Lok Sabha Question No. 47 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Functioning of PSUs
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 47

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 FEBRUARY, 2023

## Functioning of PSUs

## 47. SHRI LAVU SRIKRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) functioning under the administrative control of the Government;
- (b) the details of sanctioned posts, grade/category wise of each of the PSUs under administrative control of this Government, PSU-wise;
- (c) the details of contract and outsourced workers, grade/category-wise and the details of contract and outsourced workers working for more than two years;
- (d) the details of vacancies as of 1st January, 2023 in each PSU, grade/category-wise; and
- (e)        the steps taken by the Government to fill in the above vacancies since 1st January, 2022,PSUwise?

## ANSWER

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंालय म रायमंी

( ी रामेवर तेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a):    The  details  of  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  of  Ministry  of  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas (MoP&NG), functioning under the administrative control of the Government are as under :

|   S.No. | Public Sector Undertakings                           |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)                |
|       2 | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)       |
|       3 | GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL)                          |
|       4 | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)          |
|       5 | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)       |
|       6 | Oil India Limited (OIL)                              |
|       7 | Engineers India Limited (EIL)                        |
|       8 | Balmer Lawrie &Co. Limited (BLL)                     |
|       9 | Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)         |
|      10 | Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL)       |
|      11 | Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL)                    |
|      12 | Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) |

(b) As per the data received from these PSUs, the details of sanctioned posts, grade/category wise of each of the PSUs under administrative control of MoP&NG are at Annexure. (c) As  per  the  data  received  from  these  PSUs,  the  details  of  contract  and  outsourced  workers, grade/category-wise and the details of contract and outsourced workers working for more than two years are at Annexure. (d) As per the data received from these PSUs, the details of vacancies as of 1st January, 2023 in each PSU, grade/category-wise are at Annexure.

(e)   Vacancies are being filled up in phased manner in the PSUs under the Mission Recruitment Mode of the Government. As on 20 th January, 2023, 3641 appointment letters have been offered by these PSUs against the vacancy of 5460.

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## ANNEXUREREFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 47 ASKED BY SHRI LAVU SRIKRISHNA DEVARAYALU REGARDING 'FUNCTIONING OF PSUs' TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  FEBRUARY, 2023

## 1. Indian Oil Corporation Limited(IOCL)

| Executives          | Executives      | Executives   | Non-Executives      | Non-Executives   | Non-Executives   | Total               | Total           | Total     |
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------|
| Sanctioned Strength | Person in Place | Vacancies    | Sanctioned Strength | Person in Place  | Vacancies        | Sanctioned Strength | Person in Place | Vacancies |
| B                   | C               | D            | E                   | F                | G                | H=B+E               | I = C+F         | J = D+G   |
| 18657               | 18630           | 27           | 12776               | 12692            | 84               | 31433               | 31322           | 111       |

## 2. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited(ONGC)

ONGC does not have defined sanctioned strength. The recruitment of new manpower is done as per the manpower planning vis a vis requirement as per the dynamic business scenario. The manpower position (grade-wise and category-wise) as on 01/01/2023 is given below:

| Group   |   Grand Total |
|---------|---------------|
| Group A |         15483 |
| Group B |           283 |
| Group C |          9064 |
| Group D |          1395 |

## 3. Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)

The details of 5859 sanctioned posts as on 31.03.2022 in GAIL (India) Limited:

| Grade         |   Total |
|---------------|---------|
| Executive     |    4741 |
| Non-Executive |    1118 |

## 4. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited(BPCL)

| Category      |   Sanctioned strength |
|---------------|-----------------------|
| Executive     |                  5735 |
| Non-executive |                  3179 |

## 5. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited ( HPCL)

|                     |   Group A |   Group C |
|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Sanctioned Strength |      6327 |      2375 |

## 6. Oil   India Limited (OIL)

| GROUP   | CATEGORY     |   Total |
|---------|--------------|---------|
| A&B     | Officers     |    1814 |
| C&D     | Non-Officers |    5638 |

## 7. Engineers India Limited (EIL)

303  posts are sanctioned for 3 levels as below:

|   Level |   No. of Posts |
|---------|----------------|
|      20 |             20 |
|      19 |             62 |
|      18 |            221 |

8. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited  (BLL)
9. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)

| Category   | Grade     |   Sanctioned |
|------------|-----------|--------------|
|            | E0        |           59 |
|            | E1        |          135 |
|            | E2        |          101 |
|            | E3        |           73 |
| Group A    | E4        |           68 |
| Group A    | E5        |           55 |
| Group A    | E6        |           28 |
| Group A    | E7        |           18 |
| Group A    | E8        |            4 |
| Group A    | ED        |            1 |
| Group B    | O1        |           75 |
|            | O2        |          113 |
| Group C    | Clerk     |           41 |
|            | Labour    |           87 |
| Group D    | Sub-Staff |           87 |

The details of sanctioned posts are as under:

| Group   |   Sanctioned Strength |
|---------|-----------------------|
| A&B     |                   672 |
| C       |                   736 |

10. Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL)

The details of sanctioned posts are as under:

|   Sl no | Grade   |   Total Sanctioned Post |
|---------|---------|-------------------------|
|       1 | S-0     |                      20 |
|       2 | S-3     |                     129 |
|       3 | S-5     |                      60 |
|       4 | E-2     |                     347 |
|       5 | E-3     |                      77 |
|       6 | E-4     |                      38 |
|       7 | E-5     |                      16 |
|       8 | E-6     |                       7 |
|       9 | E-7     |                       5 |
|      10 | E-8     |                       1 |

11. Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL)
12. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL)

| Sr. No.             | DPE grade           | Sanctioned Manpower Strength (No.)   |
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Category-A          | Category-A          | Category-A                           |
| 1                   | E-1 to E-5          | 407                                  |
| 2                   | E-6                 | 94                                   |
| 3                   | E-7                 | 89                                   |
| 4                   | E-8                 | 69                                   |
| Category -A Total   | Category -A Total   | 659                                  |
| Category - B        | Category - B        | 0                                    |
| Category- C/D Total | Category- C/D Total | 490                                  |

| Category   | Sanctioned Posts   |
|------------|--------------------|
| Group -A   | 1228               |
| Group - B  | Nil                |
| Group-C&D  | 1585               |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 47 ASKED BY SHRI LAVU SRIKRISHNA DEVARAYALU REGARDING 'FUNCTIONING OF PSUs' TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  FEBRUARY, 2023

## 1. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)

On an average, 88,000 contract workers are being engaged at IOCL, out of which approx. 31,413 are engaged in Project/Construction-related activities, 14,276 in Security-related jobs & rest approx..42,311 are being engaged in other activities including repair, maintenance, housekeeping, canteen, etc.

## 2. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)

The details of contract employees as on 01.08.2022 is as mentioned under:

| Sl. No.   | Category                      |   Number of Employees |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.        | Tenure Based Field Executives |                    56 |
| 2.        | Tenure Based Field Operators  |                   477 |
| 3.        | Tenure Based Field Worker     |                    01 |
| 4.        | Medical Officer on Contract   |                   225 |
| 5.        | Paramedical Staff on Contract |                   141 |
| 6.        | Marine Security Supervisor    |                    12 |
|           | TOTAL                         |                   912 |

The details of outsourced workers, working for more than two years is not available as contract labours are the employees of the contractors who deploys contract labours for execution of contract awarded by ONGC.

## 3. Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)

The total number of contract & outsourced workers deployed through various contractors under various service  contracts  in  GAIL  is  around  15876.No  grade-wise  or  category-wise  data  of  contract  & outsourced  workers  is  maintained  in  GAIL.  Contract(s)  for  various  services  in  GAIL  are  generally awarded for a period of 2 years. Accordingly, the respective contractor / service provider deploys their contract workers for ensuring the services under such respective contracts.

## 4. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)

| Category          | Number   |
|-------------------|----------|
| Non-project       | 16660    |
| Project Contracts | 1900     |
| Total             | 18560*   |

BPCL, being a PAN India company, has office / operating establishments across the Country. Contract labour are engaged by contractors across the Country, for non-core, sporadic and peripheral nature of jobs as per 'Contract for Services'. The number is dynamic and changes depending on projects/ works being  undertaken.  The  contract  labour  in  BPCL  are  engaged  primarily  in  the  areas  of  Projects (Engineering projects, Civil works etc.), Maintenance jobs (Tank Repairs, Painting, Valve repairs, Heat exchangers,  AC  plants,  Pumps,  other  equipment(s)  etc.),  &  in  other  peripheral  activities  such  as Security, Housekeeping, Catering services etc.

