(a) whether the Right-sizing Committee of his Ministry recommended closure of the
Directorate of Tobacco Development at Chennai;
(b) if so, whether the Government have accepted the recommendations of the
Committee in this regard; and
(c) if so, the time-frame by which the said recommendations are likely to be
implemented?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI SHRIPAD Y. NAIK)
(a) to (c): The Right-sizing Committee of the Ministry has reviewed the workload of
various functional Divisions as well as attached and subordinate offices and has, inter-alia,
identified 29 posts sanctioned for the Directorate of Tobacco Development, Chennai for
abolition. It has further been recommended that the vacant posts may be abolished
immediately and the filled posts may be abolished as these become vacant on
promotion/retirement etc.
The recommendations are being implemented accordingly.