Lok Sabha Question No. 199 (STARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Shortage of Manpower in ASI
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *199 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.01.2018 SHORTAGE OF MANPOWER IN ASI

## *199   SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

## SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

## Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- a) whether  his  Ministry  and  other  departments  including    Bodies under its control are facing a shortfall of manpower against their respective sanctioned strengths and if so, the details thereof;
- b) whether the resolve of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)  to maintain and protect the heritage sites and buildings of national  importance  has  been  adversely  affected  for  want  of adequate manpower and ASI is forced to outsource the technical works  to  the  inexperienced  private  contractors  and  if  so,  the details thereof including its impact on quality of work;
- c) the number and other details of the contractual staff engaged by the  Ministry  and  its  Autonomous  Bodies  during  the  last  three years  and  the  current  year  and  the  financial  outgo  as  a  result thereof, year-wise; and
- d) the short-term and long-term measures taken by the Government to  increase  the  manpower  and  fill  up  the  existing  vacancies expeditiously and the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND  CLIMATE

CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) to (d):  A statement is laid on the table of the house.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *199 FOR 01.01.2018 REGARDING SHORTAGE OF MANPOWER IN ASI

- (a) Yes, Madam.   Details are given as Annexure I .
- (b) Steps  have  been  taken  by  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  to ensure that the shortage of manpower does not adversely impact its resolve to maintain and protect heritage sites and buildings of national importance.
- (c) The  number  and  other  details  of  contractual  staff  engaged  by  the Ministry  and  its  Autonomous  Bodies  during  the  last  three  years  and the current year and the financial outgo as a result thereof, year-wise is as per statement attached at Annexure-II.
- (d) Necessary  steps  are  taken  to  ensure  that  the  functioning  of  the organisations  is  not  affected  for  want  of  adequate  manpower.    The process  of  filling  up  of  vacant  posts  is  continuous  and  dynamic  in nature.    Periodical  review  of  vacancies  resulting  from  retirement, resignation, death etc., is carried out and suitable action for filling up of vacancies is taken up with recruiting agencies from time to time. Steps are  also  taken  to  expeditiously  finalise  the  framing/amendments  of recruitment rules, holding timely meeting of the Departmental Promotion Committee to facilitate speedy filling up of vacancies.

Annexure - 1 Annexure given in reply to part (a) in the  Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 199 for 1.1.2018

## Statement regarding details of vacancy position in various organizations under Ministry of Culture

|   S.No. | Organization                                       |   Sanctioned Strength |   Vacancies filled |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Ministry of Culture                                |                   324 |                225 |
|       2 | Archaeological Survey of India                     |                  8426 |               5464 |
|       3 | National Museum                                    |                   268 |                139 |
|       4 | National Gallery of Modern Art                     |                   148 |                 51 |
|       5 | Indian Museum                                      |                   212 |                103 |
|       6 | Victoria Memorial Hall                             |                   175 |                 93 |
|       7 | Salar Jung Museum                                  |                   156 |                111 |
|       8 | Allahabad Museum                                   |                    82 |                 59 |
|       9 | National Council of Science Museums                |                   894 |                854 |
|      10 | National Museum Institute                          |                    19 |                 17 |
|      11 | National Research Laboratory for Conservation      |                   103 |                 52 |
|      12 | Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti                   |                   129 |                 52 |
|      13 | Nehru Memorial Museum and Library                  |                   192 |                136 |
|      14 | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya         |                   118 |                 90 |
|      15 | Asiatic Society                                    |                   255 |                176 |
|      16 | Anthropological Survey of India                    |                   569 |                244 |
|      17 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies |                    14 |                 12 |
|      18 | National Archives of India                         |                   454 |                232 |
|      19 | National School of Drama                           |                   147 |                 85 |
|      20 | Sahitya Akademi                                    |                   175 |                153 |

| 21   | Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts             |   247 |   218 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------|
| 22   | Lalit Kala Akademi                                     |   170 |    98 |
| 23   | Sangeet Natak Akademi                                  |   111 |    97 |
| 24   | Kalakshetra Foundation                                 |   161 |   106 |
| 25   | Centre for Cultural Resources and Training             |   106 |    71 |
| 26   | Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh Ladhak      |   178 |   156 |
| 27   | Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Varanasi  |   228 |   118 |
| 28   | Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies, Dahung |    22 |    20 |
| 29   | Nav Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda                        |    72 |    43 |
| 30   | West Zone Culture Centre                               |    59 |    48 |
| 31   | North East Zone Culture Centre                         |    45 |    45 |
| 32   | North Central Zone Culture Centre, Allahabad           |    43 |    17 |
| 33   | North Zone Culture Centre, Patiala                     |    42 |    33 |
| 34   | East Zone Culture Centre, Kolkata                      |    44 |    36 |
| 35   | South Central Zone Culture Centre, Nagpur              |    33 |     8 |
| 36   | South Zone Culture Centre, Thanjavur                   |    33 |    22 |
| 37   | Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library                    |    52 |    39 |
| 38   | Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata          |    76 |    64 |
| 39   | Central Secretariat Library                            |    36 |    19 |
| 40   | Central Reference Library                              |    63 |    34 |
| 41   | Delhi Public Library                                   |   290 |   188 |
| 42   | Rampur Raza Library                                    |    31 |    24 |
| 43   | National Library                                       |   561 |   288 |
|      | TOTAL                                                  | 15563 | 10140 |

Annexure-II

| ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                                          | ANNEXURE GIVEN IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 FOR 1.1.2018                                 |
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| STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE                          | STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANISATION UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE |
| SL.NO.                                                                                                     | Name of Organization                                                                                       | Number of Contractual Staff Engaged                                                                        | Amount paid to the Contractual Staff Year wise (Amount in Rs.)                                             | Number of Contractual Staff Engaged                                                                        | Amount Paid to the Contractual Staff Year wise (Amount in Rs.)                                             | Number of Contractual Staff Engaged                                                                        | Amount Paid to the Contractual Staff Year wise (Amount in Rs.)                                             | Number of Contractual Staff Engaged                                                                        | Amount Paid to the Contractual Staff Year wise (Amount in Rs.)                                             | Name of Post Contractual Staff                                                                                                      | the of                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                            |                                                                                                            | 2014-15                                                                                                    | 2014-15                                                                                                    | 2015-16                                                                                                    | 2015-16                                                                                                    | 2016-17                                                                                                    | 2016-17                                                                                                    | 2017-18                                                                                                    | 2017-18                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                            |
|                                                                                                            | Total                                                                                                      | 1643                                                                                                       | 265844898                                                                                                  | 1720                                                                                                       | 321948525                                                                                                  | 1555                                                                                                       | 463563305                                                                                                  | 1530                                                                                                       | 213701424                                                                                                  | Stenographers, consultants, Office Attendants, Technical Assistants, Computer, Operators, data Entry Operators, Security Guard etc. |                                                                                                            |