Question : VACANT POSTS AT BOARD LEVEL IN PSUS

(a) whether the Board level posts are lying vacant in public sector enterprises for a long period;

(b) if so, details thereof alongwith reasons therefor; and

(c) the steps being taken to fill up the posts and their present status?

THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI SUBODH MOHITE)

(a) to (c): 28 posts of Chief Executives and 75 posts of full time Directors were vacant in different PSUs as on 30.6.2003. The details of these posts are given in the Annexure. The vacancies have arisen due to various reasons like retirement, completion of tenure, etc. Out of 103 vacancies, 16 are kept in abeyance, appointees are to join in 4 cases and selections have been made in respect of 42. In the remaining cases the selection process is on. Filling up of Board level posts is a continuous process.

Annexure referred to in the answer to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 349 for 14.8.2003 regarding vacant posts at Board level in PSUs.

Details of Board level posts vacant in PSUs as on 30.6.2003

S. No.	Name of post	Date of vacancy
Chief Executives
1	Chairman, Airports Authority of India.	1.2.2002
2	CMD, Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Ltd.	1.5.2003
3	MD, Bharat Brakes & Valves Ltd.	1.8.2000
4	MD, Bharat Pumps & Compressors Ltd.	14.4.2001
5	MD, Bharat Wagon & Engineering Co Ltd.	20.2.2003
6	MD, Braithwaite & Co. Ltd.	2.5.2003
7	CMD, Educational Consultants India Ltd.	8.8.2001
8	CMD, Electronics Trade & Technology Dev. Corpn.	17.4.2000
9	CMD, Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd.	9.2.2002
10	CMD, Hindustan Cables Ltd.	23.12.2002
11.	MD, Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd.	20.8.2002
12	MD, HMT Machine Tools Ltd.	1.6.2003
13	CMD, Housing & Urban Development Corpn. Ltd.	5.6.2002
14	CMD, Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.	1.1.2003
15	MD, Indian Iron & Steel Co Ltd.	2.2.2000
16	MD, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd.	29.9.97
17	CMD, Instrumentation Ltd.	23.5.2003
18	MD, Maharashtra Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd.	5.5.2000
19	CMD, Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants Ltd.	1.2.2002
20	CMD, National Instruments Ltd.	20.3.2002
21	CMD, National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Ltd.	1.4.1998
22	MD,National Textile Corporation (West Bengal,Assam,Bihar & Orissa) Ltd.	21.8.2002
23	CMD, NEPA Ltd.	1.12.2001
24	MD, North Eastern Handicrafts & Handlooms Dev. Corporation Ltd.	9.3.2003
25	CMD, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Ltd.	1.3.2002
26	MD, Southern Pesticides Corporation Ltd.	22.5.2000
27	MD, State Farms Corporation of India Ltd.	20.9.2001
28	CMD, State Trading Corporation of India Ltd.	9.4.2003
Functional Directors
1	Member (Ope.), Airports Authority of India	16.10.2001
2	Director (Plng.), Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd.	1.2.2002
3	Director (Pers.), Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Ltd.	1.6.2000
4	Director (Tech.), Bharat Yantra Nigam Ltd.	1.5.1996
5	Director (Prodn.), Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corpn. Ltd.	12.11.2002
6	Director (Fin.), Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corpn. Ltd.	12.11.2002
7	Director (Fin.), Bridge & Roof Co. (I) Ltd.
8	Director (Pers.), Central Coalfields Ltd.	2.2.2003
9	Director (Fin.), Cement Corpn. of India Ltd.	29.10.2001
10	Director (Ope.), Cement Corpn. of India Ltd.	1.2.2002
11	Director (Fin.), Chennai Petroleum Corpn. Ltd.	22.11.2002
12	Director (Tech.), Eastern Coalfields Ltd.	1.2.2003
13	Director (Pers.), Electronics Corpn. of India Ltd.	1.12.2002
14	Director (Fin.), Fertilizer Corpn. of India Ltd.	13.9.2000
15	Director (Fin.), Goa Shipyard Ltd.	24.4.2002
