Lok Sabha Question No. 365 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-27
Subject: Employment Opportunities in Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Dr. M K Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 365 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2024

## Employment Opportunities in Neyveli Lignite Corporation

## 365.  Dr. M K VISHNU PRASAD:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- a) the  details  of  employment  generation  opportunities  created  and  placements  done  in Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) of India in various departments during the last three years and the current year;
- b) the details of such placements in management and labour category separately;
- c) the  number  of  placements  done  under  contract,  campus  placements,  lateral  entry categories and any other categories; and
- d) the details of people who have given lands for establishment or expansion of NLC and have been placed in NLC along with the categories in which they have been placed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a): The details of employment generation opportunities created and placements 'done in NLC India Limited during the last three years and the current year is furnished below:

| Year                   | Count   |
|------------------------|---------|
| 2021                   | 1453    |
| 2022                   | 736     |
| 2023 853               |         |
| 2024 (Upto 30/09/2024) | 998     |

(b): The details of placements in management and labour category furnished below:

| Category/Year         |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |   2024 (Upto 30/09/2024) |
|-----------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------------------------|
| Executive             |    247 |    154 |    194 |                      432 |
| Non-Executive         |   1115 |    574 |    550 |                      527 |
| Fixed Term Employment |     91 |      8 |    109 |                       39 |
| Total                 |   1453 |    736 |    853 |                      998 |

(c): The placements done under contract, campus placements, lateral entry categories and other categories are furnished below:

| Mode/category                                           | Executive   | Non- Executive   | Fixed Term Employment   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------------|-------------------------|
| Contract (Fixed Term Employment)                        | -           | -                | 247                     |
| Campus                                                  | 34          | -                | -                       |
| Lateral                                                 | 413         | -                | -                       |
| Special Recruitment Drive/ Compassionate/Regularisation | -           | 2766             | -                       |
| Other Category (Graduate Executive Trainee)             | 580         | -                | -                       |
| Total                                                   | 1027        | 2766             | 247                     |

(d): The details of people who have given lands for establishment or expansion of NLC is as per following:

|   Year |   Fixed Term Employment |   Regular |   Total |
|--------|-------------------------|-----------|---------|
|      0 |                       0 |         0 |    2021 |
|      0 |                       0 |         0 |    2022 |
|      5 |                      36 |        41 |    2023 |
|      1 |                       0 |         1 |    2024 |

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