Lok Sabha Question No. 211 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Shortage of Manpower in ASI
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RITA TARAI, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *211 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2015

## SHORTAGE OF MANPOWER IN ASI

*211:

SHRIMATI RITA TARAI: KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- a) whether various cultural organizationslinstitutionslmuseums are facing acute shortage of staff;
- b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of sanctioned and filled up posts, organization-wise;
3. whether the   long   pending vacancies in the above bodies are greatly affecting its day-to-day functioning and if so, the details thereof with the steps taken by the Government to fill up these vacancies in both skilled and unskilled category; along
- d) whether the Government has taken any steps to strengthen Archaeological Survey of India Offices particularly at Bhubaneswar with required laboratory facilities and technical man power for issue of non-antiquity certificate in time in order to boost export oriented handicraft industries; and
5. if the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) AND MINISTER OF STATE, CIVIL AVIATION (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of the house.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STTARRED QUESTION No. *211 FOR 14.12.2015 REGARDING SHORTAGE OF MANPOWER IN ASI

- (a) & (b):  There are forty four(44) organizations under the Ministry of Culture. The organization wise details of sanctioned and filled up posts are at Annexure-I.
- (c): Filling up of vacancies is a regular process in the organizations. Necessary steps are also taken to ensure that the functioning of the organizations is not affected for want of adequate manpower. Periodical review of vacancies in all cadres resulting from retirement; resignation, death etc , is carried out and suitable action for up of vacancies is taken up as per rules and procedures: filling
- (d) &(e): Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has taken steps to restructure its cadre, both technical and non-technical: The posts in the Bhubaneswar office have also been covered in the restructuring: Necessary laboratory facilities have been provided to all laboratories as per requirement; including Bhubaneswar. Regarding issue of non-antiquity certificate, there is an Expert Advisory Committee in each ASI Circle including Bhubaneswar Circle for issue of non-antiquity certificate to handicraft exporters for purpose of export The Committee meets regularly as and when requests for issue of certificates are received.

## ANNEXURE-l

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 211 FOR 14.12.2015

## ORGANIZATION-WISE SANCTIONED STRENGTH AND FILLED UP POSTS

| S.No.   | Name of the Organization                           | Total Sanctioned Strength   | Total Filled up Posts   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|         | Archaeological Survey of India                     | 2279                        | 1658                    |
| 2       | National Museum                                    | 268                         | 149                     |
| 3       | National Gallery of Modern Art; New Delhi          | 79                          | 34                      |
|         | National Gallery of Modern Art;, Mumbai            | 33                          | 10                      |
| 5       | National Gallery of Modern Art; Benguluru_         | 34                          |                         |
| 6       | Indian Museum                                      | 212                         | 131                     |
|         | Victoria Memorial Hall                             | 175                         | 106                     |
| 8       | Salar_Jung Museum                                  |                             | 121                     |
| 9       | Allahabad Museum                                   | 82                          | 64                      |
| 10      | National Council of Science Museums                | 894                         | 866                     |
| 11      | National Museum Institute                          | 19                          | 13                      |
| 12      | N RL C Lucknow                                     | 103                         | 56                      |
| 13      | Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti                   | 129                         | 54                      |
| 14      | Nehru Memorial Museum and Library                  | 192                         | 114                     |
| 15      | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya         | 118                         | 94                      |
| 16      | Asiatic Society                                    | 256                         | 190                     |
| 17      | Anthropological Survey of India_                   | 569                         | 278                     |
| 18      | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies | 14                          | 14                      |
| 19      | National Archives of India                         | 454                         | 267                     |
| 20      | National School of Drama                           | 146                         | 117                     |
| 21      | Sahitya Akademi_                                   | 175                         | 162                     |
| 22      | Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts         | 256                         | 227                     |
|         | Lalit Kala Akademi                                 | 170                         | 58                      |
| 24      | Sangeet Natak Akademi                              | 111                         | 103                     |
| 25      | Kalakshetra Foundation                             | 161                         | 116                     |
| 26      | Centre for Cultural Resources and Training_        | 106                         | 82                      |
| 27      | Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh         | 179                         | 169                     |
| 28      | Central University of Tibetan Studies_             | 228                         | 133                     |
| 29      | Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies     | 22                          | 20                      |
| 30      | Nav Nalanda Mahavihara                             | 57                          | 48                      |

| S.No.       | Name of the Organization             |   Total Sanctioned Strength |   Total Filled up Posts |
|-------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
| 31          | West Zone Cultural Centre,Udaipur    |                          59 |                      51 |
| 32          | North Central Zone Cultural Centre   |                          90 |                      72 |
| 33          | North East Zone Cultural Centre      |                          47 |                      46 |
| 34          | North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala_ |                          42 |                      35 |
| 35          | East Zone Cultural Centre, Kolkata   |                          71 |                      36 |
| 36          | South Central Zone Cultural Centre   |                          33 |                      24 |
| 37          | South Zone Cultural Centre, Tanjavur |                          33 |                      22 |
| 38          | Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library  |                          53 |                      40 |
| 39          | Raja Rammohun Library Foundation     |                          76 |                      68 |
| 40          | Central Secretariat Library          |                          53 |                      30 |
| 41          | Central Reference Library            |                          72 |                      38 |
| 42          |                                      |                         449 |                     201 |
| 43          | Rampur Raza Library_                 |                          31 |                      19 |
| 44          | National Library                     |                         639 |                     307 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                          |                        9423 |                    6444 |