GOVERNMENT OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:7747 ANSWERED ON:17.05.2002 VRS OPTED BY WORKERS OF PSUS GEORGE EDEN;PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI

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

(a) whether the Government have prepared any upto date data pertaining to the organized sector work force in the Public Sector Undertakings who took VRS between 1 January, 1999 and 31st January, 2002 due to closure, retrenchment or disinvestment;

(b) if so, the details thereof, PSU-wise, year-wise; and

(c) the amount incurred thereon, PSU wise? Answer

MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (DR. VALLABHBHAI KATHIRIA)

(a) to (c): Monthwise details of VRS optees in central PSUs are not maintained centrally. During financial years 1999-2000 and 2000- 2001, for which period information is available, 43760 and 45625 employees in central PSUs opted for VRS as per offer of the management for manpower rationalization. Amount spent for payment of VR compensation was Rs. 1561 and Rs. 2001 crore respectively. Enterprise-wise details are enclosed. The V.R.S. was offered to the employees by the management in pursuit of rightsizing the staff strength of the enterprises.

STATEMENT INDICATING NO. OF EMPLOYEES OPTED FOR VRS AND AMOUNT SPENT ON VRS IN PSUs DURING 1999-2000 & 2000-2001 S.No. Name of the PSU Amount spent on VRS No. of employees (Rs. in crores) opted VRS 1999-2000 2000-2001 1999-20002000-2001

