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 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.
As of November 2019, the Honourable Minister is Prakash Javadekar, and the Honourable Minister of State is Arjun Ram Meghwal.
Ministers
- Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of I&B currently holds additional charge of Cabinet Minister after resignation of Arvind Sawant. Arjun Ram Meghwal is the Minister of State.
Public sector enterprises
| Name | Website |
| Andrew Yule and Company Ltd. | |
| Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam | |
| Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited | |
| Bharat Pumps & Compressors | |
| Bridge and Roof Company | |
| Cement Corporation of India | |
| Engineering Projects | |
| Heavy Engineering Corporation | |
| Hindustan Newsprint Ltd. | |
| Hindustan Paper Corporation | |
| Hindustan Salts Ltd. | |
| Instrumentation Limited, Kota | |
| Nagaland Pulp & Paper Co. | |
| NEPA | |
| Richardson & Cruddas | |
| Scooters India Ltd. |
Department of Public Enterprises
The Department of Public Enterprises acts as a nodal agency for all 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 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India 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 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
Creation Of Posts And Categorization
Composition Of Board Of Directors
Service Matters
Immediate Absorption-Deputation
Conduct, Discipline & Appeal Rules
Vigilance Policies
Reservation Policies
Report Of The Committee To Review The Format Of Annual Performance Report And Procedure For Writing APR
Salient feature DPE Guidelines on Annual Performance Appraisal
Format - Weightage of Personal Attributes 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 And Procedure For Writing APR"Timely completion - Performance Appraisal Process has to be completed before distribution of Performance Related Pay as per .
Appeal - representations can be made against the adverse entries in Performance Appraisal Report. Any deviation of Performance Appraisal score can be appealed. Reference: and
' - Last date of appeal has to be mentioned in the Final PMS scorecard while communicating the score by reporting officer.
' - 6 weeks to appeal and 6 weeks to be readdressed.
Disposal of representation against APAR score in a Quasi-judicial Manner
As per DOPT,The representations against the remarks or for up gradation of final grading in the APAR 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.