As many as 541 posts, including those of full-time and part-time directors, are lying vacant in various central public sector enterprises, Parliament was informed today.
"As per available information, 101 posts of functional directors and around 440 positions of non-official directors are presently vacant in various CPSEs," G M Siddeshwara, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Several vacant posts are those of CMDs of companies such as MTNL, Hindustan Cables, ITI Ltd, Oil India, Eastern Coalfields, Scooters India, Hindustan Paper Corporation, Jute Corporation of India, among others.
The boards of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) consist of functional (full-time), government (part-time) and non-official (part-time) directors.
The selection of functional directors is made by the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB).
"The selection of non-official directors is made by the Search Committee and the reconstituted search committee has till April 2016 recommended names for filling up around 260 positions of non-official directors on the boards of various CPSEs," Siddeshwara said.
