Lok Sabha Question No. 1558 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Capacity Building of CPSEs
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1558

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2020

## Capacity Building of CPSEs

1558: SHRI  MANOJ KOTAK : Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has taken any initiatives during the last five years for capacity building of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs); (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the details of outstanding debt of CPSEs during the said period; (d) whether the Government is planning for revival or restructuring of distressed CPSEs; and (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) and (b): The initiatives taken by the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) for capacity building of CPSEs include:

- (i) Professionalization of the Boards of CPSEs through filling up vacant positions of Nonofficial Directors (NODs). (ii) Monitoring of CAPEX of selected CPSEs and sending monthly report to PMO. (iii) Issue guidelines on personnel, wage matters, performance improvement and evaluation. (iv) Granting autonomy and financial delegation to CPSE under corporate governance and; (v) Organising trainings, workshops and orientation programmes. Details of such programmes
- organized by DPE during the last 5 years are tabulated below:

| Year    |   Number of training programmes / workshops /orientation programme |   Number of officers/employees of CPSEs and State Level Public Enterprises |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                                                                 13 |                                                                        462 |
| 2015-16 |                                                                 24 |                                                                       1532 |
| 2016-17 |                                                                 34 |                                                                       2009 |
| 2017-18 |                                                                 32 |                                                                       1584 |
| 2018-19 |                                                                 39 |                                                                       1815 |

(c):  The  details  of  total  short  term  and  long  term  loans  of  CPSEs  based  on  the  Public Enterprises Surveys for the financial years 2014-15 to 2018-19 also laid in the Parliament is given below:

| Year    | Short and long term debts (Rs. crore)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 | 11,00,459.83                            |
| 2015-16 | 1,171,767.40                            |
| 2016-17 | 12,43,187.87                            |
| 2017-18 | 14,76,798.80                            |
| 2018-19 | 17,20,587.98                            |

(d) & (e): DPE has issued Guidelines dated 29.10.2015 for 'Streamlining the mechanism for revival  and  restructuring  of  sick  /  incipient  sick  and  weak  CPSEs':  General  principles  and mechanism of restructuring'.

As  per  these  guidelines,  the  administrative  Ministries  /  Departments  concerned  are responsible  for  monitoring  the  performance  of  CPSEs  functioning  under  them  and  taking timely measures for revival/ restructuring of sick/loss making CPSEs on a case to case basis as per the principles outlined in DPE guidelines dated 29.10.2015.