Lok Sabha Question No. 97 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Vacant Posts of Directors in PSEs and PSBs
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN, V. SATHYABAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 97 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 15TH DECEMBER, 2017/ AGRAHAYANA 24, 1939 (SAKA)

## VACANT POSTS OF DIRECTORS IN PSEs AND PSBs

## QUESTION

97. SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN: SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R. K.: SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has taken any steps to fill up the vacant Non-Official Parttime (OPTN), women and Independent Directors in various Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) and Public Sector Banks (PSBs);
- (b)  if so, the details thereof and the decision taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c)  whether the Government has taken steps to include subject experts and eminent professionals in the respective fields instead of appointing on political lineage; and
- (d)  if so, the details thereof and the list of appointments made in the last three years, year/company-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS

विवि और न्याय एिं कारपोरेट कायय मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री

- (a):- Appointment of Directors/Women Directors in CPSUs and PSBs are made on the basis of prescribed guidelines.  Government has prescribed the time-lines for various associated  activities  such  as  furnishing  the  proposal,  processing  of  proposals  for obtaining recommendations of Search Committee and processing the recommendations  of  Search  Committee  for  obtaining  the  approval  of  competent authority to ensure timely appointments to the Boards of the CPSUs and PSBs.
- (b)  to  (c):-  The  Government  has  laid  down  the  criteria  in  terms  of  educational qualifications, age and experience for persons to be considered for appointment as non-official  Directors  on  the  Boards  of  CPSEs.  In  terms  of  laid  down  criteria, professionals of repute having more than 15 years of relevant domain experience in fields relevant to the company's area of operation and persons of eminence with proven track  record  from  Industry,  Business,  Agriculture  or  Management  are  eligible  to  be

कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्री

(SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

( श्री पी. पी. चौधरी )

considered for such appointments.  For Public Sector Banks also, the guidelines for appointment  of  Non-Official  Directors  provide  for  consideration  of  persons  from amongst  the  persons  of  eminence  with  special  academic  training  or  practical experience in relevant fields, chartered accountants, academicians, and retired senior government officials. (d):- Details of appointments made during the 3 years are provided at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 97

## Year 2015

## A. CPSEs:- Details of Non-Official Directors

| Name of CPSEs                                    | Number of non-Official Directors Appointed   |
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| BEML Limited                                     | 3                                            |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited                       | 2                                            |
| Bharat Dynamics Limited                          | 2 (1 Women)                                  |
| Bharat Electronics Limited                       | 3 (1 Women)                                  |
| Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited                 | 3                                            |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited             | 3                                            |
| Central Coalfields Limited                       | 2                                            |
| Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited | 2                                            |
| Coal India Limited                               | 5 (1 Women)                                  |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited                       | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| Engineering Projects (India) Limited             | 2 (1 Women)                                  |
| Engineers India Limited                          | 4 (1 Women)                                  |
| Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited                        | 1                                            |
| GAIL (India) Limited                             | 3                                            |
| Hindustan Copper Limited                         | 4 (1 Women)                                  |
| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited          | 1                                            |
| Hindustan Shipyard Limited                       | 1                                            |
| Indian Oil Corporation Limited                   | 2                                            |
| Indian Rare Earths Limited                       | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| ITI Limited                                      | 1                                            |
| KIOCL Limited                                    | 1                                            |
| Mahanadi Coalfields Limited                      | 2                                            |
| Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited                | 2                                            |
| Mazagon Dock Limited                             | 2 (1 Women)                                  |
| MECON Limited                                    | 1                                            |
| Mineral Exploration Corpn. Limited               | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited                       | 3 (1 Women)                                  |
| MOIL Limited                                     | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| National Aluminium Company Limited               | 5                                            |
| Neyveli Lignite Corpn. Limited                   | 3                                            |
| NHPC Limited                                     | 4 (1 Women)                                  |
| NMDC Limited                                     | 6 (1 Women)                                  |
| North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited | 3                                            |
| Northern Coalfields Limited                      | 2                                            |
| NTPC Limited                                     | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited            | 3                                            |
| Power Grid Corporation Of India Limited          | 1                                            |
| Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited                    | 4                                            |

| Rural Electrification Corpn. Limited           | 4 (1 Women)    |
|------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| SJVN Limited                                   | 4 (1 Women)    |
| South Eastern Coalfields Limited               | 2              |
| Steel Authority Of India Limited               | 4 (1 Women)    |
| Telecommunications Consultants (India) Limited | 1 (1 Women)    |
| THDC India Limited                             | 3              |
| Western Coalfields Limited                     | 4              |
| Total                                          | 113 (19 Women) |

