(a) whether Tourism Development Corporation has privatised some ITDC Hotels;
(b) if so, the names of such hotels alongwith the number of Staff, category-wise, who opted for VRS, hotel-wise;
(c) the number of jobs reduced and the annual saving as a result thereof;
(d) whether the Government proposes to reduce some more jobs; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF DISINVESTMENT (SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)
(a) & (b) As per disinvestment structure approved by the Government of India, 18 hotel properties of India Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ITDC) were disinvested and one property has been given on long-term lease-cum-management contract. Out of these 19 hotel properties disinvested, Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) was introduced in 9 properties prior to disinvestment. The details of 19 hotels disinvested, the number of staff at the time of disinvestment in these hotels as well as the details of staff who have opted for VRS in cases where VRS was introduced prior to disinvestment, hotel-wise are given in Annexure 1.
(c) Since the hotels were already disinvested, no savings would accrue to the Government as a result of the reduction in staff strength in these hotels.
(d) & (e) ITDC introduced fresh voluntary retirement scheme on 1.12.2003 for the employees at its Headquarters and regional offices. In response, 215 employees (58 executives and 157 non-executives) have opted for VRS. These employees would be relieved after completion of formalities.
Annexure 1
Annexure to the reply to parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3185 regarding `Privatisation of ITDC Hotels` by Shri Dalpat Singh Parste.
(A) Cases where VRS was not introduced prior to disinvestment and all the staff at the time of disinvestment were taken over by the new management:-
S. No. Name of Hotel Total No. of employees at the time of disinvestment
1 Hotel Bangalore Ashok 396 (including Airport Restaurant) 2 LVPH, Udaipur 87 3 Qutab, New Delhi 176 4 Lodhi 222 5 Bodhgaya 36 6 Hassan Ashok 31 7 Madurai Ashok 61 8 TBABR, Mamallapuram 57 9 Agra Ashok 84 10 Chandigarh Project NIL
(B) Cases where VRS was introduced prior to disinvestment and the details of employees who have opted for VRS:-
S. No.Name of Hotel Total No. of employees No. of employees opted for VRS
Exec Non- Total Exec Non- Total 1 Hotel Airport Ashok, Kolkata Exec Exec (including Airport Restaurant) 26 445 471 14 152 166 2 Kovalam Ashok Beach Resort 26 335 361 14 191 205 3 Hotel Manali Ashok 2 17 19 4 2 6 4 Hotel Khajuraho Ashok 3 37 40 2 37 39 5 Hotel Varanasi Ashok 9 105 114 5 25 30 6 Hotel Aurangabad Ashok (including Airport Restaurant) 6 66 72 3 57 60 7 Hotel Kanishka, New Delhi 36 544 580 22 280 302 8 Hotel Indraprastha, New Delhi 22 351 373 10 157 167 9 Hotel Ranjit, New Delhi 14 143 157 10 48 58