(a) whether persons rendering service to Government through private manpower
agencies and working as Office Assistant, Data Entry Operator and Multi Task
Staff (earlier Group D Staf
(f) etc. in the Ministries under Central Secretariat are
getting very meager pay and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the
Government thereto; and
(b) the action being taken by the Government to provide these outsourced
employees equal pay in all the Ministries under Central Secretariat?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)
(a): A Ministry or Department may outsource certain services in the interest of
economy and efficiency, in terms of Rules 178-185 of General Financial Rules, 2005.
The payments for the services outsourced are to be governed by the terms and
conditions of the contract with the private manpower agencies. Data related to
outsourcing by Ministries/Departments of the Central Government is not maintained
centrally.
(b): Does not arise in view of (a) above.