(a) the percentage of existing pasts held by the Other Backward Classes
(OBCs) in Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) up to the
financial year 2012-13;
(b) whether the Government has issued any directions to the concerned
officials to fill vacancies earmarked for OBCs in CPSUs in the recent
past; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this
regard?
THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI PRAFUL PATEL)
(a): The policy on reservation formulated by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)
provides 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in services. The information with
regard to recruitment of OBCs by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) in a year is not
maintained centrally in the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE). However, as per Public
Enterprises Survey 2012-13, the representation of OBCs as on 1.1.2012 (furnished by 214 CPSEs)
was as under:
Group# Total No. of Employees Number of OBC employees Group `A` 197013 22259
Group `B` 151870 14162
Group `C 519050 88685
Group `D` 198538 37060 (Excluding Safai karamcharis)
Total 1066471 162166
Group `D` 9668 330 (Safai Karamcharis)
Grand Total 1076139 162496