Home BusinessGovt to issue oil bonds worth Rs 10,300 cr to IOC, BPCL, HPCL
The government may issue Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) Rs 10,300 crore worth of oil bonds this week to compensate these companies for the losses they have incurred on fuel sales in last fiscal.
The bonds, which will come over and above Rs 61,800 crore already issued to the three companies, would help them bridge the revenue loss they incurred on sale of petrol, diesel, LPG and kerosene in 2008-09, a Petroleum Ministry official said.