Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises is an executive agency of the Government of India that administers 48 central public sector enterprises (PSEs) and assists them in their effort to improve capacity utilisation and increase profitability, generate resources and re-orient strategies to become more competitive. The ministry serves as an interface between PSEs and other agencies for long-term policy formulation. The ministry also encourages the restructuring of PSEs to make their operations competitive and viable on a long-term and sustainable basis.

Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
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Ministry executives
Websitedhi.nic.in

As of November 2019, the Honourable Minister is Prakash Javadekar,[2] and the Honourable Minister of State is Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Ministers
№ Name Term of office Prime Minister
1 Jawaharlal Nehru 15 August 1947 12 December 1950
2 Vallabhbhai Patel 12 December 1950 26 December 1950 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 C. Rajagopalachari 26 December 1950 5 November 1951
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri 5 November 1951 5 November 1951
5 Kailash Nath Katju 5 November 1951 10 January 1955
6 Govind Ballabh Pant 10 January 1955 1 September 1963
7 Gulzarilal Nanda 1 September 1963 9 November 1966 Jawaharlal NehruLal Bahadur ShastriIndira Gandhi
8 Indira Gandhi 9 November 1966 13 November 1966 Indira Gandhi
9 Yashwantrao Chavan 13 November 1966 27 June 1970
(8) Indira Gandhi 27 June 1970 5 February 1973
10 Uma Shankar Dikshit 5 February 1973 10 October 1974
11 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 10 October 1974 24 March 1977
12 Charan Singh 24 March 1977 1 July 1978 Morarji Desai
13 Morarji Desai 1 July 1978 24 January 1979
14 Hirubhai M. Patel 24 January 1979 28 July 1979
15 Zail Singh 14 January 1980 22 June 1982 Indira Gandhi
16 R. Venkataraman 22 June 1982 2 September 1982
17 Prakash Chandra Sethi 2 September 1982 19 July 1984
18 P. V. Narasimha Rao 19 July 1984 31 December 1984 Indira GandhiRajiv Gandhi
19 Shankarrao Chavan 31 December 1984 12 March 1986 Rajiv Gandhi
20 Buta Singh 12 May 1986 2 December 1989
21 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 V. P. Singh
22 Chandra Shekhar 10 November 1990 21 June 1996 Chandra Shekhar
23 Manohar Joshi 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
24 Vilasrao Deshmukh 1 June 1996 26 August 2002 H. D. Deve Gowda
25 Suresh Prabhu 26 August 2002 24 May 2004 H. D. Deve GowdaI. K. Gujral
26 Anant Geete 19 March 2002 22 May 2004 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
27 Shivraj Patil 22 May 2004 30 November 2005 Manmohan Singh
28 Sushilkumar Shinde 2005 2005
29 Santosh Mohan Dev 2005 2008
30 Praful Patel 30 November 2008 31 July 2014
31 Anant Geete 31 July 2014 26 May 2019
32 Arvind Sawant 26 May 2019 30 May 2019 Narendra Modi
33 Prakash Javadekar 30 May 2019 Incumbent

Public sector enterprises

As of 2017, the ministry is responsible for the following public sector enterprises:[3]

Name Website
Andrew Yule and Company Ltd.andrewyule.com
Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam (BBUNL)bbunl.com
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)bhel.com
Bharat Pumps & Compressorsbharatpumps.co.in
Bridge and Roof Company (India)bridgeroof.co.in
Cement Corporation of India (CCI)cementcorporation.co.in
Engineering Projects (India)engineeringprojects.com
Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC)hecltd.com
Hindustan Newsprint Ltd. (HNL)hnlonline.com
Hindustan Paper Corporationhindpaper.in
Hindustan Salts Ltd. (HSL)indiasalt.com
Instrumentation Limited, Kota (ILK)ilkota.in
Nagaland Pulp & Paper Co. (NPPC)nppc.in
NEPA (India)nepamills.co.in
Richardson & Cruddas (R&C)richardsononcruddas.com
Scooters India Ltd. (SIL)scootersindia.com

Department of Public Enterprises

The Department of Public Enterprises acts as a nodal agency for all Public Sector Enterprises and assists in policy formulation pertaining to the role of PSEs in the economy by laying down policy guidelines on performance improvement and evaluation, financial accounting, personnel management and in related areas. It also collects, evaluates, and maintains information on several areas in respect of PSEs. The Department has five constituent Divisions, viz; the Financial Policy Division, the Management Policy Division, the MOU Division, the Administration & Coordination Division and Permanent Machinery of Arbitration.