## 5. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

At  HPCL,  contract  workers  are  engaged  in  non-core  activities  like  housekeeping,  security,  canteen, gardening, maintenance, project related activities, etc. through contractor after following due tendering process and in adherence to applicable labour legislations. The contractor for performing the contractual obligations  engages  his  own  workmen.  Since  the  engagement  of  workmen  is  within  the  purview  of contractor (as the employer), HPCL separately doesn't maintain such data with regard to continuity of workmen. Details of Contract Labour engaged through Contractors at HPCL as on 3 1 .12.2022 is as under:

| Division        |   Projects |   Non- Projects |   Total |
|-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------|
| Marketing       |        632 |           15306 |   15938 |
| Mumbai Refinery |        324 |            2590 |    2914 |
| Visakh Refinery |      10038 |            5285 |   15323 |
| Total           |      10994 |           23181 |   34175 |

## 6. Oil India Limited (OIL)

As far as Oil India Limited (OIL) is concerned, There are no contract or outsourced workers engaged for more than two years.

## 7. Engineers India Limited (EIL)

No. of Contract Workers- NIL.

No. of Outsourced Workers - 287

No. of Contract/Outsourced Workers, working for more than 2 years- NIL

## 8. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited  (BLL)

The details are given as under:

| Category                          | Grade   |   Sanctioned |   Working for more than 2 years |
|-----------------------------------|---------|--------------|---------------------------------|
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTE0    |           37 |                              37 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTE1    |           30 |                              18 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTE2    |           17 |                              12 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTE3    |           10 |                               7 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTE4    |            2 |                               1 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTE5    |            3 |                               3 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTE6    |            1 |                               1 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTE7    |            1 |                               1 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTET    |            5 |                               5 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTE8    |            0 |                               0 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTO1    |           72 |                              54 |
| Contractual (Fixed Term Contract) | FTO2    |           57 |                              40 |
| Direct Contract                   |         |           31 |                               0 |
| Outsourced                        |         |          392 |                             357 |

## 9. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)

No Contracts and Out-Sourced workers are working in CPCL directly.

## 10. Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited  (BCPL)

There  are  approximately  1800  contract  workers  across  BCPL  operational  locations  engaged  under various contractors undertaking various contractual jobs at BCPL. The maximum period of contracts is from 1-2 years, hence no contractual workers engaged under any contract/s for more than two years.

## 11. Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL)

|                    |   As on 1 st January, 2023 |   Working for more than 2 years |
|--------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Contract workers   |                         18 |                              11 |
| Outsourced workers |                       1431 |                            1131 |

## 12. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL)

MRPL does not hire directly any contract workers. In MRPL, contracts are awarded for specific jobs in the Refinery as per the terms and conditions of the work order/contract.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 47 ASKED BY SHRI LAVU SRIKRISHNA DEVARAYALU REGARDING 'FUNCTIONING OF PSUs' TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  FEBRUARY, 2023

|        | Description   |   Vacancy status till June 2023 |
|--------|---------------|---------------------------------|
|        | Executive     |                             140 |
|        | Non-Executive |                             122 |
|        | Executive     |                              51 |
|        | Non-Executive |                             179 |
|        | Executive     |                               0 |
|        | Non-Executive |                              15 |
|        | Executive     |                             193 |
|        | Non-Executive |                              60 |
|        | Executive     |                              23 |
|        | Non-Executive |                              55 |
|        | Executive     |                            1669 |
|        | Non-Executive |                             922 |
|        | Executive     |                             382 |
|        | Non-Executive |                             186 |
|        | Executive     |                              66 |
|        | Non-Executive |                              22 |
| Balmer | Executive     |                              68 |
| Balmer | Non-Executive |                               0 |
|        | Executive     |                             737 |
|        | Non-Executive |                             282 |
|        | Executive     |                             177 |
|        | Non-Executive |                               0 |
|        | Executive     |                              27 |
|        | Non-Executive |                              84 |
|        | Executive     |                            3533 |
|        | Non-Executive |                            1927 |

*As on 20 January 2023, 3641 appointment letters have already been offered by these PSUs.

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