Lok Sabha Question No. 3542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-11
Subject: Appointment of IAS Officers in PSUs
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

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## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3542 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 th  AUGUST, 2015

## Appointment of IAS Officers in PSUs

## 3542. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE: SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the names of the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in which IAS and IPS officers are posted as CMD and at other senior positions;
- (b) the performance of the said PSUs in comparison to other PSUs; and
- (c)  the reaction of the Government thereto?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA)

(a):   As per available information, presently, officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service  (IAS)  and  Indian  Police  Service  (IPS)  have  been  posted  on  deputation  basis  on Board  level  positions  in  five  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprises  (CPSEs),  namely,  (i)  Air India Limited (AIL), (ii) National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC),  (iii)  India  Tourism  Development  Corporation  Limited  (ITDC),  (iv)  National Highways  &  Infrastructure Development  Corporation Limited (NHIDCL)  and  (v) National Highways Connectivity Company Limited (NHCCL).

(b) and (c): The performance of the above mentioned five CPSEs for the year 2013-14 is as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| Name of CPSE   | Performance of the CPSE   | Performance of the CPSE   | Performance of the CPSE   |
|----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Name of CPSE   | Total Revenue             | Net Profit                | Net Worth                 |
| AIL            | 19,230                    | (-) 5,389                 | (-) 15,333                |
| NSTFDC         | 27                        | 18                        | 575                       |
| ITDC           | 470                       | 9                         | 316                       |
| NHIDCL         | Set up in 2014            | Set up in 2014            | Set up in 2014            |
| NHCCL          | Set up in 2014            | Set up in 2014            | Set up in 2014            |

The performance of CPSEs is not merely linked to the persons posted at senior positions in the CPSEs. There are many other important factors, which decide their performance, such as  the  nature  of  their  business  environment,  changes  in  the  global/national/sectoral competitive scenario, effect of business cycles on the sector concerned, level of technology, marketing efforts, manpower strength, company's strategic vision and its implementation, etc. Further, there are wide variations among CPSEs in terms of their nature of operations, sector/cognate  group  to  which  they  belong,  size  of  operations,  schedule,  Maharatna/ Navratna/Miniratna  status,  etc.,  thus  making  it  difficult  to  make  any  meaningful comparison between CPSEs where IAS and IPS officers are posted vis-à-vis other CPSEs .

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