16	Director (Ope.), Goa Shipyard Ltd.	14.5.2003
17	Director (Pers.), Heavy Engineering Corpn. Ltd.	8.5.2002
18	Director (Prod.), Heavy Engineering Corpn. Ltd.	23.9.1999
19	Director (Mktg.), Heavy Engineering Corpn. Ltd.	1.5.2001
20	Director (Fin.), Heavy Engineering Corpn. Ltd.	1.12.2001
21	Director (Pers.), Hindustan Cables Ltd.	30.11.2001
22	Director (Fin.), Hindustan Copper Ltd.	29.4.2003
23	Director (Fin.), HMT Bearings Ltd.	20.9.2001
24	Director (Tech.), HMT Bearings Ltd.	20.9.2001
25	Director (Mktg.), HMT Bearings Ltd.	20.9.2001
26	Director (Int. Mktg.), HMT (International) Ltd.	20.9.2001
27	Director (Inter. Proj.), HMT (International) Ltd.	20.9.2001
28	Director (Fin.), HMT Machine Tools Ltd.	20.9.2001
29	Director (Tech.), HMT Machine Tools Ltd.	20.9.2001
30	Director (HR), HMT Machine Tools Ltd.	20.9.2001
31	Director (Mktg.), HMT Machine Tools Ltd.	20.9.2001
32	Director (Tech), HMT Watches Ltd.	20.9.2001
33	Director (Fin.), HMT Watches Ltd.	20.9.2001
34	Director (HR), HMT Watches Ltd.	20.9.2001
35	Director (Mktg.), HMT Watches Ltd.	20.9.2001
36	Director (Tech.), Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd.	7.6.2001
37	Director (Fin.), Hindustan Paper Corpn. Ltd.	12.6.2001
38	Director (Fin.), Hindustan Petroleum Corpn. Ltd.	26.12.2002
39	Director (Fin.), Housing & Urban Dev. Corpn. Ltd.	14.12.2002
40	Director (CP), Housing & Urban Dev. Corpn. Ltd.	29.8.2002
41	Director (Comr. & Mktg.), India Tourism Dev. Corpn.	1.12.2000
42	Director (Fin.), Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.	6.3.2000
43	Director (CP&P), Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.	1.7.2002
44	Director (Proj.), Indian Railway Construction Co. Ltd.	1.2.2003
45	Director (Fin.), Indian Railway Finance Corpn. Ltd.	17.7.2001
46	Director (Engg.&Com.), Jessop & Co. Ltd.	19.7.2000
47	Director (Tech.), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.	13.11.2002
48	Director (Fin.), Manganese Ore (India) Ltd.	30.7.2002
49	Director (P&P), Manganese Ore (India) Ltd.	1.4.2003
50	Director (Fin.), Mineral Exploration Corpn. Ltd.	17.3.2003
51	Director (Fin.), Minerals & Metals Trading Corpn. of India	1.5.2002
52	Director (Mktg.), Minerals & Metals Trading Corpn. of India	26.7.2002
53	Director (Tech.), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corpn. Ltd.	1.5.2002
54	Director (Fin.), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corpn. Ltd.	13.12.2002
55	Director (Fin.), National Aluminium Co. Ltd.	26.6.2002
56	Director (Prod.), National Aluminium Co. Ltd.	1.9.2002
57	Director (Fin.), National Buildings Construction Corpn. Ltd.	1.10.2002
58	Director (Fin.), National Jute Manufacturer Corpn. Ltd.	31.7.2000
59	Director (Fin.), National Textile Corpn. (U.P.) Ltd.	10.1.2003
60	Director (Fin.), NEPA Ltd.	1.11.2001
61	Director (P&P), Neyveli Lignite Corpn. Ltd.	1.6.2003
62	Director (Tech.), Northern Coalfields Ltd.	24.1.2003
63	Director (Fin.), Numaligarh Refineries Lt.	11.11.2002
64	Director (HR), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.	1.5.2003
65	Director (P-O&M), RailTel Corpn. of India Ltd.	18.4.2002
66	Director (Fin.), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.	25.11.2002
67	Director (Engg.), Rashtriya Pariyojna Nigam Ltd.(NPCC)	31.8.2001
68	Director (Tech.), Rural Electrification Corpn. Ltd.	7.1.2003
69	Director (Fin.), Rural Electrification Corpn. Ltd.	20.3.2003
70	Director (Civil), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd.	7.1.2003
71	Director (Tech.), South Eastern Coalfields Ltd.	1.6.2003
72	Director (Pers.), State Trading Corpn. of India Ltd.	12.6.2003
73	Director (Mktg.), State Trading Corpn. of India Ltd.	23.6.2001
74	Director (Fin.), Steel Authority of India Ltd.	1.10.2002
75	Director (Tech.), Tehri Hydro Development Corpn. Ltd.	1.9.2002