Lok Sabha Question No. 1649 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Appointments in Coir Board
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Lallu Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1649 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021

## APPOINTMENTS IN COIR BOARD

## 1649. SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of appointments made in the Coir Board during each of the last years and the current year;
- (b) whether compassionate appointments are being made in the Coir Board;
- (c) if so, the number of the persons appointed on compassionate ground during the last three years and current year alongwith  the directions prescribed for such appointments;
- (d) whether  applications  for  compassionate  appointment  are  pending  in  the  Coir Board; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken/to be taken/to be taken thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NITIN GADKARI)

- (a): The  total  number  of  appointments  made  in  Coir  Board  during  the  last  years from 2014 onwards are as follows:

|   Year | Total Number of appointment   |
|--------|-------------------------------|
|   2014 | 24                            |
|   2015 | NIL                           |
|   2016 | NIL                           |
|   2017 | 1                             |
|   2018 | NIL                           |
|   2019 | NIL                           |
|   2020 | NIL                           |
|   2021 | NIL                           |

(b) & (c): Yes,  Sir.  Compassionate  appointments  are  being  made  in  the  Coir Board.  No  appointments  were  made  on  compassionate  ground  during  the  last  three years and current  year. Only 5% of the total Direct Recruit vacancies in Group 'C' category are considered for filling Compassionate ground Appointment, as per rules.

(d) & (e): 9 applications as detailed below are under consideration of compassionate appointment under Coir Board as per rule.

|   Sl. No. | Name of the deceased employee   | Date of death of the employee   | Name of dependents who have applied for appointment on compassionate grounds   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Late Shri A Dayalan             | 21.03.2000                      | D. Karthika                                                                    |
|         2 | Late Shri I L Sreekumar         | 28.06.2009                      | Arun Kumar                                                                     |
|         3 | Late Shri R Satheesan           | 22.02.2012                      | Akhila S                                                                       |
|         4 | Late Shri R Pavithran           | 28.08.2013                      | No application was received                                                    |
|         5 | Late Shri K P Sreenivasan       | 13.02.2014                      | Shriprabhay                                                                    |
|         6 | Late Shri P Ramalingam          | 16.08.2014                      | R. Shanmuganathan                                                              |
|         7 | Late Shri S B Kumar             | 10.01.2018                      | B.K. Harishankar                                                               |
|         8 | Late Shri Daryab Singh          | 27.07.2018                      | Dinesh Pal                                                                     |
|         9 | Late Shri Akhileswar Pathak     | 25.01.2019                      | Prashant Pathak                                                                |

For  this  purpose,  a  Committee  has  been  constituted  for  short  listing  the applications as per eligibility.

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