Restructuring of PSUs/ Corporations of State Government
Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Audit Branch
Group-T
No. 1093-F(Y) Dated: 21.02.2017
Memorandum
The matter of comprehensive restructuring of PSUs/ Corporations with an objective to improve the operational efficiency, optimally utilize the manpower and assets was under active consideration of the Government for some time past.
2. After reviewing the status of 90 PSUs/ Corporations of the state government, it has been decided by the State Government that 46 PSUs/ Corporations are to be restructured/ merged (26 PSUs/ Corporations would be restructured and 20 would be merged [Annexure – ‘A’]). The remaining 44 PSUs/ Corporations will continue to remain functional [Annexure – ‘B’].
3. It has further been decided that the services of employees of all such restructured/ merged PSUs/ Corporations would not be affected in any way. The employees in such merged or restructured PSUs/ Corporations will be redeployed in the continuing PSUs/ Corporations with which the original unit is merged or detailed in the various offices in the Government with same terms & conditions of service.
4. A Committee of Secretaries with the Chief Secretary as its Chairman and having the Addl. Chief Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs Department, Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, Principal Secretary, Finance Department and Principal Secretary, L&LR Department as its member – is also constituted to ensure proper and optimum utilization of land, infrastructure and assets of the restructured/ merged PSUs/ Corporations.
5. Concerned Departments are requested to immediately take necessary action with regards to completion of the legal formalities to restructure/ merge the company, the matters related with redeployment of regular/ contractual/ ad-hoc employees and disposal of assets etc.
This has approval of the Cabinet in its meeting held on February 10, 2017.
Sd/- Basudeb Banerjee
Chief Secretary
No. 1093-F dated 21.02.2017, Source
Annexure-A
PSUs and Corporations proposed to be restructured or merged (46)
| # | Department | Corporation/ PSU | Status | Remarks |
| 1 | Animal Resources Development | West Bengal Dairy and Poultry Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | West Bengal Dairy and Poultry Development Corporation Limited would be merged with The West Bengal Livestock Processing Development Corporation Limited to form one Corporation. |
| 2 | Backward Classes Welfare | West Bengal Backward Classes Development & Finance Corporation | Statutory | West Bengal Backward Classes Development & Finance Corporation will be merged with West Bengal Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Development & Finance Corporation |
| 3 | Finance | Eastern Distilleries and Chemicals Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 4 | Fisheries | West Bengal Fisheries Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 5 | Forest | Pulpwood Development corporation | Govt. Company | These two (2) companies would be merged with West Bengal Forest Development Corporation Limited to form only one corporation |
| 6 | West Bengal Wasteland Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 7 | Health & Family Welfare | The Electro Medical and Allied Industries Limited | Govt. Company | These 3 companies may be merged with West Bengal Medical Services Corporation Limited |
| 8 | West Bengal Pharmaceutical and Phytochemical Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 9 | Gluconate Health Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 10 | Information Technology | Webel Electronic Communication systems Limited (Subsidiary of WBEIDC Limited) | Govt. Company | All these Five (5) subsidiaries of Webel to be closed/ merged with West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (WBEIDC Limited) |
| 11 | Webel Mediatronics Limited (Subsidiary of WBEIDC Limited) | Govt. Company | ||
| 12 | Webel Informatics Limited (Subsidiary of WBEIDC Limited) | Govt. Company | ||
| 13 | Webel Electro Optics Limited (subsidiary of WBEIDC Ltd.) | Non-Working | ||
| 14 | Webel Consumer Electronics Limited (subsidiary of WBEIDC Limited) | Non-Working | ||
| 15 | Large Industries & Enterprises | West Bengal Tea Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 16 | West Bengal Trade Promotion Organisation (Subsidiary of WBIDC Limited) | Govt. Company | WBTPO to be merged with WBIDC | |
| 17 | Neo Pipes & Tubes Company Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 18 | Micro & S.S.E. & Textiles | Durgapur Chemicals Limited | Govt. Company | By disinvestment |
| 19 | WEBFIL Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 20 | National iron & Steel Company (1984) Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 21 | West Bengal Text Book Corpn. (P) Ltd, (subsidiary of Saraswaty Press Ltd.) | Govt. Company | ||
| 22 | West Bengal Plywood and Allied Products Limited | Non-Working | ||
| 23 | Krishna Silicate & Glass (1987) Limited | Non-Working | ||
| 24 | Carter Pooler Engineering Co. Ltd. | Non-Working | ||
| 25 | Lily Production Ltd | Non-Working | ||
| 26 | West Bengal Sugar Industries Development Corporation Limited | Non-Working | ||
| 27 | The Infusions (India) Limited | Non-Working | ||
| 28 | Mayurakshi Cotton Mills (1990) Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 29 | Shilpabarta Printing Press Limited (Subsidiary of WBSIDC Limited) | Govt. Company | ||
| 30 | The Kalyani Spining Mills Ltd | Non-Working | ||
| 31 | Pulver Ash Projects Limited (Subsidiary of WBSIDC Limited) | Non-Working | ||
| 32 | West Bengal Ceramic Dev. Corpn. Ltd. | Non-Working | ||
| 33 | West Bengal State Leather Industries Dev. Corpn. Ltd. | Non-Working | ||
| 34 | The West Dinajpur Spining Mills Ltd. | Non-Working | ||
| 35 | West Bengal Handloom and Powerloom Dev. Corpn. Ltd. | Non-Working | ||
| 36 | The West Bengal Projects Limited (subsidiary of WBSIDC Limited) | Non-Working | ||
| 37 | Power | New Town Electric Supply Company Limited | Govt. Company | New Town Electric Supply Company Limited to be merged with West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. |
| 38 | DPL Coke Oven Ltd | Non-Working | ||
| 39 | Public Works | Britania Engineering Limited | Govt. Company | To be merge with Westinghouse Saxby Farmer Limited |
| 40 | Sundarban Affairs | Sundarban Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | Board may undertake the works of the corporation |
| 41 | Tourism | Great Eastern Hotel | Non-Working | To complete the formalities of formal govt. exit |
| 42 | Transport | The Calcutta State Transport Corporation | Govt. Company | These two (2) Corporations to be merged with CTC to form one corporation namely West Bengal Transport Corporation |
