant at present and these have not  been filled up for very long time;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  PSU-wise  and  the date  since  when  these  posts  have been lying vacant;
- (c) whether such vacancies are affecting the functioning of these PSUs;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the measures being taken by the Government to fill up these vacant posts?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a)  and  (b)  :    As  per  available  information,  there  are  275  positions  of  non-official (Independent) Directors which are presently vacant on the Boards of various scheduled Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs). The CPSE-wise list of vacant positions of nonofficial  Directors  is  annexed.  The  appointment  of  non-official  Directors  on  the  Boards  of CPSEs is a continuous process as the non-official Directors are appointed on the Boards of CPSEs for a tenure of three years.

(c) and (d) : Besides non-official Directors, the Board of Directors of CPSEs comprises of functional  and  government  nominee  Directors.  Day-to-day  management  of  CPSEs  is undertaken by full-time functional Directors of CPSEs.

(e) : The proposals for appointment of non-official Directors on the Boards of CPSEs are initiated by the concerned administrative Ministries. The concerned administrative Ministries  are  requested  from  time-to-time  to  furnish  proposals  for  filling  up  vacant positions  of  non-official  Directors  on  the  Boards  of  CPSEs  under  their  respective administrative jurisdiction.

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## Annex referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 502 for answer on 19.12.2017 regarding Vacant Posts of Directors in PSUs

## List of CPSEs having vacant posts of non-official Directors on their Board

(as per available information)

|   S. No. | Name of CPSE                                            |   Number of vacant posts of non- official Directors |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Air India Limited                                       |                                                   3 |
|        2 | Airports Authority of India Limited                     |                                                   2 |
|        3 | Andrew Yule & Company Limited                           |                                                   3 |
|        4 | Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India     |                                                   3 |
|        5 | Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited                         |                                                   5 |
|        6 | BEML Limited                                            |                                                   5 |
|        7 | Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited              |                                                   1 |
|        8 | Bharat Coking Coal Limited                              |                                                   1 |
|        9 | Bharat Electronics Limited                              |                                                   2 |
|       10 | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited                        |                                                   2 |
|       11 | Bharat Petro Resources Limited                          |                                                   2 |
|       12 | Bharat Pumps & Compressors Limited                      |                                                   2 |
|       13 | Bharat Wagon & Engineering Company Limited              |                                                   1 |
|       14 | BHEL Electrical Machines Limited                        |                                                   2 |
|       15 | Bisra Stone Lime Company Limited                        |                                                   4 |
|       16 | Brahmaputra Crackers & Polymer Limited                  |                                                   1 |
|       17 | Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited       |                                                   2 |
|       18 | Braithwaite & Company Limited                           |                                                   1 |
|       19 | Bridge & Roof Company(India) Limited                    |                                                   2 |
|       20 | Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited         |                                                   2 |
|       21 | Burn Standard Company Limited                           |                                                   2 |
|       22 | Cement Corporation of India Limited                     |                                                   1 |
|       23 | Central Coalfields Limited                              |                                                   3 |
|       24 | Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Limited |                                                   2 |
|       25 | Central Electronics Limited                             |                                                   2 |
|       26 | Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited        |                                                   3 |
|       27 | Central Railside Warehousing Company Limited            |                                                   3 |
|       28 | Central Warehousing Corporation                         |                                                   3 |
|       29 | Certification Engineers International Limited           |                                                   2 |
|       30 | Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited                   |                                                   5 |
|       31 | Container Corporation of India Limited                  |                                                   2 |
|       32 | Dedicated Fright Corridor Corp. of India Limited        |                                                   2 |
|       33 | Dredging Corporation of India Limited                   |                                                   3 |
|       34 | Eastern Coalfields Limited                              |                                                   4 |
|       35 | EdCIL (India) Limited                                   |                                                   2 |
|       36 | Electronics Corporation of India Limited                |                                                   4 |
|       37 | Engineering Projects (India) Limited                    |                                                   1 |
|       38 | Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited                               |                                                   1 |
|       39 | Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Limited              |                                                   1 |

