Fame India Scheme for Promotion of Electric
Vehicles Launched
BHEL Achieved a Total Order Booking
of Rs.22, 457 Crores
Draft 'National Policy on Capital Goods' Prepared and Circulated/Uploaded
on the DHI Website For Comments of Other
Stakeholders/Public
E-Platform for Demand Incentive
Delivery Mechanism (DIDM) Launched
Steps Taken to Facilitate Merit Based Restructuring and Revival
of Sick and Incipient Sick CPSEs
Department of Heavy Industry
The Department of Heavy Industry has notified a scheme namely FAME -
India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in
India) for implementation with effect from 1st April 2015, wherein it is
intended to support the hybrid/electric vehicles market development and its
manufacturing eco-system to achieve self-sustenance at the end of the
stipulated period. This scheme is aimed at incentivizing all vehicle segments
i.e. 2-Wheelers, 3-Wheeler Auto, Passenger 4-Wheeler Vehicles, Light Commercial
Vehicles and Buses. This scheme aims for a cumulative fuel saving of about 9500
million litres equivalent resulting in reduction of pollution and greenhouse
gas emission of 2 million tonnes with targeted market penetration of 6-7
million vehicles per year by 2020. This mission will be one of the biggest
contributors in reducing pollution from road transport sector in near future.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of
Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Government of India and Fraunhofer - Gesellschaft,
Germany on cooperation for technology resourcing in the field of Capital Goods
was signed on 5th October, 2015 during the visit of the German
Chancellor to India from 4th to 6th October, 2015. Fraunhofer Society (Gesellschaft)
is a German applied research organization of
global repute. The objective is to support and augment the "Make in
India" programme through increasing the innovation and technology prowess
of Indian industry. The activities include creating a roadmap for technological
development for Indian industry, identifying and plugging technology gaps,
implementation of identified projects in manufacturing and working with various
stakeholders in Government, Industry & Academia for increasing cooperation
in applied research.
A draft 'National Policy on Capital Goods' has been prepared
after extensive industry consultations and circulated/uploaded on the DHI
Website for comments of other stakeholders/public. This is the first time that
a formal policy on the crucial capital goods sector has been formulated. The
policy has been drawn in fulfilment of commitment made before the PM. The policy
aims to give a boost to production, demand, quality, technology and exports in the Capital Goods sector by creating
appropriate mechanisms and schemes for the same.
Under the notified Scheme
for Enhancement of Competiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector a Proposal
from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) for development of 11
machine tool technologies under Centre of Excellence component of the Scheme in
association with six machine tool companies as Industry partners has been approved.
This is a major step in industry-academia-government partnership in the capital
goods sector, especially since most of the industry partners are in the MSME
sector. Development of this CoE will be the first of
its kind in the machine tools sector and will help developing important
technologies which are presently not available in India.
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic have signed an MoU on 24.11.2015 in Mumbai
between Govt. of India and Govt. of Czech Republic to promote bilateral
cooperation in all areas relevant to both in the field of heavy industry. This
co-operation is expected to serve the mutual interest and contribute to the
enhancement of the bilateral trade and economic relations between the two
countries. As a pilot project modernization of the existing facilities of the
three plants of Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited, Ranchi, a Government of
India Undertaking, will be taken up by way of introduction of new technologies,
new equipment etc., and planned refurbishing of old plants and machinery of
Czech Origin, by the Czech companies
Under the notified Scheme for Enhancement of
Competiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector, a Proposal from Tools, Dies
and Gauges Manufacturers Association (TAGMA) has been approved for setting up a TAGMA Centre of Excellence and
Training (TCET). The project aim s to set up "Common Engineering
Facilities Centre (CEFC) for the Tools, Moulds and Dies Industry". The
cost of the project is Rs.51.92 crore and approved
DHI grant is for plant and machinery worth Rs.26.27 crore.
This is the first CEFC project approved under the scheme and the facilities are
to be set up at Chakan, Pune
in Maharashtra. The project would be
implemented within a year. The objective of this project is to upgrade existing
Tooling Industry in and around Pune. Its main focus
would be on those activities and services which are not available with the
small and medium units like Tool Trial, Validation, Calibration set up, high
end manufacturing facilities etc. The Centre would also run short term training
courses with emphasis on practical training.
