GOVERNMENT OF MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES ***** LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3229 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1st JANUARY, 2019

Vacant CMD Post in PSUs

3229. SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

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

(a) whether it a fact that a number of PSUs are functioning without a CMD for long period, if so, the details of such PSUs and the date since when these positions have been vacant; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to fill the vacant posts expeditiously?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) : As per available information, there are 50 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) which are presently without regular Managing Director/Chairman & Managing Director /Chairman. The list of these 50 CPSEs along with date of vacancy is annexed.

(b) Filling up of Board level posts in CPSEs is a continuous process and these vacant posts are being manned by assigning additional charge arrangements so that regular functioning of concerned CPSE is not affected. It has been the constant endeavour of the Government to ensure that top level vacancies in CPSEs are filled up as per extant guidelines in a timely manner.

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Annex referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3229 for answer on 1.1.2019 regarding Vacant CMD Post in PSUs

List of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) without regular Managing Director (MD)/Chairman & Managing Director (CMD)/Chairman

S. No. Name of CPSE Date of Vacancy 1 Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited 1.6.2016 2 Limited 17.10.2018 3 Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council 15.12.2015 4 Bridge & Roof Company Limited 5.6.2016 5 British India Corporation Limited 13.11.2014 6 Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited 1.2.2013 7 Cement Corporation of India Limited 1.10.2018 8 Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited 11.12.2018 9 Engineering Projects India Limited 1.10.2018 10 Fertilizers & Chemicals (Travancore) Limited 3.11.2016 11 Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited Not available 12 FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals (India) Limited 1.12.2016 13 Handicrafts & Handloom Export Corporation of India Limited 8.12.2016 14 Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited Not available 15 Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited 1.12.2018 16 Hindustan Steelworks Construction Limited 13.6.2018 17 Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Limited 13.9.2014 18 HMT Bearings Limited 1.7.2016 19 Hindustan Cables Limited 7.10.2011 20 Hindustan Insecticides Limited 7.12.2016 21 Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Company Limited 4.6.2010 22 HLL Lifecare Limited 1.6.2016 23 HMT International Limited 21.4.2017 24 HMT Chinar Watches Limited 19.1.2009 25 HMT Machine Tools Limited 1.12.2014 26 HMT Watches Limited 1.6.2015 27 Hotel Corporation of India Limited 26.12.2015 28 Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited 12.9.2016 29 Indian Medicines & Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited 1.8.2016 30 Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited 25.7.2018 31 Instrumentation Limited 13.6.2018 32 ITI Limited 1.6.2018 33 Kamarajar Port Limited 1.8.2017 34 Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Limited 1.2.2018 35 Mahanadi Coalfield Limited 18.5.2018

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36 National Film Development Corporation of India Limited 25.4.2018 37 National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Limited 6.3.2017 38 National Textile Corporation Limited 19.12.2017 39 Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Limited 1.7.2016 40 North Eastern Handicrafts & Handlooms Development 1.1.2017 Corporation 41 National Safai Karamacharis Finance & Development 1.9.2016 Corporation 42 National Project Construction Corporation Limited 15.7.2017 43 National Handloom Development Corporation Limited 8.6.2018 44 National Small Industries Corporation 1.10.2018 45 Projects & Development India Limited 8.11.2016 46 Railtel Corporation of India Limited 1.10.2017 47 Rajasthan Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited 7.3.2017 48 Richardson & Cruddas (1972) Limited 3.4.2017 49 South Limited 1.7.2018 50 The State Trading Corporation of India Limited 12.8.2018

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