Lok Sabha Question No. 3231 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Disinvestment of PSUs
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Karti P. Chidambaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3231

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 th  AUGUST, 2021

## 'Disinvestment of PSUs'

## 3231.  SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM :

## Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:-

- (a) the  total  number  and  details  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  proposed privatisation and  disinvestment of PSUs,  particularly Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will result in  reduction  of  reserved  posts for  SCs, STs, and OBCs, and if so, the details and number of such posts; and
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to ensure the continuation of reservations in Central PSUs, particularly BPCL, after disinvestment?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (DR. BHAGWAT KISHANRAO KARAD)

(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)                                                          | %                                                                          |
| 9,19,479                     | 1,60,384                                                                   | 17.44                                                                      | 99,693                                                                     | 10.84                                                                      | 1,98,581                                                                   | 21.59                                                                      |

(b  &  c): 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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