Lok Sabha Question No. 304 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Shortage of Staff in ASI
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO, M. CHANDRAKASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8.8.2016 SHORTAGE OF STAFF IN ASI

## *304 SHRI KALIKESH N.SINGH DEO:

## SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

## Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether his Ministry and other departments and bodies under its control are facing a shortfall of  manpower against their respective sanctioned strengths and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the paucity of manpower has impacted the resolve of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to maintain and protect the heritage sites and  buildings  of  national  importance  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the reason therefor;
- (c) the short term and long term measures taken by the Government to increase the manpower and the outcome thereof;
- (d) the time by which the vacancies are likely to be filled up; and
- (e) the number and other details of the contractual staff engaged by the Ministry and its Autonomous Bodies during the last three years and the financial outgo due to the same, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM (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 STARRED NO. *304 FOR  8.8.2016 REGARDING SHORTAGE OF STAFF  IN  ASI

- (a) Yes, Sir.   Details are given as Annexure I .
- (b) Monuments  of  national  importance  are  protected,  preserved  and conserved  adequately  by  the  manpower,  including  the  technical  and outsourced  personnel,  available  at  the  disposal  of  Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). No monument of national importance has been neglected or defaced for want of adequate manpower.
- (c) Necessary  steps  are  taken  to  ensure  that  the  functioning  of  the organisations  is  not  affected  for  want  of  adequate  manpower.    The process  of  filling  up  of  vacant  posts  is  continuous  and  dynamic  in nature.    Periodical  review  of  vacancies  resulting  from  retirement, resignation, death etc., is carried out and suitable action for filling up of vacancies is taken up with recruiting agencies from time to time.
- (d) Steps are taken to fill up vacancies arising in the different Organisations  of  Ministry  of  Culture  from  time  to  time  by  holding timely  meetings  of  the  Departmental  Promotion  Committee  and  by constantly taking up with recruitments agencies, such as, Union Public Service  Commission  and  Staff  Selection  Commission.    Steps  are  also taken to expeditiously finalise the framing/amendments of recruitment rules to facilitate speedy filling up of vacancies.
- (e) The number and details of contractual staff engaged by the Ministry and  its  Autonomous  Bodies  during  the  last  three  years  and  the financial  outgo  due  to  of  the  same,  year-wise  is  as  per  statement attached at Annexure-II.

Annexure - I Statement regarding details of vacancy position in various organizations under

## Annexure given in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *304 for 8.8.2016 Ministry of Culture

|   S.No. | Organization                                       |   Sanctioned Strength |   Vacancies Filled |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Ministry of Culture (Proper)                       |                   324 |                239 |
|       2 | Archaeological Survey of India                     |                  8424 |               5501 |
|       3 | National Museum                                    |                   268 |                141 |
|       4 | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi          |                    79 |                 34 |
|       5 | National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai             |                    33 |                 10 |
|       6 | National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru          |                    34 |                 34 |
|       7 | Indian Museum                                      |                   212 |                131 |
|       8 | Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata                    |                   175 |                103 |
|       9 | Salar Jung Museum                                  |                   156 |                115 |
|      10 | Allahabad Museum                                   |                    62 |                 44 |
|      11 | National Council of Science Museums                |                   894 |                894 |
|      12 | National Museum Institute                          |                    19 |                 13 |
|      13 | National Research Laboratory for Conservation      |                   103 |                 53 |
|      14 | Gandhi Smriti Darshan Samiti                       |                   129 |                 53 |
|      15 | Nehru Memorial Museum and Library                  |                   192 |                136 |
|      16 | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya         |                   118 |                 95 |
|      17 | Asiatic Society                                    |                   255 |                185 |
|      18 | Anthropological Survey of India                    |                   569 |                262 |
|      19 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies |                    14 |                 14 |
|      20 | National Archives of India                         |                   317 |                172 |
|      21 | National School of Drama                           |                   147 |                106 |
|      22 | Sahitya Akademi                                    |                   175 |                156 |
|      23 | Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts         |                   247 |                205 |
|      24 | Lalit Kala Akademi                                 |                   170 |                108 |
|      25 | Sangeet Natak Akademi                              |                    98 |                 92 |
|      26 | Kalakshetra Foundation                             |                   161 |                106 |
|      27 | Centre for Cultural Resources and Training         |                   106 |                 81 |
|      28 | Central Institute of Buddhist Studies              |                   179 |                157 |
|      29 | Central University of Tibetan Studies              |                   228 |                130 |

| 30   | Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies   |    22 |    20 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------|-------|-------|
| 31   | Nav Nalanda Mahavihara                           |    75 |    45 |
| 32   | West Zone Cultural Centre                        |    59 |    50 |
| 33   | North Central Zone Cultural Centre               |    90 |    74 |
| 34   | North East Zone Cultural Centre                  |    35 |    35 |
| 35   | North Zone Cultural Centre                       |    42 |    34 |
| 36   | East Zone Cultural Centre                        |    71 |    36 |
| 37   | South Central Zone Cultural Centre               |    33 |    24 |
| 38   | South Zone Cultural Centre                       |    33 |    13 |
| 39   | Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library              |    53 |    40 |
| 40   | Raja Ram Mohun Roy Library Foundation            |    76 |    65 |
| 41   | Central Secretariat Library                      |    50 |    22 |
| 42   | Central Reference Library                        |    71 |    39 |
| 43   | Delhi Public Library                             |   449 |   194 |
| 44   | Rampur Raza Library                              |    16 |     8 |
| 45   | National Library                                 |   544 |   215 |
|      | TOTAL                                            | 15607 | 10284 |

## Annexure - II

## Annexure given in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 304 for 8.8.2016.

## STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS

## ORGANIZATIONS UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE

| Name of Ministry    | Number of Contractual Staff Engaged   | Amount Paid to the Contractual Staff Year - wise   | Number of Contractual Staff Engaged   | Amount Paid to the Contractual Staff Year wise   | Number of Contractual Staff Engaged   | Amount Paid to the Contractual Staff Year Wise (actual figures)   | Name of the Post of Contractual Staff                                                                                               |
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                     | 2013-14                               | 2013-14                                            | 2014-15                               | 2014-15                                          | 2015-16                               | 2015-16                                                           | Stenographers, consultants, Office Attendants, Technical Assistants, Computer Operators, Data Entry Operators, Security Guard, etc. |
| Ministry of Culture | 1708                                  | 229532864                                          | 1643                                  | 265844898                                        | 1720                                  | 321948525                                                         |                                                                                                                                     |

(Amount in Rupees)