Role of DPE in issuing guidelines / directives to CPSEs

The role of DPE in issuing guidelines/directives is clearly defined in Report no.-2 of 2013[4] of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India[5] on Compliance Audit of General Purpose Financial Reports of central public sector enterprises.

The directions/instructions are given to CPSEs through presidential directives as well as guidelines issued by administrative ministries or DPE.

Presidential directives are issued by the administrative ministries to the concerned CPSEs whenever the situation warrants and are mandatory. For the purpose of maintaining uniformity, such Directives are to be issued in consultation with the DPE if these relate to single CPSE and with the concurrence of the DPE if these are applicable to more than one CPSE.

Guidelines[6] can be issued either by the Administrative Ministries or the DPE case-by-case and are advisory in nature. The Board of Directors of the CPSEs has the discretion not to adopt these guidelines for reasons to be recorded in writing. The Board Resolution on the subject giving the reasons therein is to be forwarded both to the Administrative Ministry concerned as well as to the DPE.

In the above-mentioned report no-2 of 2013 it is also mentioned that though the DPE guidelines are advisory. For good corporate governance, there should be an appropriate mechanism to enforce accountability of the Administrative Ministries and CPSEs to the compliance to DPE guidelines. An Audit review of the institutional arrangement DPE has in place to ensure compliance with its guidelines revealed that:

  • DPE did not maintain the database as to which CPSE's boards adopted its guidelines.
  • DPE did not have a mechanism to ensure compliance with all its guidelines.
  • DPE did not write to CPSEs for recovery of irregular payments pointed out by an audit.

DPE guidelines on personnel policies

Different categories of guidelines on personnel policies[7] are: (a) Creation Of Posts And Categorization (b) Composition Of Board Of Directors (c) Service Matters (d) Immediate Absorption-Deputation (e) Annual Performance Appraisal (f) Conduct, Discipline & Appeal Rules (g) Vigilance Policies (h) Reservation Policies (i) Report Of The Committee To Review The Format Of Annual Performance Report (APR) And Procedure For Writing APR

Salient feature DPE Guidelines on Annual Performance Appraisal

Format - Weightage of Personal Attributes (Competencies, Values, and Potentials) are to be rationalized to 25% for all executives including the chief executive. Balance 75% for MOU/Targets. This is as per "Report Of The Committee To Review The Format Of Annual Performance Report (APR) And Procedure For Writing APR"

Timely completion - Performance Appraisal Process has to be completed before distribution of Performance Related Pay(PRP) as per DPE OM no 2(68) /11-DPE(WC) dated 31.12.2012.

Appeal - representations can be made against the adverse entries in Performance Appraisal Report. Any deviation of Performance Appraisal score can be appealed. Reference: DPE OM No. 5(1)/2000-GM Dated the 28.05.2009 and Supreme Court of India, Dev Dutt vs Union Of India & Ors on 12.05. 2008

Last date of appeal - Last date of appeal has to be mentioned in the Final PMS scorecard while communicating the score by reporting officer.

Time limit of Appeal - 6 weeks to appeal and 6 weeks to be readdressed.

Disposal of representation against APAR score in a Quasi-judicial Manner

As per DOPT (Department of Personnel & Training), OM No. 21011/1/2005-Estt.(A)(Part.III) dated 31.01.2014

The representations against the remarks or for up gradation of final grading in the APAR (Annual Performance Appraisal Reports) be considered by the competent authority objectively in a quasi-judicial manner on the basis of material placed before it. It provides that the competent authority shall take into account the contentions of the officer who has represented against the particular remarks/ grading in the APAR and also take the views from the reporting and reviewing officer.

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References
  1. "Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Government of India". dhi.nic.in.
  2. "List of Council of ministers in Modi Cabinet". 27 May 2014 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. "Links to the websites of Central Public Sector Enterprises under Department of Heavy Industry". Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. Report no.-2 of 2013
  5. Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  6. Guidelines

8. https://www.loksatta.com/maharashtra-news/arvind-sawant-gets-ministry-of-heavy-industries-and-public-enterprises-1904034/

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