Lok Sabha Question No. 6202 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Action against Corrupt Officials
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV, RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6202 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## Action against Corrupt Officials

## 6202.  SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV : SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI :

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether coal companies under the Ministry of Coal have sent any proposals for taking action against their alleged corrupt officials;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years;
- (c) the  number  of  cases,  out  of  them,  in  which  approval  for  suitable  action  has  been granted and those which are still pending;
- (d) the reasons for delay in giving approval for action in pending cases;
- (e) the  details  of  the  provisions  for  taking  action  against  the  corrupt  officials  of  coal companies; and
- (f) the reaction of the Government regarding compliance of the said provisions?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS AND COAL (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (d) Yes, Madam.  The company wise details thereof during the last four years for Coal India Ltd. (CIL) and its subsidiary companies is as under :-

## The details of the complaints of corruption/irregularity undertaken are:

| Name of the coal company                                 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 (up to February 18) |
|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------|
| Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (ECL)                            |        90 |        43 |        13 |                            35 |
| Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. (BCCL)                           |        90 |        13 |        21 |                            33 |
| Central Coalfields Ltd. (CCL)                            |        16 |        24 |        38 |                            19 |
| South-Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL)                     |        46 |        35 |        34 |                            63 |
| Western Coalfields Ltd. (WCL)                            |        88 |        49 |        58 |                            51 |
| Northern Coalfields Ltd. (NCL)                           |        05 |        28 |        15 |                            11 |
| Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. (MCL)                           |        10 |        08 |        13 |                            23 |
| Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd. (CMPDIL) |         0 |         1 |         0 |                             2 |
| Coal India Ltd. (CIL)                                    |        20 |        20 |        27 |                            18 |

## The number of cases where the CIL & its subsidiaries has conducted any investigation in this regard:

| Name of the coal company   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 (up to February 2018) |
|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|
| ECL                        |        90 |        43 |        13 |                              35 |
| BCCL                       |        90 |        13 |        21 |                              33 |
| CCL                        |        16 |        24 |        38 |                              19 |

| SECL   |   46 |   35 |   34 |   63 |
|--------|------|------|------|------|
| WCL    |   88 |   49 |   58 |   51 |
| NCL    |    5 |   28 |   15 |   11 |
| MCL    |   10 |   08 |   13 |   23 |
| CMPDIL |    0 |    1 |    0 |    2 |
| CIL    |   20 |   20 |   27 |   18 |

## The number of the officers against whom charges were registered by the investigating agencies and those punished or exonerated, as a result thereof (the outcome subsidiarywise, year-wise):

| Name of the coal company   | 2014-15       | 2014-15       | 2015-16       | 2015-16       | 2016-17       | 2016-17       | 2017-18 ( up to February 2018)   | 2017-18 ( up to February 2018)   |
|----------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|                            | Major penalty | Minor penalty | Major penalty | Minor penalty | Major penalty | Minor penalty | Major penalty                    | Minor penalty                    |
| ECL                        | 12            | 06            | 15            | 06            | 07            | 14            | 10                               | 01                               |
| BCCL                       | 49            | 50            | 8             | 59            | 10            | 25            | 39                               | 10                               |
| CCL                        | 12            | 16            | 12            | 13            | 04            | 13            | 07                               | 41                               |
| SECL                       | 63            | 31            | 27            | 04            | 23            | 04            | 12                               | 16                               |
| WCL                        | 09            | 19            | 61            | 05            | 49            | 05            | 27                               | 12                               |
| NCL                        | 09            | 02            | 41            | 03            | 29            | 16            | 10                               | 09                               |
| MCL                        | 05            | 42            | 12            | 18            | 13            | 20            | 104                              | 14                               |
| CMPDIL                     | 00            | 00            | 00            | 00            | 00            | 00            | 00                               | 00                               |
| CIL                        | 04            | 03            | 01            | 08            | 10            | 09            | 07                               | 01                               |

## Prosecution Sanction accorded on recommendation of CBI by CIL and subsidiaries

| Name of the coal company   | 2014-15              | 2014-15   | 2014-15    | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 ( up to February 2018)   | 2017-18 ( up to February 2018)   | 2017-18 ( up to February 2018)   |
|----------------------------|----------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Name of the coal company   | Prosecution Sanction | Punished  | Exonerated | PS        | Pun       | Exo       | PS        | Pun       | Exo       | PS                               | Pun                              | Exo                              |
| ECL                        | -                    | -         | -          | 1         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1                                | -                                | -                                |
| BCCL                       | 6                    | -         | -          | 1         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1                                | -                                | -                                |
| CCL                        | 6                    | 3         | -          | 3         | 9         | 2         | 1         | 9         | -         | 2                                | 9                                | 1                                |
| SECL                       | 2                    | -         | -          | 1         | -         | -         | 4         | 1         | 1         | 9                                | -                                | -                                |
| WCL                        | -                    | 1         | -          | -         | 15        | 1         | -         | 11        | -         | -                                | 1                                | -                                |
| NCL                        | -                    | -         | -          | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -                                | -                                | -                                |
| MCL                        | 1                    | -         | -          | -         | 2*        | 2*        | -         | 2*        | 1*        | 1                                | -                                | -                                |
| CMPDIL                     | -                    | -         | -          | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1                                | -                                | -                                |
| CIL                        | 8                    | 3         | -          | 4         | -         | -         | 1         | -         | -         | 12                               | -                                | -                                |

Note: * This is against the sanction for prosecution approved prior to 2013-14.

(e) & (f) Coal India Executives' Conduct Discipline and Appeal Rules 1978 (as amended) has specific provisions for taking action against the corrupt officials.  Nature of penalties to be imposed has been defined in Rule 27 of the said Rules. Rule 29 & Rule 30 specifically says about the procedure to be adopted for imposing major penalties.  Rule 31 has the provision of imposing  minor  penalty  to  the  corrupt  officials.  Rule  34  tells  about  the  special  procedure  in certain cases where penalties can also be imposed on the corrupt officials.  Government gives suitable response against the proposal of Coal India Limited and its subsidiary companies and in respect  of  corrupt  officials  whenever  the  proposals  are  sent  for  its  advice  as  per  rules  and provisions of the Central Vigilance Commission.

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