## B. PSBs:- Details of  Non - Executive Chairman / Non - Official Directors

| Bank           | Name of the Non - Executive Chairman (NEC) / Non - Official Director (NOD)   |
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bank of Baroda | Shri Ravi Venkatesan, NEC                                                    |
| Bank of India  | Shri Gopalaraman Padmanabhan, NEC                                            |
| Canara Bank    | Shri Thothala Narayanasamy Manoharan, NEC                                    |
| Indian Bank    | Shri Tirumangalakudi Chandrasekharan Venkat Subramanian, NEC                 |
| Vijaya Bank    | Shri Gopalakrishnan Narayanan, NEC                                           |

## Year 2016

## A. CPSEs:- Details of Non-Official Directors

| Name of CPSEs                                    | Number of non-Official Directors Appointed   |
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Andrew Yule & Co. Limited                        | 2                                            |
| BBJ Construction Co. Limited                     | 2 (1 Women)                                  |
| Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited       | 1                                            |
| Bharat Electronics Limited                       | 1                                            |
| Brahamputra Crackers & Polymer Limited           | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corpn. Limited     | 1                                            |
| Cement Corporation Of India Limited              | 1                                            |
| Cochin Shipyard Limited                          | 3 (1 Women)                                  |
| Container Corporation Of India Limited           | 2                                            |
| Dedicated Fright Corridor Corp. Of India Limited | 2                                            |
| Dredging Corpn. Of India Limited                 | 2 (2 Women)                                  |
| FACT Limited                                     | 2                                            |
| FCI Aravali Gypsum And Minerals India Limited    | 2                                            |
| Goa Shipyard Limited                             | 1                                            |
| Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited            | 1                                            |
| Hindustan Aeronautics Limited                    | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| Hindustan Antibiotics Limited                    | 1                                            |
| Hindustan Insecticides Limited                   | 3                                            |
| Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited              | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| Hindustan Prefab Limited                         | 1                                            |

| Hindustan Salts Limited                     | 1             |
|---------------------------------------------|---------------|
| HMT MT Limited                              | 1             |
| Housing & Urban Dev. Corpn. Limited         | 3             |
| India Tourism Dev. Corpn. Limited           | 2             |
| India Trade Promotion Organization          | 1             |
| Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited      | 1             |
| Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited  | 1             |
| Instrumentation Limited                     | 2             |
| Ircon International Limited                 | 3 (1 Women)   |
| Madras Fertilizers Limited                  | 4 (1 Women)   |
| Mazagon Dock Limited                        | 1             |
| MMTC Limited                                | 2             |
| Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited    | 1             |
| NBCC (India) Limited                        | 6             |
| National Fertilizers Limited                | 1 (1 Women)   |
| NTPC Limited                                | 1             |
| PEC Limited                                 | 1             |
| Projects & Development India Limited        | 2             |
| Rail Vikas Nigam Limited                    | 2             |
| Railtel Corporation Of India Limited        | 2             |
| Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited | 1             |
| Rashtriya Chemicals And Fertilizers Limited | 3             |
| Richardson & Cruddas (1972) Limited         | 1             |
| RITES Limited                               | 3 (1 Women)   |
| Sambhar Salts Limited                       | 2             |
| Shipping Corporation Of India Limited       | 2             |
| State Trading Corpn. Of India Limited       | 4             |
| Total                                       | 85 (11 Women) |

