Lok Sabha Question No. 3229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-01
Subject: Vacant CMD Post in PSUs
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3229 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 st  JANUARY, 2019

## Vacant CMD Post in PSUs

## 3229. SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

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

- (a) whether it a fact that a number of PSUs are functioning without a CMD for long period, if  so,  the  details  of  such  PSUs  and  the  date  since  when  these  positions  have  been vacant; and
- (b)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the Government  to  fill  the  vacant  posts expeditiously?

## ANSWER

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

(a) : As per available information, there are 50 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) which  are  presently  without  regular  Managing  Director/Chairman  &  Managing  Director /Chairman. The list of these 50 CPSEs along with date of vacancy is annexed.

(b)  Filling  up  of  Board  level  posts  in  CPSEs  is  a  continuous  process  and  these  vacant posts  are  being  manned  by  assigning  additional  charge  arrangements  so  that  regular functioning of concerned CPSE is not affected. It has been the constant endeavour of the Government  to  ensure  that  top  level  vacancies  in  CPSEs  are  filled  up  as  per  extant guidelines in a timely manner.

## Annex referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3229 for answer on 1.1.2019 regarding Vacant CMD Post in PSUs

## List of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) without regular Managing Director (MD)/Chairman & Managing Director (CMD)/Chairman

|   S. No. | Name of CPSE                                               | Date of Vacancy   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited                 | 1.6.2016          |
|        2 | Bharat Coking Coal Limited                                 | 17.10.2018        |
|        3 | Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council         | 15.12.2015        |
|        4 | Bridge & Roof Company Limited                              | 5.6.2016          |
|        5 | British India Corporation Limited                          | 13.11.2014        |
|        6 | Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited         | 1.2.2013          |
|        7 | Cement Corporation of India Limited                        | 1.10.2018         |
|        8 | Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited                 | 11.12.2018        |
|        9 | Engineering Projects India Limited                         | 1.10.2018         |
|       10 | Fertilizers & Chemicals (Travancore) Limited               | 3.11.2016         |
|       11 | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited                    | Not available     |
|       12 | FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals (India) Limited              | 1.12.2016         |
|       13 | Handicrafts & Handloom Export Corporation of India Limited | 8.12.2016         |
|       14 | Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited                   | Not available     |
|       15 | Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited                        | 1.12.2018         |
|       16 | Hindustan Steelworks Construction Limited                  | 13.6.2018         |
|       17 | Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Limited                    | 13.9.2014         |
|       18 | HMT Bearings Limited                                       | 1.7.2016          |
|       19 | Hindustan Cables Limited                                   | 7.10.2011         |
|       20 | Hindustan Insecticides Limited                             | 7.12.2016         |
|       21 | Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Company Limited        | 4.6.2010          |
|       22 | HLL Lifecare Limited                                       | 1.6.2016          |
|       23 | HMT International Limited                                  | 21.4.2017         |
|       24 | HMT Chinar Watches Limited                                 | 19.1.2009         |
|       25 | HMT Machine Tools Limited                                  | 1.12.2014         |
|       26 | HMT Watches Limited                                        | 1.6.2015          |
|       27 | Hotel Corporation of India Limited                         | 26.12.2015        |
|       28 | Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited                     | 12.9.2016         |
|       29 | Indian Medicines & Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited     | 1.8.2016          |
|       30 | Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited                 | 25.7.2018         |
|       31 | Instrumentation Limited                                    | 13.6.2018         |
|       32 | ITI Limited                                                | 1.6.2018          |
|       33 | Kamarajar Port Limited                                     | 1.8.2017          |
|       34 | Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Limited            | 1.2.2018          |
|       35 | Mahanadi Coalfield Limited                                 | 18.5.2018         |

|   36 | National Film Development Corporation of India Limited        | 25.4.2018   |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|   37 | National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Limited               | 6.3.2017    |
|   38 | National Textile Corporation Limited                          | 19.12.2017  |
|   39 | Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Limited                         | 1.7.2016    |
|   40 | North Eastern Handicrafts & Handlooms Development Corporation | 1.1.2017    |
|   41 | National Safai Karamacharis Finance & Development Corporation | 1.9.2016    |
|   42 | National Project Construction Corporation Limited             | 15.7.2017   |
|   43 | National Handloom Development Corporation Limited             | 8.6.2018    |
|   44 | National Small Industries Corporation                         | 1.10.2018   |
|   45 | Projects & Development India Limited                          | 8.11.2016   |
|   46 | Railtel Corporation of India Limited                          | 1.10.2017   |
|   47 | Rajasthan Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited                     | 7.3.2017    |
|   48 | Richardson & Cruddas (1972) Limited                           | 3.4.2017    |
|   49 | South Eastern Coalfields Limited                              | 1.7.2018    |
|   50 | The State Trading Corporation of India Limited                | 12.8.2018   |

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