PRESIDENT Pranab Mukherjee gave away the 7th SCOPE Excellence Awards in a function jointly organised by the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), in New Delhi.
Mukherjee said the public sector has grown exponentially since Independence in all metrics of measurement, be it in terms of numbers, diversification, volume of investment or global presence. These achievements become even more significant when viewed in the backdrop of lack of capital and entrepreneurship skills in early years of post-independent India, reluctance of private players to set up capital intensive industries with a long gestation period and the need for generating employment and ensuring country’s balanced socio-economic and regional development. It is a truism that at most times, early on, the profit motive was eschewed in preference to the broader objective of overall societal development.
The President said, as per available data, during 2014-15 PSEs could register a growth of 7 per cent in paid-up capital and capital employed, 10.5 per cent in total investment and 20 per cent in total market capitalisation as compared to the previous year. On an average, during the last three years—from 2012-13 to 2014-15—operating PSEs could earn an overall net profit of Rs. 1,15,426 crore, generate gross turnover/ revenue of Rs. 20,02,591 crore and pay dividend of Rs. 57,115 crore. The PSEs’ contribution in the nation’s economy has, thus, continued to be significant year after year.
Referring to the Prime Minister and the government’s outlined vision for the inclusive development of the country, the President said, programmes like ‘Make in India’, ‘Skill Building’, ‘Digital India’ and ‘Swachch Bharat’ are the cornerstones for the future development of India. He expressed noted PSEs’ contributions towards these national priority areas.
The President said the Budget has drawn attention to the need for unlocking the wealth of CPSEs for greater economic activity. CPSEs need to take immediate steps to identify and unlock the surplus land available with them as the same can be used in generating the much-needed public investment to boost the economy and increase employment opportunities. There is a similar need for identifying and unlocking the free surplus reserves available with the CPSEs so that they may be utilised for undertaking enhanced capital expenditure.
He said, to face the challenges of a globally integrated economy, it is equally essential that our CPSEs collaborate and pool their resources to face and overcome competition. The financial, technical and manpower resources of our CPSEs need to be shared to enable better and more optimal solutions in increasingly customer-driven markets. The exceptional human capital available with CPSEs should be harnessed to develop suitable strategies and interventions, which lead to improvement in performance and expansion of operations, both in domestic and global markets.
A Luikham, Secretary, DPE, said that government patronage was available for every challenge, be it the challenge of corporate governance or achieving the target of booked orders; challenge of increasing production and productivity or timely up gradation of technical and commercial aspects. RG Rajan, Chairman, SCOPE, and Dr UD Choubey, Director General, SCOPE, highlighted the new initiative of SCOPE to establish a Public Sector Academy that would provide integrated training and capacity building to the critical mass in PSEs, which, in the long run, shall develop a cadre of public sector professionals in line with All India Services.




SJVN Limited, a Mini Ratna company, was incorporated on May 24, 1988, as a joint venture of the Government of India (GoI) and the Government of Himachal Pradesh. SJVN is now a listed company having shareholders pattern of 64.46 per cent with GoI, 25.51 per cent with Government of Himachal Pradesh and rest 10.03 per cent with the public. The present net worth of the company is Rs. 10, 203.04 crore. Beginning with a single project and single State operation—India’s largest 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station in HP—the company is presently implementing hydroelectric projects in HP, Uttarakhand, and Arunachal Pradesh in India besides neighbouring countries of Nepal and Bhutan. The present installed capacity of SJVN is 1,959.6 MW, comprising of 1,912 MW Hydro plus 47.6 MW wind power. The total income of the company for FY 2014-15 was Rs. 3,261.10 crore. During current year, up to December 2015, SJVN turnover and net profit are Rs. 2,570.78 crore. and Rs. 1,261 crore, respectively.













