Question : PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF CPSES .



(a) The number of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) being run by the Government as on June, 2006;

(b) The number of such CPSEs that have achieved production utilization of more than 90 per cent of their installed capacity during the last three years; and

(c) The number of CPSEs that could utilize less than 30 per cent of their installed production capacity?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI SONTOSH MOHAN DEV)

(a) As per Public Enterprises Survey (PE Survey) 2004-05, the latest period for which information is available, there were 237 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) as on 31.3.2005. Out of these 10 were under construction and 227 were in operation.

(b) & (c) Out of 227 operating CPSEs 144 were manufacturing CPSEs and 83 were rendering services.The information on capacity utilization for different products of manufacturing CPSEs is available in Chapter 9 and statement no. 23 of volume-I of PE Survey, 2004-05. Capacity utilization of more than 90% and less than 30% in respect of main products of CPSEs for the period 2002-03 to 2004-05 is given in the Table below :



Capacity Utilization No. of CPSEs 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 More than 90 % 31 35 29 Less than 30% 16 17 15