In the
round-table interaction with the CEOs of India and Kazakhstan, co-chaired by
Prime Minister of India and Mr. Karim Massimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan at Astana,
Kazakhstan. BHEL signed three Strategic MoUs
with Kazakh companies for setting up power projects in Kazakhstan & other
countries and arranging financing for modernization of hydro and thermal power
projects
A project for upgradation & modernization
of "Turkmen-India Industrial Training Centre" (TIITC), Ashgabat,
Turkmenistan agreed earlier by the Governments
of India and Turkmenistan and entrusted to HMT (International) Limited, has
been successfully completed. The completion of the project was announced in the joint statement
by the Prime Minister of India and the President of Turkmenistan on 11th
July, 2015. The project was officially handed over to Ministry of Education,
Government of Turkmenistan / Turkmen State Architecture and Construction
Institute, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan by the Embassy of India on 12th
July, 2015.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved a total
order booking of Rs.22,457 crores
upto October 2015 in the current financial year so
far, as against Rs. 15,079 crores upto
October 2014 during the last financial year.
Minister (HI&PE) inaugurated five facilities at GARC, NATRiP, Chennai on 27th
August, 2015. With the inauguration of these facilities, more world class auto
testing and homologation facilities created under the NATRiP
project are now available to the auto industry.
Minister of Heavy Industries & Public
Enterprises inaugurated the new Automatic SPV Module Manufacturing Line and 100
KW Rooftop SPV Power Plant of Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited
(REIL) in Jaipur on 11th September, 2015.
The Automatic SPV Module Manufacturing Line is setup to enhance the
manufacturing capacity of REIL in line with "Make in India" Mission.
During the visit, Hon'ble Union Minister also met Hon'ble Chief Minister, Government of Rajasthan wherein
state government expressed their desire for help to setup solar power plants
including manufacturing of equipments for the same.
An MoU was signed between
HMT Limited and Fraunhofer on the development of new
features in existing products, new product development, analysis of designs for
improvement and new technology development. Five projects will be taken up on
priority basis for the first phase of implementation. This initiative will help
HMT to come back as a technology leader in the machine tools industry in India.
Andrew Yule & Company Limited (AYCL) and Scooters India
Limited (SIL), CPSEs under this Department, which had been under reference to
BIFR, were discharged from its purview as their net worth have
turned positive. As a part of e-governance initiatives an
E-platform for Demand Incentive Delivery Mechanism (DIDM) was launched by Minister
for HI&PE Shri Anant G.
Geete on 3rd September, 2015 at the Annual
Convention of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) in
New Delhi. This E-Platform would facilitate online submission of claims as well
as clearance of incentives for sale of hybrid and electric vehicles on a
monthly basis, without any delays, under the initiative for Faster Adoption and
Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India (FAME-India) launched by the
Government under the National Mission on Electric Mobility in April this year.
Public
Enterprises
(a)
Public Enterprises Survey
The Public Enterprises survey 2013-14 (54th Survey) was laid in both
the houses of Parliament during the opening budget Session on 26.2.2015. The compilation
and processing of information for Public Enterprises Survey, 2014-15 (55th
Survey) is underway, which will be laid in the Parliament during the Budget
Session in February, 2016.
(b)
Training of Executives of State Level Public Enterprises (SLPEs)
During the year 2015-16, nine training programmes
have been planned, out of which seven programmes have
already been conducted. The detail of all the nine training programmes
is given below:
|
S.No.
