GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL,PUBLIC
GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 1337
ANSWERED ON 04.12.2014
Outsourced manpower in
Government
1337 Shri Sanjiv Kumar
Will the Minister of
PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether
the Ministry has information on the total strength of outsourced
manpower currently deployed in Government of India;
(b) to appreciate the
issues related to outsourced manpower is it not necessary that Government
update itself on important fact relating to this segment; and
(c) with a view to
bringing about greater transparency in their hiring whether Government feels
the necessity of issuing comprehensive guidelines in this regard?
ANSWER
Minister of
State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (DR.
JITENDRA SINGH)
(a) & (b): As
per the General Financial Rules, 2005 the respective Ministries/Departments may
hire external professionals, consultancy firms or consultants for a specific
job or outsource certain services. No centralized data
is maintained.
(c): The fundamental
principles applicable to all Ministries/Departments regarding engagement
of consultants and outsourcing of services are already provided in
General Financial Rules 2005. The powers in respect of procurement of
services including hiring of consultant(s) have been delegated to
respective Ministry/Department through GFR 2005 and
service/financial terms and conditions of consultant are governed as per
the contract entered by the respective Ministry/Department with the
Consultant(s). A Ministry/Department may outsource certain services in the
interest of economy and efficiency and it may prescribe detailed instructions
for this purpose.
