The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has advised the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) to review the appointment of a director in Gail India and said the selection process was biased and opaque to the detriment of a tribal candidate for the post. In a letter to PESB and the company, the commission recommended that the government's headhunter may initiate a transparent selection process afresh by giving an equal opportunity to a reserved category candidate and furnish compliance report to it by August 14. Gail executive director Gajendra Singh, who appeared before the board as one of the prospective candidates for the position of director, business development, in the company, had appealed to the commission to hold the appointment process alleging discrimination against him because of his tribal status.

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