## B. PSBs:- Details of  Non - Executive Chairman / Non - Official Directors

| Bank                  | Name of the Non - Executive Chairman (NEC) / Non - Official Director (NOD)   |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Allahabad Bank        | Prof. Radha R. Sharma, NOD                                                   |
| Allahabad Bank        | Shri Gautam Guha, NOD                                                        |
| Bank of Baroda        | Shri Biju Varkkey, NOD                                                       |
| Bank of Baroda        | Shri Gopal Krishan Agarwal, CA Director                                      |
| Bank of India         | Ms. Veni Thapar, CA Director                                                 |
| Bank of Maharashtra   | Dr. Archana Ravindrarai Dholakia, NOD                                        |
| Bank of Maharashtra   | Shri Deendayal Agrawal, CA Director                                          |
| Central Bank of India | Shri N. Nityananda, CA Director                                              |
| Corporation Bank      | Shri Deverakonda Ditivilasa, NOD                                             |
| Dena Bank             | Shri Amit Chatterjee, NOD                                                    |
| Dena Bank             | Shri G. Gopalakrishna, NOD                                                   |
| Indian Bank           | Shri Padmanaban Vittal Dass, NOD                                             |
| Indian Bank           | Shri Vijay Kumar Goel, CA Director                                           |

| Indian Overseas Bank      | Shri K. Raghu, CA Director                   |
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Oriental Bank of Commerce | Ms. Mala Srivastava, NOD                     |
| Oriental Bank of Commerce | Shri Sanjay Kapoor, CA Director              |
| Punjab National bank      | Shri Mahesh Baboo Gupta, CA Director         |
| Punjab & Sind Bank        | Shri Atanu Sen, NOD                          |
| Syndicate Bank            | Shri G. Ramesh, NOD                          |
| Syndicate Bank            | Ms. Vandana Kumari Jena, NOD                 |
| Syndicate Bank            | Shri Jayant Purushottam Gokhale, CA Director |
| UCO Bank                  | Shri Anil Sharma, CA Director                |
| Union Bank of India       | Dr. K. Ramesha, NOD                          |
| Vijaya Bank               | Shri S. Raghunath, NOD                       |
| Vijaya Bank               | Shri. V.V.R. Sastry, NOD                     |
| Vijaya Bank               | Shri. M. Bhagavantha Rao, NOD                |
| State Bank of India       | Dr. Pushpendra Rai, NOD                      |
| State Bank of India       | Shri Girish Kumar Ahuja, NOD                 |

## Year 2017

## A. CPSEs:- Details of Non-Official Directors

| Name of CPSEs                                      | Number of non-Official Directors Appointed   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Air India Limited                                  | 2                                            |
| Airports Authority Of India                        | 2 (1 Women)                                  |
| Andrew Yule & Co. Limited                          | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited                        | 2 (1 Women)                                  |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited                         | 2 (1 Women)                                  |
| Bharat Dynamics Limited                            | 3 (1 Women)                                  |
| Bharat Electronics Limited                         | 3                                            |
| Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited                   | 3 (1 Women)                                  |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited               | 4 (1 Women)                                  |
| Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited                       | 4 (1 Women)                                  |
| Bharat Wagon & Engg. Co. Limited                   | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council | 4                                            |
| Braithwaite & Co. Limited                          | 1                                            |
| Bridge & Roof Co.(India) Limited                   | 1                                            |
| Broadcast Engg. Consultants India Limited          | 1 (1 Women)                                  |
| Central Electronics Limited                        | 1                                            |
| Central Warehousing Corpn                          | 1                                            |
| Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited              | 2                                            |
| Coal India Limited                                 | 2                                            |
| Cochin Shipyard Limited                            | 3                                            |
| Container Corporation Of India Limited             | 3 (1 Women)                                  |
| Cotton Corpn. Of India Limited                     | 2                                            |
| ECGC Limited                                       | 2 (1 Women)                                  |