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 National Seeds Corpn. Ltd. 0.30 1.52 9 32 2 State Farms Corporations 11.80 - 359 3 North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation 0.38 0.03 18 1 4 Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 3.26 2.92 63 65 5 Bengal Immunity Ltd. 0.58 16 6 Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd. 4.44 0.74 101 32 7 Hindustan Insecticides Ltd. 2.02 71 8 Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd. 8.04 55 9 Indian Petro Chemicals Corpn. Ltd. 2.23 61 10 Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 0.14 0.25 7 9 11 Smith Stanistreet & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 0.53 0.02 22 2 12 Fertilizer Corpn. of India Ltd. 1.25 0.44 27 25 13 Fertilizers & Chemicals (Travancore) Ltd. 0.72 0.10 21 5 14 Hindustan Fertilizer Corpn. Ltd. 3.30 0.57 108 9 15 Madras Fertilizers Ltd. 5.98 0.46 142 9 16 Projects & Development India Ltd. 2.42 19 17 Pyrites, Phosphates & Chemicals Ltd. 7.99 2.53 277 80 18 Hotel Corporation of India 2.42 90 19 M M T C Ltd. 8.51 30.00 96 355 20 P E C Ltd. 1.48 18 21 State Trading Corpn. of India Ltd. 2.90 52.37 34 314 22 H T L Ltd. 0.64 19 23 I T I Ltd. 11.41 20.62 333 537 24 Hindustan Vegetable Oils Corpn. Ltd. 1.01 1.99 24 1277 25 Bharat Dynamics Ltd. 0.68 4.93 16 86 26 Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. 15.51 30.50 370 578 27 Ltd. 42.70 13.02 927 318 28 Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. 2.91 157 29 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. 5.14 21.50 241 1115 30 Ltd. 2.12 56 31 Vignyan Industries Ltd. 0.18 0.11 5 5 32 Hindustan Latex Ltd. 3.47 83 33 Andrew Yule & Company Ltd. 1.34 41 34 Bharat Brakes & Valves Ltd. 5.43 10 143 35 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. 289.28 144.00 8274 600 36 Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Ltd. 23.11 110 671 37 Bharat Leather Corpn. Ltd. 0.34 0.35 9 9 38 Bharat Process & Mechanical Engineers Ltd. 1.70 57 39 Bharat Pumps & Compressors Ltd. 1.25 3.00 19 80 40 Bharat Wagon & Engineering Co. Ltd. 3.00 142 41 Bridge & Roof Co.(India) Ltd. 31 74 42 Burn Standard Company Ltd. 26.65 18.34 858 1116 43 Cement Corpn. of India Ltd. 3.19 1.63 135 57 44 Engineering Projects(India) Ltd. 0.05 0.62 9 45 Heavy Engineering Corpn. Ltd. 7.50 31.75 161 514 46 Hindustan Cables Ltd. 35.00 58.77 385 1012 47 Ltd. 0.54 0.77 27 20 48 Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd. 0.07 0.08 3 3 49 Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Corpn. Ltd. 2.69 21.54 76 343 50 Hindustan Salts Ltd. 0.09 2.31 24 138 51 HMT Bearings Ltd. 0.39 1.34 11 28 52 HMT Ltd. 50.41 224.21 900 3901 53 Hooghly Printing Co. Ltd. 0.13 5 54 Instrumentation Ltd. 22.50 20.20 362 244 55 Jessop & Co. Ltd. 34.64 1 1242 56 Mandya National Paper Mills Ltd. 14.07 650 57 & Allied Machinery Corpn. Ltd. 79.98 46.78 331 528 58 National Bicycle Corporation of India Ltd. 6.04 8.54 253 311 59 National Industrial Dev. Corpn. Ltd. 7.12 77 60 National Instruments Ltd. 2.75 2.60 58 29 61 NEPA Ltd. 6.52 4.23 448 174 62 Ltd. 5.23 6.10 146 124 63 R B L Ltd. 6.37 11 190 64 Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd. 0.02 1 65 Richardson & Cruddas(1972) Ltd. 21.02 165 388 66 Sambhar Salts Ltd. 1.42 0.33 46 1 67 Scooters India Ltd. 0.27 0.51 15 13 68 Triveni Structurals Ltd. 0.72 27.67 360 69 Tungabhadra Steel Products Ltd. 5.00 106 70 Tyre Corporation of India Ltd. 1.19 8.17 21 172 71 Weighbird (India) Ltd. 4.65 124 72 National Film Dev. Corpn. Ltd. 0.04 1.17 2 26 73 C.M.C. Ltd. 0.02 0.03 1 2 74 Electronics & Technology Dev. Corpn. Ltd. 0.10 0.44 4 15 75 Bharat Mines Ltd. 0.87 17.90 838 636 76 Ltd. 140.00 60.00 2344 1455 77 Hindustan Zinc Ltd. 19.96 38.19 463 770 78 Mineral Exploration Corpn. Ltd. 2.50 9.30 172 319 79 National Aluminium Company Ltd. 0.04 0.26 2 6 80 & Co. Ltd. 27.31 1.78 543 124 81 Biecco Lawrie Ltd. 1.16 1.50 43 60 82 Ltd. 0.14 5.23 3 71 83 I.B.P. Co. Ltd. 4.68 107 84 Ltd. 6.60 141.02 162 1457 85 Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 110.48 1342 86 Ltd. 0.09 7.51 2 120 87 ONGC Videsh Ltd. 0.20 2 88 National Hydro Electric Power Corpn.Ltd. 3.05 78 230 89 National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. 3.98 1.06 116 45 90 Ltd. 3.38 0.70 200 32 91 Central Electronics Ltd. 0.17 0.42 2 7 92 National Small Scale Industries Corpn. Ltd. 0.42 0.68 12 23 93 Bharat Refractories Ltd. 5.11 4.62 195 154 94 Kudremukh Iron Co.Ltd. 0.88 3.43 21 74 95 Manganese Ore (India) Ltd. 4.86 1.82 197 84 96 Metallurgical & Engg. Consultants (India) Ltd. 6.22 6.48 119 158 97 National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. 0.11 9.30 16 207 98 Sponge Iron India Ltd. 3.14 1.12 106 52 99 Central Inland Water Transport Corpn. Ltd. 3.80 6.77 146 238 100 Ltd. 5.19 91 101 Dredging Corpn.of India Ltd. 5.70 119 102 Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. 11.01 2.00 284 48 103 Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Ltd. 1.10 2.50 63 84 104 Indian Road Construction Corpn. Ltd. 0.13 3.60 3 103 105 British India Corporation Ltd. 5.98 2.72 501 190 106 Central Cottage Industries Corpn. of India Ltd. 1.93 0.56 42 11 107 Elgin Mills Company Ltd. 1.85 119 108 Handicrafts & Handlooms Exports Corp.India Ltd. 2.49 1.77 41 17 109 Jute Corpn. of India Ltd. 0.60 0.86 14 27 110 National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Ltd. 3.24 0.11 149 6 111 North Eastern Handicrafts & Handloom Dev.Corp. Ltd. 0.01 0.08 1 5 112 Hindustan Prefab Ltd. 0.80 1.49 28 61 113 National Bldg. Constn. Corpn. Ltd. 4.02 2.55 88 49 114 National Projects Construction Corpn. Ltd. 10.37 9.77 210 261 115 Electronics Corpn. of India Ltd. 7.11 22.32 146 397 116 Chennai Petroleum Corpn. Ltd. 3.3 38 117 Indian Oil Blending Ltd. 0.25 0.12 7 2 118-126 Ltd. And (8 Subsidiary Companies) 328.69 263.53 11634 7854 127 Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. 10.13 39.07 363 1180 128 Tea Trading Corporation of India Ltd. 2.71 4.60 16 119 129 Mazagon Dock Ltd. 8.53 49.91 239 1007 130 Bharat Ophthalmic Glass Ltd. 13.80 2.97 214 40 131 Cycle Corporation of India Ltd. 15.50 0.74 598 31 132 HMT (International) Ltd. 0.61 6 133 Rehabilitation Industries Corpn. 4.11 8.98 27 242 134 Tannery & Footwear Corporation Ltd. 10.51 0.89 461 43 135 Bharat Aluminium Co. Ltd. 4.44 25.87 165 572 136 Hindustan Steel Works Construction Ltd. 230.63 6134 137 Indian Iorn & Steel Co. Ltd. 5.00 380 133 138 to 147 National Textiles Corporation Ltd. (including subsidiaires) 1+9 71.12 27.85 4298 1535

Total 1561.03 2001.32 43760 45625