| 43 | West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 44 | Urban Development | New Town Telecom Infrastructure Dev. Co. Ltd. (subsidiary of WBHIDCO Ltd.) | Govt. Company | New Town Telecom Infrastructure Dev. Co. Ltd. May be merged with WBHIDCO Limited |
| 45 | Water Resources Investigation & Development | West Bengal State Minor Irrigation Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | West Bengal State Minor Irrigation Corporation Limited may be merged with West Bengal Agro Industries Corporation Limited |
| 46 | Women and Child Development and Social Welfare | West Bengal Women Development Undertaking | Govt. Company |
Annexure-B
After Restructuring these 44 PSUs and Corporations will continue
| # | Department | Corporation/ PSU | Status | Remarks |
| 1 | Agriculture | West Bengal State Seed Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 2 | Agriculture Marketing | Paschimbanga Agri Marketing Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 3 | Animal Resources Development | The West Bengal Livestock Processing Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | West Bengal Dairy and Poulltry Development Corporation Limited would be merged with The West Bengal Livestock Processing Development Corporation Limited to form one Corporation. |
| 4 | Backward Classes Welfare | West Bengal Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Development & Finance Corporation | Statutory | West Bengal Backward Classes Development & Finance Corporation will be merged with West Bengal Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Development & Finance Corporation |
| 5 | Tribal Development | West Bengal Tribal Development Cooprative Corporation Ltd, | Statutory | |
| 6 | Finance | West Bengal Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation Ltd. | Govt. Company | |
| 7 | West Bengal Financial Corporation | Statutory | ||
| 8 | Fisheries | The State Fisheries Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | West Bengal Fisheries Corporation Limited to be merged with The State Fisheries Development Corporation Limited |
| 9 | Food & Supplies | West Bengal Essemtial Commodities Supply Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 10 | West Bengal State Warehousing Corporation | Statutory | ||
| 11 | Food Processing ndustries & Horticulture | West Bengal State Food Processing and Horticulture Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 12 | Forest | West Bengal Forest Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | Pulpwood Development corporation and West Bemgal Wasteland Development Corporation Limited may be merged with West Bengal Forest Development Corporation Limited to form only one corporation |
| 13 | Health & Family Welfare | West Bengal Medical Services Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | The Electro Medical and Allied Industries Limited, West Bengal Pharmaceutical and Phytochemical Development Corporation Limited and Gluconate Health Limited would be merged with West Bengal Medical Services Corporation Limited |
| 14 | Home (Police) | West Bengal Police Housing & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 15 | Information & Cultural Affairs | West Bengal Film Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 16 | Basumati Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 17 | Information Technology | Webel Venture Capital Limited (subsidiary of WBEIDC Ltd) | Govt. Company | Five (5) subsidiares of Webel to be closed/ merged with West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (WBEIDC Limited) |
| 18 | West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (WBEIDC Limited) | Govt. Company | ||
| 19 | Webel Technology Limited (Subsidiary of WBEIDC Limited) | Govt. Company | To be transferred to P&AR Department for egovernance related work | |
| 20 | Large Industries & Enterprises | West Bemgal Industrial Development Corporation Limited(WBIDC Limited) | Govt. Company | WBTPO to be merged with WBIDC |
| 21 | Greater Calcutta Gas Supply Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 22 | Saraswati Press Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 23 | West Bengal Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation | Statutory | ||
| 24 | West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 25 | West Bengal Industrial Land Holding Pvt, Ltd | Non-Working | May be transferred to L&LR Department | |
| 26 | Micro & S.S.E. & Textiles | West Bengal Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited (Manjusha) | Govt. Company | |
| 27 | The West Bengal Small Industries Development Corporation Limited (WBSIDC) | Govt. Company | ||
| 28 | Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education | West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation | Statutory | |
| 29 | Power | West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. | Govt. Company | New Town Electric Supply Company Limited to be merged with West Bengal State Electricity Distribution |
| 30 | West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd. | Govt. Company | ||
| 31 | The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 32 | West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 33 | Public Works | West Bengal Highway Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 34 | Mackintosh Bum Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 35 | Westing house Saxby Farmer Limited | Govt. Company | Britania Engineering Limited to be merge with Westinghouse Saxby Farmer Limited | |
| 36 | Self Help Group & Self Employment | West Bengal Swarojgar Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | SHG society may be closed |
| 37 | Tourism | West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 38 | Transport | West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | |
| 39 | The Shalimar Works (1980) Limited | Govt. Company | ||
| 40 | Calcutta Tramways Corporation | Statutory | Two (2) Corporations namely CTC and WBSTC to be merged with CSTC to form one new corporation namely West Bengal Transport Corporation | |
| 41 | North Bengal State Transport Corporation | Statutory | ||
| 42 | South Bengal State Transport Corporation | Statutory | ||
| 43 | Urban Development | West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (WBHIDCO Limited) | Govt. Company | New Town Telecom Infrastructure Dev. Co. Ltd. May be merged with WBHIDCO Limited |
| 44 | Water Resources Investigation & Development | West Bengal Agro Industries Corporation Limited | Govt. Company | West Bengal State Minor Irrigation Corporation Limited may be merged with West Bengal Agro Industries Corporation Limited |