Lok Sabha Question No. 498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-23
Subject: Vacant Posts
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, LAXMAN GILUWA, KULAMANI SAMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.498 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  JULY, 2015

## VACANT POSTS

## 498. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

DR. KULAMANI SAMAL:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

- (a)        the  sanctioned  and  posted  strength  of  technical  personnel  under  the  Directorate  of Shipping;
- (b)      the sanctioned and posted strength of staff in various ports including Paradip Port, port and port-wise; and
- (c)          the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  fill  up  the  vacant  posts  in  a  time bound manner?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) The total sanctioned strength of technical posts in the Directorate General of Shipping is 88. Against this, 52 posts are filled up.
- (b) The sanctioned strength and filled up position in various ports including Paradip Port, is annexed.
- (c) To facilitate timely filling up of vacant posts in the Directorate General of Shipping, the  Government  has  delegated  the  powers  to  the  Director  General,  Directorate  General  of Shipping  to  fill  up  all  posts  except  those  which  require  the  approval  of  Appointment Committee of the Cabinet.

In so far as major Ports are concerned, only Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Heads of Department are filled up by the Government. The power to fill other positions in the major Ports, including Paradip Port, has been delegated to the respective major Ports.

## Annexure

| Port Name                    | Strength   |   Class I |   Class II |   Class III |   Class IV |
|------------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-------------|------------|
| New Managlore Port Trust     | Sanctioned |       100 |        111 |         864 |        356 |
|                              | Posted     |        74 |         91 |         728 |        309 |
| V O Chidambaranar Port Trust | Sanctioned |       120 |         66 |        1130 |        486 |
|                              | Posted     |        66 |         58 |         743 |       1142 |
| Kandla Port Trust            | Sanctioned |        59 |         64 |        1742 |       1584 |
|                              | Posted     |        30 |         53 |        1148 |        904 |
| Chennai Port Trust           | Sanctioned |       275 |        152 |        4022 |       2127 |
|                              | Posted     |       189 |        131 |        3511 |       1848 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust  | Sanctioned |       213 |         48 |        1433 |       1814 |
|                              | Posted     |       182 |         49 |        1325 |       1657 |
| Kolkata Port Trust           | Sanctioned |      1066 |        333 |        4651 |       3742 |
|                              | Posted     |       607 |        203 |        3434 |       2055 |
| Paradip Port Trust           | Sanctioned |       144 |        127 |        1205 |       1119 |
|                              | Posted     |       117 |         49 |         614 |        896 |
| Visakhapatnam Port Trust     | Sanctioned |       223 |        125 |        2857 |       2223 |
|                              | Posted     |       157 |        107 |        2402 |       1930 |
| Cochin Port Trust            | Sanctioned |       171 |        153 |        2334 |        697 |
|                              | Posted     |       125 |        114 |        1657 |        451 |
| Mormugao Port Trust          | Sanctioned |       163 |         89 |        1859 |       1093 |
|                              | Posted     |       107 |         76 |        1375 |        600 |
| Mumbai Port Trust            | Sanctioned |       437 |         26 |        6327 |       8695 |
|                              | Posted     |       301 |         22 |        4378 |       6052 |

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