| EDCIL (India) Limited                                        | 2           |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| Engineers India Limited                                      | 3 (1 Women) |
| FACT Limited                                                 | 3 (1 Women) |
| Food Corpn. Of India                                         | 1           |
| GAIL (India) Limited                                         | 4           |
| Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engg. Limited                    | 3 (1 Women) |
| Handicrafts & Handloom Exports Corp. Of India Limited        | 2 (2 Women) |
| Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited                        | 3 (1 Women) |
| Hindustan Aeronautics Limited                                | 3           |
| Hindustan Fluorocarbons Limited                              | 1           |
| Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited                          | 2 (1 Women) |
| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited                      | 5 (1 Women) |
| Hindustan Photo Films Limited                                | 1           |
| HLL Lifecare Limited                                         | 1 (1 Women) |
| HMT Limited                                                  | 1           |
| Housing & Urban Dev. Corpn. Limited                          | 2 (1 Women) |
| Indian Oil Corporation Limited                               | 8           |
| Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corpn. Limited           | 5 (1 Women) |
| Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited                   | 1 (1 Women) |
| Indian Renewable Energy Devt.Agency Limited                  | 3 (1 Women) |
| Ircon International Limited                                  | 2           |
| ITI Limited                                                  | 1 (1 Women) |
| Kamarajar Port Limited                                       | 1 (1 Women) |
| KIOCL Limited                                                | 1 (1 Women) |
| Konkan Railway Corporation Limited                           | 1 (1 Women) |
| Mahanadi Coalfields Limited                                  | 1 (1 Women) |
| Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited                            | 4 (2 Women) |
| Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited                  | 5 (1 Women) |
| Mazagon Dock Limited                                         | 2           |
| Mineral Exploration Corpn. Limited                           | 1           |
| Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited                                   | 1           |
| MMTC Limited                                                 | 3           |
| MOIL Limited                                                 | 2 (1 Women) |
| MSTC Limited                                                 | 2           |
| National Aluminium Company Limited                           | 3 (2 Women) |
| National Backward Classes Finance & Devp. Co.                | 2 (1 Women) |
| National Fertilizers Limited                                 | 3 (1 Women) |
| National Film Dev. Corpn. Limited                            | 1 (1 Women) |
| National Handicapped Finance & Development Corporation       | 2           |
| National Handlooms Development Corporation Limited           | 1 (1 Women) |
| National Research Development Corporation                    | 3 (1 Women) |
| National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation | 1           |
| National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation  | 1 (1 Women) |
| National Seeds Corporation                                   | 2 (1 Women) |
| National Small Industries Corpn. Limited                     | 3           |

| National Textile Corpn. Limited                                         | 3 (1 Women)    |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| Neyveli Lignite Corpn. Limited                                          | 2 (1 Women)    |
| NHPC Limited                                                            | 3              |
| NMDC Limited                                                            | 2              |
| North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited                        | 2              |
| North Eastern Handicrafts And Handlooms Development Corporation Limited | 2 (2 Women)    |
| Northern Coalfields Limited                                             | 1              |
| NPCC Limited                                                            | 2 (1 Women)    |
| NTPC Limited                                                            | 5              |
| Numaligarh Refinery Limited                                             | 2 (1 Women)    |
| Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited                                   | 6 (1 Women)    |
| Oil India Limited                                                       | 4 (2 Women)    |
| ONGC Videsh Limited                                                     | 3 (1 Women)    |
| Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited                                          | 2              |
| Power Finance Corporation                                               | 2 (1 Women)    |
| Power Grid Corporation Of India Limited                                 | 3 (1 Women)    |
| Rail Vikas Nigam Limited                                                | 2 (1 Women)    |
| Rashtriya Chemicals And Fertilizers Limited                             | 1              |
| Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited                                           | 2              |
| RITES Limited                                                           | 2              |
| Security Printing Minting Corporation Of India Limited                  | 2              |
| Shipping Corporation Of India Limited                                   | 4              |
| South Eastern Coalfields Limited                                        | 1              |
| State Trading Corpn. Of India Limited                                   | 4 (1 Women)    |
| Steel Authority Of India Limited                                        | 4              |
| WAPCOS Limited                                                          | 2              |
| Total                                                                   | 221 (57 Women) |

## B. PSBs:- Details of  Non - Executive Chairman / Non - Official Directors

| Bank                 | Name of the Non - Executive Chairman (NEC) / Non - Official Director (NOD)   |
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Indian Overseas Bank | Shri T C A Ranganathan, NEC                                                  |
| Punjab National bank | Shri Sunil Mehta, NEC                                                        |
| Syndicate Bank       | Shri Ajay Vipin Nanavati, NEC                                                |
| Union Bank of India  | Shri Kewal Handa, NEC                                                        |

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