Disparity in payment of wages in PSEs

Disparity in payment of wages in PSEs

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 365
TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017

Disparity in payment of wages in PSEs

365: DR. SATYANARAYAN JATIYA:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

• the category-wise number of regular and contractual employees in each enterprise in the Public Sector and the quantum of difference in their salaries / wages and the reasons therefor; and
• the measures taken to remove disparity in payment of wages?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
(SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) and (b): The details of category-wise regular (Managerial / Executives, Supervisory, non-executives) and contractual employees of Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSEs) are given in Statement No. 22 (from Page No. S-145 to S-152) in Volume-I of Public Enterprises Survey 2015-16 that was laid in the Parliament on 21.03.2017. The information of salary & wages of the contractual employees is not maintained separately in Department of Public Enterprises. However, the total quantum of expenditure on salary & wages of all employees of CPSEs during the year 2015-16 was Rs. 1,28,263 crore. As per information available from Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), the instructions regarding equal pay admissible to casual workers already exists in terms of DoPT 0.M.. No. 49014/2/86 Estt. (c) dated 07.06.1988. Further, CPSEs are under the administrative control of their respective Ministries / Departments and CPSEs are required to follow the various statutory Provisions / Court orders / Government instructions including instructions on wage related issues of various categories of employees, wherever applicable. However, the responsibility to monitor the implementation of above said statutory Provisions / Court orders / Government instructions vests with the Board of CPSEs and the concerned administrative Ministry / Department.

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