|
Institute
|
Dates
|
Subject
|
|
1
|
IIM
Calcutta
|
17-21
August, 2015
|
Project
Management
|
|
2
|
IIM
Lucknow
|
24-28
August, 2015
|
Setting
up Professional Goal Oriented Targets & Performance Evaluation
|
|
3
|
IIPA,
Delhi
|
07-11
Sept, 2015
|
Leadership
and other enablers for achieving Business Excellence
|
|
4
|
IIT
Guwahati
|
09-11
Sept, 2015
|
Production
Planning, Inventory Control and supply Chain management
|
|
5
|
IIM
Shilong
|
05-09
October, 2015
|
Corporate
Governance
|
|
6
|
IIM,
Bangalore
|
19-21
October, 2015
|
Corporate
Governance
|
|
7
|
ICWAI
Management Accounting Research Foundation, Hyderabad
|
02-06
November, 2015
|
Financial
management and Accountability
|
|
8
|
IIT
Guwahati
|
18-20
November, 2015
|
Production
Planning, inventory Control and supply Chain management
|
|
9
|
IIM
Ahmedabad
|
14-16,
December, 2015
|
Setting
up Professional Goal Oriented Targets & Performance Evaluation
|
(c)
Scheme in respect of Research Development and Consultancies (RDC):
Under the DPE’s Plan Scheme of RDC, following two workshops have been organized
during 2015-16:
|
Sl.
No.
|
Institute
|
Subject
|
date
|
|
1
|
Institute
of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI)
|
Companies
Act 2013-Implications for Public Sector Enterprises
|
04.09.2015
|
|
2.
|
ICWAI
Management Accounting Research Foundation
|
International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Indian Accounting standards (IND AS)
|
22.09.2015
|
(d)
Corporate Social Responsibility:
During the current financial year till October, 2015, CSR Cell, DPE has
organized following three events on Corporate Social responsibility for the
executives of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) at Guwahati,
Imphal& Bangalore:
(i)
DPE and Indian Chamber of Commerce, Guwahati jointly
organized a ÇSR Conclave- 2015’for the executives of CPSEs and other concerned
at Guwahati on 21st August, 2015 for
promotion of CSR activities in North Eastern Region.
(ii)
DPE and Indian Chamber of Commerce, Guwahati jointly
organized another ÇSR & Sustainability Conclave-2015’ on 18th
October, 2015 at Imphal, Manipur for the executives
of Central PSEs, State PSEs and other concerned in Govt. Organizations on
promotion of sports and Skill Development in North Eastern Region of the
country.
(iii)
DPE in association with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Organized pone seminar
on “Corporate Social responsibility” on 30th October 2015 at
Bangalore for the senior executives of central PSEs concerned with
implementation of CSR in CPSEs in the PSEs in Southern Region.
(e)
Streamlining the Mechanism of Revival/Restructuring of sick Central Public
Sector Enterprises
The Government of India has taken steps to facilitate merit based restructuring
and revival of sick and incipient sick CPSEs. The Government has initiated the
process of streamlining the mechanism to avoid delays and ensure time bound
implementation. The Government has considered removing the multiple layers in
decision making process to ensure timely revival/restructuring of sick CPSEs.
(g)
Winding up of BRPSE:
In accordance with the decision of the Government (Cabinet on 7.10.2015), the
BRPSE set up in Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) vide Resolution dated
6.12.2004 was wound up vide notification No.16(25)/2004-Fin. dated 9th
November, 2015 to streamline the multiple mechanism for revival of sick CPSEs.
(h)
Guidelines for “Streamlining the mechanism for revival and restructuring of
sick/ incipient sick and weak Central Public Sector Enterprises: General
principles and mechanism of restructuring:
The Government has further approved on 7.10.2015 that Department of Public
Enterprises will issue guidelines for streamlining the mechanism for revival
and restructuring of sick/ incipient sick and weak CPSEs and to make any change
therein that may be required in future. Accordingly, DPE has issued on
29.10.2015 guidelines for “Streamlining the mechanism for revival and
restructuring of sick/ incipient sick and weak Central Public Sector
Enterprises: General principles and mechanism of restructuring" to be followed
by the administrative Ministries /Departments of the
CPSEs in preparation of proposals for revival/restructuring or closure of CPSEs
in respect of CPSEs under their administrative control. The details of
guidelines are available on website of Department of Public Enterprises: www.dpe.nic.in.
