Lok Sabha Question No. 29 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Vacant Posts in PSUs
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 29* TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 st  DECEMBER, 2015

## Vacant Posts in PSUs

## *29. SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

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

- (a)  whether  a  number  of  directorial  posts  are  lying  vacant  in  various  PSUs  at  present thereby  affecting  efficiency,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  since  when  such posts have remained vacant;
- (b) whether the Government has taken steps to fill up these vacancies; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said vacancies are likely to be filled?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI ANANT G. GEETE)

(a) to (d) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 29* for answer on 1.12.2015 regarding Vacant Posts in PSUs

(a)  :  The  Boards  of  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprises  (CPSEs)  consists  of  (i)  functional (full-time),  (ii)  government  (part-time)  and  (iii)  non-official  (part-time)  Directors.  As  per available  information,  77  posts  of  functional  Directors  and  around  470  positions  of  nonofficial  Directors  are  presently  vacant.  The  details  of  77  vacant  posts  of  functional Directors in CPSEs are annexed.

(b) and  (c) : Out  of the 77  vacant  posts  of  functional  Directors  in  CPSEs,  the recommendations  of  Public  Enterprises  Selection  Board  (PESB)/Search-cum-Selection Committee are already available in respect of 38 posts and PESB/concerned administrative Ministry  have initiated the selection process in respect of 31 other posts. The competent authority has approved the proposal for appointment in respect of 7 posts and 1 post is vacant due to Court case.

In  respect  of  vacant  posts  of  non-official  Directors,  Search  Committee  has  recently recommended names for filling up 156 positions on the Boards of various CPSEs of which 92 non-official Directors have already been appointed. The filling up of Board level posts in CPSEs  is  a  continuous  process  and  the  vacant  posts  get  filled  after  completion  of  all formalities.

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## Annex referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 29* for answer on 1.12.2015 regarding Vacant Posts in CPSEs

## Details of 77 vacant posts of functional Directors in CPSEs*

|   S. No. | Name of the Post & CPSE                                                   | Date of Vacancy   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Director(Finance), Security Printing Minting Corporation of India Limited | 01-04-2011        |
|        2 | Director(Finance), Hindustan Photo Films Company Limited                  | 19-10-2011        |
|        3 | Director(MS), Kamrajar Port Limited                                       | 30-11-2011        |
|        4 | Director(Technical), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited                    | 01-04-2013        |
|        5 | Director(Finance), HMT Limited                                            | 18-04-2013        |
|        6 | Director(Finance), Burn Standard Company Limited                          | 01-07-2013        |
|        7 | Director (Technical), Electronics Corporation Limited                     | 17-09-2013        |
|        8 | Director (Technical), Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited            | 14-10-2013        |
|        9 | Director(Technical), Madras Fertilizers Limited                           | 01-11-2013        |
|       10 | Director (Finance), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited                          | 01-12-2013        |
|       11 | Director(Technical), National Textile Corporation Limited                 | 01-12-2013        |
|       12 | Director (POM), Railtel Corporation of India Limited                      | 01-03-2014        |
|       13 | CMD, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited                                    | 01-06-2014        |
|       14 | CMD, PEC Limited                                                          | 01-07-2014        |
|       15 | Director(R&D), Indian Oil Corporation Limited                             | 01-07-2014        |
|       16 | CMD, Bharat Wagons & Engineering Company Limited                          | 03-07-2014        |
|       17 | Director(M&CP), Central Warehousing Corporation Limited                   | 05-08-2014        |
|       18 | CMD, Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Limited                              | 13-09-2014        |
|       19 | Director(Finance), Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited      | 13-09-2014        |
|       20 | Director(Finance), Project & Development India Limited                    | 01-10-2014        |
|       21 | Director(Finance), National Projects Construction Corporation Limited     | 01-10-2014        |
|       22 | Director(Finance), National Small Industries Corporation Limited          | 24-10-2014        |
|       23 | Director(CM), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited                                | 15-01-2015        |
|       24 | Director(HR), Cement Corporation of India Limited                         | 21-01-2015        |
|       25 | Director(Finance), Scooter India Limited                                  | 21-01-2015        |
|       26 | Director(Marketing), State Trading Corpn. Limited                         | 21-01-2015        |
|       27 | Director(Commercial & HR), WAPCOS Limited                                 | 03-02-2015        |
|       28 | Director(P&P), Orissa Mineral Dev. Corpn.                                 | 04-02-2015        |
|       29 | Director(Projects), NHPC Limited                                          | 10-03-2015        |
|       30 | Director(Marketing), MMTC Limited                                         | 19-03-2015        |
|       31 | CMD, Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited                    | 20-03-2015        |
|       32 | Director(Engg & RD), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited                        | 01-04-2015        |
|       33 | Director(Personnel), Steel Authority of India Limited                     | 01-04-2015        |
|       34 | Director(Finance), Cement Corporation of India Limited                    | 06-05-2015        |
|       35 | Director(BD), GAIL(India) Limited                                         | 07-05-2015        |
|       36 | Director(Finance), National Film Development Corporation Limited          | 28-05-2015        |
|       37 | Director(Finance), Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited                        | 01-06-2015        |
|       38 | Director(Commercial), Engineers India Limited                             | 01-06-2015        |
|       39 | Director(Finance), Goa Shipyard Limited                                   | 01-06-2015        |
|       40 | MD, North Eastern Handicrafts & Handlooms Development Corporation         | 01-06-2015        |
|       41 | Director(Finance), The State Trading Corporation of India Limited         | 04-06-2015        |
|       42 | Director(Finance), Western Coalfields Limited                             | 04-06-2015        |
|       43 | CMD, ITI Limited                                                          | 05-06-2015        |
|       44 | Director(P&M), Bridge & Roof Co. Limited                                  | 06-06-2015        |
|       45 | Director(Marketing), FACT Ltd                                             | 09-06-2015        |
|       46 | Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited                                | 11-06-2015        |