|   41 | GAIL (India) Limited                                  |   1 |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----|
|   42 | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited         |   3 |
|   43 | Goa Shipyard Limited                                  |   2 |
|   44 | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited                         |   2 |
|   45 | Hindustan Antibiotics Limited                         |   1 |
|   46 | Hindustan Copper Limited                              |   3 |
|   47 | Hindustan Fluorocarbons Limited                       |   3 |
|   48 | Hindustan Newsprint Limited                           |   3 |
|   49 | Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited                   |   3 |
|   50 | Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited                   |   3 |
|   51 | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited               |   1 |
|   52 | Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Company Limited   |   1 |
|   53 | Hindustan Prefab Limited                              |   1 |
|   54 | Hindustan Salts Limited                               |   1 |
|   55 | Hindustan Shipyard Limited                            |   2 |
|   56 | HLL Lifecare Limited                                  |   2 |
|   57 | HMT (International) Limited                           |   3 |
|   58 | HMT Limited                                           |   4 |
|   59 | HMT Machine Tools Limited                             |   1 |
|   60 | Hotel Corporation of India Limited                    |   2 |
|   61 | HSCC (India) Limited                                  |   3 |
|   62 | India Tourism Development Corporation Limited         |   3 |
|   63 | India Trade Promotion Organisation                    |   2 |
|   64 | Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited                |   1 |
|   65 | Indian Medicines & Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited |   3 |
|   66 | Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp. Limited     |   1 |
|   67 | Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited            |   2 |
|   68 | Indian Rare Earths Limited                            |   3 |
|   69 | Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited    |   3 |
|   70 | IRCON International Limited                           |   1 |
|   71 | ITI Limited                                           |   5 |
|   72 | Jute Corporation of India Limited                     |   2 |
|   73 | Kamrajar Port Limited                                 |   2 |
|   74 | Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Limited       |   2 |
|   75 | KIOCL Limited                                         |   4 |
|   76 | Konkan Railway Corporation Limited                    |   3 |
|   77 | Mahanadi Coalfields Limited                           |   1 |
|   78 | Mangalore Ref. & Petrochemicals Limited               |   1 |
|   79 | Manganese Ore (India) Limited                         |   3 |
|   80 | Mazagon Dock Limited                                  |   1 |
|   81 | MECON Limited                                         |   2 |
|   82 | Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited               |   1 |
|   83 | MMTC Limited                                          |   3 |
|   84 | MSTC Limited                                          |   3 |
|   85 | Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited              |   1 |
|   86 | Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Limited                 |   2 |
|   87 | National Fertilizers Limited                          |   2 |

| 88    | National Film Development Corporation Limited                 | 2   |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
| 89    | National Handicapped Finance & Development Corporation        | 1   |
| 90    | National Handloom Development Corporation Limited             | 1   |
| 91    | National Jute Manufactures Corporation Limited                | 1   |
| 92    | National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation         | 2   |
| 93    | National Projects Construction Corporation Limited            | 1   |
| 94    | National Research Development Corporation                     | 1   |
| 95    | National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation  | 1   |
| 96    | National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation   | 2   |
| 97    | National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation | 3   |
| 98    | National Seeds Corporation                                    | 1   |
| 99    | National Textile Corporation Limited                          | 1   |
| 100   | NEPA Limited                                                  | 2   |
| 101   | Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited                           | 3   |
| 102   | North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited              | 1   |
| 103   | Northern Coalfields Limited                                   | 2   |
| 104   | NTPC Limited                                                  | 1   |
| 105   | Numaligarh Refinery Limited                                   | 2   |
| 106   | Oil India Limited                                             | 3   |
| 107   | ONGC Videsh Limited                                           | 1   |
| 108   | Orissa Drugs & Chemicals Limited                              | 2   |
| 109   | Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited                   | 4   |
| 110   | PEC Limited                                                   | 2   |
| 111   | Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited                                | 1   |
| 112   | Power Finance Corporation Limited                             | 3   |
| 113   | Power Grid Corporation of India Limited                       | 3   |
| 114   | Power System Operation Corporation Limited                    | 2   |
| 115   | Projects & Development India Limited                          | 1   |
| 116   | Rail Vikas Nigam Limited                                      | 3   |
| 117   | Railtel Corporation of India Limited                          | 2   |
| 118   | Rajasthan Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited                     | 2   |
| 119   | Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited                 | 2   |
| 120   | Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited                   | 2   |
| 121   | Richardson & Cruddas(1972) Limited                            | 1   |
| 122   | RITES Limited                                                 | 2   |
| 123   | Scooters India Limited                                        | 3   |
| 124   | Shipping Corporation of India Limited                         | 2   |
| 125   | SJVN Limited                                                  | 3   |
| 126   | South Eastern Coalfields Limited                              | 1   |
| 127   | Steel Authority of India Limited                              | 1   |
| 128   | Telecommunications Consultants (India) Limited                | 2   |
| 129   | WAPCOS Limited                                                | 1   |
| 130   | Western Coalfields Limited                                    | 1   |
| TOTAL |                                                               |     |
|       |                                                               | 275 |