MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM
(DR. MAHESH SHARMA )
(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (E) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED NO. *304 FOR 8.8.2016 REGARDING SHORTAGE OF STAFF IN ASI
(a) Yes, Sir. Details are given as Annexure I .
(b) Monuments of national importance are protected, preserved and conserved adequately by the manpower, including the technical and outsourced personnel, available at the disposal of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). No monument of national importance has been neglected or defaced for want of adequate manpower.
(c) Necessary steps are taken to ensure that the functioning of the organisations is not affected for want of adequate manpower. The process of filling up of vacant posts is continuous and dynamic in nature. Periodical review of vacancies resulting from retirement, resignation, death etc., is carried out and suitable action for filling up of vacancies is taken up with recruiting agencies from time to time.
(d) Steps are taken to fill up vacancies arising in the different Organisations of Ministry of Culture from time to time by holding timely meetings of the Departmental Promotion Committee and by constantly taking up with recruitments agencies, such as, Union Public Service Commission and Staff Selection Commission. Steps are also taken to expeditiously finalise the framing/amendments of recruitment rules to facilitate speedy filling up of vacancies.
(e) The number and details of contractual staff engaged by the Ministry and its Autonomous Bodies during the last three years and the financial outgo due to of the same, year-wise is as per statement attached at Annexure-II.
Annexure – I
Annexure given in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *304 for 8.8.2016
Statement regarding details of vacancy position in various organizations under Ministry of Culture
S.No. Organization Sanctioned Strength Vacancies Filled
1 Ministry of Culture (Proper) 324 239
2 Archaeological Survey of India 8424 5501
3 National Museum 268 141
4 National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi 79 34
5 National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai 33 10
6 National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru 34 34
7 Indian Museum 212 131
8 Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata 175 103
9 Salar Jung Museum 156 115
10 Allahabad Museum 62 44
11 National Council of Science Museums 894 894
12 National Museum Institute 19 13
13 National Research Laboratory for Conservation 103 53
14 Gandhi Smriti Darshan Samiti 129 53
15 Nehru Memorial Museum and Library 192 136
16 Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya 118 95
17 Asiatic Society 255 185
18 Anthropological Survey of India 569 262
19 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies 14 14
20 National Archives of India 317 172
21 National School of Drama 147 106
22 Sahitya Akademi 175 156
23 Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts 247 205
24 Lalit Kala Akademi 170 108
25 Sangeet Natak Akademi 98 92
26 Kalakshetra Foundation 161 106
27 Centre for Cultural Resources and Training 106 81
28 Central Institute of Buddhist Studies 179 157
29 Central University of Tibetan Studies 228 130
30 Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies 22 20
31 Nav Nalanda Mahavihara 75 45
32 West Zone Cultural Centre 59 50
33 North Central Zone Cultural Centre 90 74
34 North East Zone Cultural Centre 35 35
35 North Zone Cultural Centre 42 34
36 East Zone Cultural Centre 71 36
37 South Central Zone Cultural Centre 33 24
38 South Zone Cultural Centre 33 13
39 Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library 53 40
40 Raja Ram Mohun Roy Library Foundation 76 65
41 Central Secretariat Library 50 22
42 Central Reference Library 71 39
43 Delhi Public Library 449 194
44 Rampur Raza Library 16 8
45 National Library 544 215
TOTAL 15607 10284
Annexure – II
Annexure given in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 304 for 8.8.2016.
STATEMENT REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTRACTUAL STAFF ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER MINISTRY OF CULTURE
(Amount in Rupees)
Name of Ministry Number of Contractual Staff Engaged Amount Paid to the Contractual Staff Year – wise Number of Contractual Staff Engaged Amount Paid to the Contractual Staff Year wise Number of Contractual Staff Engaged Amount Paid to the Contractual Staff Year Wise (actual figures) Name of the Post of Contractual Staff
2013-14 2013-14 2014-15 2014-15 2015-16 2015-16 Stenographers, consultants, Office Attendants, Technical Assistants, Computer Operators, Data Entry Operators, Security Guard, etc.
Ministry of Culture 1708 229532864 1643 265844898 1720 321948525
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