(a) whether the Government has decided to close down some units of Directorate of Field Publicity as reported in the Rashtriya Sahara dated July 24, 2005;
(b) if so, the details of those units;
(c) the estimated number of employees of these units to be accommodated to other places;
(d) whether employees associations have been consulted before taking the decision of their closure; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
The MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING AND CULTURE (Shri S. JAIPAL REDDY)
(a) Yes, Sir. In pursuance of the decision taken by the Committee of Secretaries and in partial implementation of Expenditure Reforms Commission’s recommendations, the Government has decided to close down 22 (Twenty Two) Field Publicity Units of Directorate of Field Publicity.
(b) The details of the 22 (Twenty Two) Field Publicity Units is annexed.
(c) 75 (Seventy Five) employees presently working in these 22 units have been accommodated in other units of the same region of Directorate of Field Publicity where they were working.
(d) & (e) There is no registered Employees’ Union in DFP.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3614 FOR ANSWER ON 18.08.2005
List of Field Publicity Units to be closed
Units Region
1. Muzaffarpur Bihar
2. Ahmedabad Gujarat
3. Bangalore Karnataka
4. Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
5. Calicut Kerala 6. Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
7 Pune Maharashtra
8. Mumbai Maharashtra
9. Delhi –I North West 10. Delhi – II North West 11. Chandigarh North West 12. Ludhiana North West 13. Ambala North West 14. Bhubaneshwar Orissa 15. Dhenkanal Orissa 16. Jaipur Rajasthan 17. Chennai Tamil Nadu 18. Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 19. Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 20. Muzaffarnagar Uttaranchal 21. Kolkata – I West Bengal 22. Kolkata – II West Bengal