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Delayed Payment of Salary in PSUs

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3746

ANSWERED ON 13.02.2014

PAYMENT OF SALARY IN PSUS

3746 . Shri KAPIL MUNI KARWARIYA

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

(a) whether salary is not being paid or delay in salary payment is being made to employees in several Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) for the last few months;
(b) if so, the names of such PSUs and the number of affected employees whose salary has not been paid and the total amount of salary outstanding till date;
(c) the reasons for not making payment of salary to the said employees on time and the steps taken/being taken to deal with these cases;
(d) whether the Government has any proposal to privatise all the PSUs and to sell their assets for payment of their liabilities; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI PRAFUL PATEL)

(a) Yes, Madam.

(b) The details of the Non-Payment of Salaries to the Employees of CPSEs under the Department of Heavy Industry are as under:-

Serial No. Name of CPSEs No. of Employees Outstanding Salary
as on 31.08.2013
(Rs. In crore)

1. Hindustan Cables Ltd. 1779 39.73
2. HMT Machine Tools Ltd. 2745 0
3. HMT (Watches) Ltd. 1077 15.32
4. HMT (CW) Ltd. 34 0.65
5. Nagaland Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. 211 2.97
6. Triveni Structurals Ltd. 128 1.22
7 Tungabhadra Steel Products Ltd. 90 0.90
8. Nepa Ltd. 797 11.50
9. HMT Bearings Ltd. 62 1.10
10. Hindustan Photo Films Limited 672 6.88
11. Tyre Corporation of India Ltd. 112 0.97
Total 7707 81.24

(c) The Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) mentioned in para (b) above are not able to generate internal resources for payment of salaries to their employees. Therefore, Department of Heavy Industry is providing budgetary support to these CPSEs for payment of salaries to their employees. Employees of these CPSEs have been paid salaries upto 31st March, 2013. Action is being taken for payment of salaries from 1st April, 2013 to 31st August, 2013.

(d) No, Madam.

(e) Does not arise.

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