|   47 | Director(P&BP), Steel Authority of India Limited                       | 16-06-2015   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|   48 | MD, National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation        | 30-06-2015   |
|   49 | Director(Engineering), National Projects Construction Corporation Ltd. | 30-06-2015   |
|   50 | CMD, Oil India Limited                                                 | 01-07-2015   |
|   51 | Director(Finance), India Tourism Development Corporation Limited       | 01-07-2015   |
|   52 | Director(Tech), South Eastern Coalfields Limited                       | 07-07-2015   |
|   53 | Director(Marketing), The State Trading Corporation of India Limited    | 07-07-2015   |
|   54 | Director(Commercial), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited                    | 27-07-2015   |
|   55 | Director(Enterprise), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited                     | 01-08-2015   |
|   56 | CMD, Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited                               | 01-08-2015   |
|   57 | Director(Finance), Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited                     | 01-08-2015   |
|   58 | Director(Finance), Hindustan Antibiotics Limited                       | 02-08-2015   |
|   59 | CMD, Eastern Coalfields Limited                                        | 03-08-2015   |
|   60 | CMD, Bharat Coking Coal Limited                                        | 08-08-2015   |
|   61 | CMD, Scooters India Limited                                            | 12-08-2015   |
|   62 | Director(Commercial), NTPC Limited                                     | 21-08-2015   |
|   63 | CMD, Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited                   | 28-08-2015   |
|   64 | Director(Personnel), NMDC Limited                                      | 01-09-2015   |
|   65 | Director(Operations), Cochin Shipyard Limited                          | 01-09-2015   |
|   66 | Director(P&M), Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited                              | 01-09-2015   |
|   67 | CMD, NTPC Limited                                                      | 04-08-2015   |
|   68 | Director(Marketing), GAIL(India) Limited                               | 14-09-2015   |
|   69 | Director(Solar), Solar Energy Corporation of India                     | 30-09-2015   |
|   70 | Director(Technical), Eastern Coalfields Limited                        | 01-10-2015   |
|   71 | Director(Finance), Braithwaite & Co. Limited                           | 06-10-2015   |
|   72 | Member (Operations), Airport Authority of India Limited                | 21-10-2015   |
|   73 | Director(Marketing), PEC Limited                                       | 26-10-2015   |
|   74 | Director(CP, P&BD), Goa Shipyard Limited                               | 29-10-2015   |
|   75 | CMD, Madras Fertilizers Limited                                        | 01-11-2015   |
|   76 | Director(Production), ITI Limited                                      | 01-11-2015   |
|   77 | CMD, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited                                | 26-11-2015   |

## * The above list excludes following 19 posts kept in abeyance

CMD/MD - Chairman & Managing Director/Managing Director

|   1 | MD, HMT Chinar Watches Limited                                        |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2 | CMD, Hindustan Photo Films Company Limited                            |
|   3 | MD, Nagaland Pulp & Papers Limited                                    |
|   4 | Director(Finance), Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Limited                   |
|   5 | CMD, Hindustan Cables Limited                                         |
|   6 | Director(Finance), Orissa Mineral Development Corporation             |
|   7 | Director(Production), Tyre Corporation of India Limited               |
|   8 | Director(Technical), Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Limited                 |
|   9 | CMD, Central Inland Water Transport Corpn. Limited                    |
|  10 | Director(Finance), Hindustan Cables Limited                           |
|  11 | CMD, Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Limited                                 |
|  12 | Director (Finance), Tyre Corporation of India Limited                 |
|  13 | Director(Operations), HMT Limited                                     |
|  14 | MD, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited |
|  15 | Director(IM), HMT (International) Limited                             |
|  16 | CMD, British India Corporation Limited                                |
|  17 | MD, HMT Machine Tools Limited                                         |
|  18 | Director(Finance), National Jute Manufactures Corpn. Limited          |
|  19 | MD, HMT Watches Limited                                               |