(i) Roadmap
for revival/closure of CPSEs: Review by Committee of Secretaries
(1)
In line with the suggestions of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Cabinet Secretary
chaired the meeting of the Committee of Secretaries (CoS)
convened on 6th, 7th, 8th and 13th
July, 2015 with the Secretaries of the administrative Ministries/Departments of
sick CPSEs alongwith Department of Public
Enterprises, to decide on roadmap for revival/closure of sick CPSEs in a time
bound manner. DPE had assisted the CoS in drawing up
roadmaps for revival/restructuring of sick CPSEs. In this process, the
Committee of Secretaries reviewed 49 sick CPSEs which required urgent attention
of the Government and laid down the roadmaps for revival/ closure of such
CPSEs. The roadmap involved business, operational, manpower and financial
restructuring of the CPSEs keeping in mind the sustainability and bankability
of their business operations.
(3)
Pursuant to the meeting on 24.10.2015 held at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), a
Group of Secretaries (GoS) was advised to look into
the restructuring of Hindustan Steelworks Construction Ltd. (HSCL). The GoS in its meeting held on 28.10.2015 made suggestions for
restructuring of Hindustan Steelworks Construction Ltd. Subsequently, a meeting
was held at PMO on 17.11.2015 on restructuring of HSCL in which Special
Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises made presentation regarding
restructuring of HSCL. In the meeting held on 24.10.2015 at PMO, another Group of Secretaries (GoS)
was advised to make suggestions regarding time bound implementation of
decision on closure of sick CPSEs. The GoS in its
meeting held on 3.11.2015 has made suggestions to stream line the process of
closure in a prescribed time frame which was circulated by DPE on 13.11.2015.
(4)
As per the guidelines, the administrative Ministry/Department, at the end of
the each financial year, analyses the performance of its CPSEs to classify them
by a specific order into sick, incipient sick and weak CPSEs within 6 months of
the closure of the financial year or within one month from finalization of
Annual Accounts, whichever is earlier. The concerned administrative Ministry/
Department formulate revival/ restructuring/ closure road map for sick CPSEs as
per the principles outlined in the guidelines. This would be done within
three months from the issue of these guidelines in case of existing sick CPSEs
and within nine months from the end of the financial year for a CPSE becoming
sick subsequently. DPE has written on 17.11.2015 to
the administrative ministries/Departments to identify the CPSEs under
their control to identify them as sick, incipient sick and weak CPSEs as per
guidelines and declare them accordingly.
(j)
Counselling, Retraining & Redeployment (CRR)
Scheme
(1)
Department of Public Enterprises DPE is implementing a Counselling,
Retraining & Redeployment (CRR) Scheme to provide opportunities of self /
wage employment to the employees or dependents of Central Public
Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) separated under Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) /
Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) or retrenched due to closure / restructuring
of the enterprise. During the year 2001-02 to 2014-15, around 1.86 lakh VRS optees have been trained
and around 85,000 have been self-employed/redeployed. During 2015-16, plan funds of Rs. 3.20 crore has
been allocated and target is to train 3000 VRS optees/dependents.
Against this, 1330 persons have been trained as on 20.11.2015.
(2)
Under the CRR Scheme short duration skill development/entrepreneurship
development training programmes are imparted to equip
the beneficiaries for self/wage employment. Dependents in place of VRS/VSS optees can also be considered if they are not interested.
(4)
Some of the success stories as furnished by nodal agencies in respect of
beneficiaries who have been redeployed under CRR Scheme are as under:
MPCON Limited, Bhopal
Employees Assistance Centre:
NEPA
Details of rehabilated
V R optee
Name
of V R Employee retrained : Shri Ramgopal Sharma
Name
of
CPSU
: NEPA Ltd.
Training
module
: 60 days
Trade
: Computer Application
Duration
of
retraining
: From 18.06.2014 to 29.08.2014
Name
of the Started
Activity
: Nagrik Bank
Location
of the
Activity
: Matapur Bazar,
Nepanagar
Employment
Status
:
Wage Employment
MPCON Limited, Bhopal
Employees Assistance Centre:
NEPA
Details of rehabilated
V R optee
Name
of V R Employee retrained : Shri Shivnarayan Thakur
Name
of
CPSU
:
NEPA ltd.
Training
Module
: 45 days
Trade
: Armature Rewinding & House Wiring
Duration
of Retraining
:
From 28.06.2014 to 22.08.2014
Name
of the Started
Activity
: Bari Electricals
Location
of the
Activity
: Budhwara Market,
Nepanagar,
Employment
Status
: Wage Employment
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