(a) whether after taking views of the DOPT and the Department of Legal Affairs, the Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes had recommended to the Ministry of Finance on 19th November,
2001 to change the cadre management of IES;
(b) if so, the reasons given by the Commission for making the above
said recommendation;
(c) whether the Government have taken any decision on this recommendation of the Commission; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (SHRI ANANT G. GEETE)
(a) to (d): A meeting was taken by the Chairman, National Commission
for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, with the representatives
of the Department of Personnel & Training, Department of Legal Affairs
and the Department of Economic Affairs on 31.10.2001 on the representation
of IES Officers Welfare Association. The minutes of the meeting
forwarded by the Commission with its letter dated 20.11.2001 do not
contain any recommendation regarding change in the cadre management
of the IES. However, the suggestion for change in the Cadre Management
of IES is reportedly contained in the letter dated 19.11.2001 from the
Chairman of the Commission to the Finance Minister. The details of the
same are being collected and will be laid on the table of the House.