Lok Sabha Question No. 4571 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Reserved Posts for SCs, STs and OBCs in CPSUs
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: S. Jothimani, Gaurav Gogoi, M. Selvaraj, Karti P. Chidambaram, A. Chellakumar, K. Muraleedharan

## MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4571

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 rd   March, 2021

'Reserved Posts for SCs, STs and OBCs in CPSUs'

4571.  MS. S. JOTHIMANI :

SHRI GAURAV GOGOI :

SHRI M. SELVARAJ :

SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM:

DR. A. CHALLAKUMAR :

SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN :

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

- (a) the  details  and  the  total  number of sanctioned reserved posts for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled  Tribes  (STs)  and  Other  Backward  Classes  (OBCs)  in  all  Central  Public  Sector Undertakings (CPSUs);
- (b) whether  the  Government's  proposed  privatisation  and  disinvestment  of  PSUs,  particularly Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), will result in a reduction in reserved posts for SCs, STs and OBCs and if so, the details regarding of reduction in the number of posts;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to ensure the continuation of reservations in Central PSUs, particularly BPCL, after disinvestment; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a): As  per  available  information,  as  on  31-03-2020,  the  total  number  of  Scheduled  Castes (SCs),  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs),  and  Other  Backward  Classes  (OBCs)  employees  in  operating Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are as follows:

| Total numbers of Employees   | Representation of SCs / STs / OBCs in operating CPSEs (as on 31.03.2020)   | Representation of SCs / STs / OBCs in operating CPSEs (as on 31.03.2020)   | Representation of SCs / STs / OBCs in operating CPSEs (as on 31.03.2020)   | Representation of SCs / STs / OBCs in operating CPSEs (as on 31.03.2020)   | Representation of SCs / STs / OBCs in operating CPSEs (as on 31.03.2020)   | Representation of SCs / STs / OBCs in operating CPSEs (as on 31.03.2020)   |
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| on 31.03.2020)               | SCs (In numbers)                                                           | %                                                                          | STs (In numbers)                                                           | %                                                                          | OBCs (In numbers)                                                          | %                                                                          |
| 9,19,648                     | 1,60,384                                                                   | 17.44                                                                      | 99,693                                                                     | 10.84                                                                      | 1,98,581                                                                   | 21.59                                                                      |

(b  to  d): Department  of  Investment  and  Public  Asset  Management  (DIPAM)  being  the  nodal department for disinvestment matters has informed that the reservation policy is applicable only in Government companies and after strategic disinvestment of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), it will not remain a Government company.

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