(a) number of posts of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Managing Director and Director are vacant in
the Public Sector Units (PUSs), Unit-wise;
(b) the time by when the above vacancies have not been filled and the reasons therefor; and
(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to fill up the vacant posts in PSUs?
THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES(SHRI SONTOSH MOHAN DEV)
(a) and (b) : As per available information, 12 posts of Chief Executives and 28 posts of
Functional Directors are presently vacant in the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) for
more than 3 months.The reasons for the above vacancies include, delay in obtaining vigilance
clearance/ approval of competent authority for appointment to such posts,delay in taking over
of charge by the appointee, sudden vacancies, court cases, etc.
(c) : The filling up of vacant posts of Chief Executives and Functional Directors in CPSEs is a
continuing process.Government has issued detailed guidelines indicating the defined time frame
for filling up such posts in CPSEs. The guidelines inter alia provide that the Public
Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) makes its recommendations at least 6 months in advance of the
date of occurrence of vacancies and communicates the same to the concerned Ministry/Department
for completing other formalities.