List of Navaratna and Miniratna CPSEs ( As per available information May 5′ 2008 )

Bharat Electronics Limited

1. Founded: 1954
Industry:Electronics
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is an electronics company with about nine factories in
India. It is owned by the Indian Government & primarily manufactures advanced electronic
products for the Indian Armed Forces.BEL is one of the PSUs under Ministry of Defence,
Government Of India.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
Industry: Electrical Power Industry
2.
Founded: 1962
Employees: 42,600
BHEL or Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited is a gas and steam turbine manufacturer in India.
It is one of India’s nine largest Public Sector Undertakings or PSUs. Founded in the late 1950s,
BHEL is today a key player in the power sector through the construction, commissioning and
servicing of power plants all over the world. BHEL has around 14 manufacturing divisions, four
power sector regional centres, over 100 project sites, eight service centres and 18 regional offices
.Over 65 percent of power generated in India comes from BHEL-supplied equipment. Overall it
has installed power equipment with a total capacity of over 90,000 MW.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Founded: 1976
3.
Industry: Petroleum
Products: Oil, LPG
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) - As the name suggests, its interests are in
petroleum sector. It is involved in the refining and retailing of petroleum products.Bharat
Petroleum is considered to be a pioneer in Indian petroleum industry with various path-breaking
initiatives such as Pure for Sure campaign, Petro card, Fleet card etc.
GAIL (India) Limited
Industry: Petroleum and Gas
4.
Founded: 1984
Employees: 3500
GAIL (India) Limited, is India’s largest natural gas transportation company, integrating all
aspects of the natural gas value chain. GAIL is listed by Forbes as one of the world’s 2,000
largest public companies in 2007.The company was previously known as Gas Authority of
India Ltd. It is India’s principal gas transmission and marketing company. It was set up by the
Government of India in August 1984 to create gas sector infrastructure.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Industry: AeroSpace and Defence
5. Employees: 34,000
Founded: 1940
Products: AeroSpace Equipment, Military aircraft and Space Systems
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), based in Bangalore, India, is one of Asia’s largest
aerospace companies. Under the management of the Ministry of Defence, the company is mainly
involved in aerospace industry, which includes manufacturing and assembling aircraft,
navigation and related communication equipment, as well as operating airports.
6. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
Founded: 1976
 Industry: Petroleum
Products: Oil, LPG
Employees: 10,778
HPCL is a Fortune 500 company, with an annual turnover of over Rs 91,448 crores ($20892
Million) (FY 2006-07), 16% Refining & Marketing share in India and a strong market
infrastructure.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Founded:
7. Industry:Petroleum
Products: Petril, Diesel, Kerosene, LPG and PetroChemicals
Employees: ~36,217
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. is currently India’s largest company by sales with a turnover of Rs.
247,479 crore (US $59.22 billion), and profit of Rs. 6963 crore (US $ 1.67 billion) for fiscal
2007.
IndianOil is also the highest ranked Indian company in the prestigious Fortune ‘Global 500′
listing, having moved up 18 places to the 135th position in 2007. It is also the 20th largest
petroleum company in the world. IndianOil’s vision is driven by a group of dynamic leaders who
have made it a name to reckon with.
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
8. Founded:1986
Industry: TeleCommunication
National Aluminium Company Limited
9. Industry: Aluminium
Founded:
NMDC Limited
Industry:Exploration of wide range of minerals including iron ore,
10. copper, rock phosphate, lime stone, dolomite, gypsum, bentonite,
magnesite, diamond, tin, tungsten, graphite, beach sands etc
Founded:1958
India’s single largest iron ore producer and exporter, presently producing 27.07 million tons of
iron ore from 3 fully mechanised mines viz., Bailadila Deposit-14/11C, Bailadila Deposit-
5,10/11A (Chhattisgarh State) and Donimalai Iron Ore Mines (Karnataka State) which are
awarded ISO 9001-2000 certification.
NTPC Limited
11. Industry:Electrical Power Generation
Founded: 1975
NTPC Limited is the largest power generating company of India. A public sector company, it
was incorporated in the year 1975 to accelerate power development in the country as a wholly
owned company of the Government of India. At present, Government of India holds 89.5% of the
total equity shares of the company and the balance 10.5% is held by FIIs, Domestic Banks, Public
and others.
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
12. Founded:
Industry: Oil and Natural Gas
13. Power Finance Corporation Limited
Industry: Indian Power Sec tor - Financial Institution in power &
financial sectors
 Founded: 1986
Employees: 307
Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (Government of India Undertaking under the administrative
control of Ministry of Power, Government of India) was conceived and came into existence in the
year 1986 with a view to inter-alia provide a range of fund based and non fund based support to
Indian power sector.
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
Industry: Indian Electrical Power Sector - the Central Transmission
14.
Utility of India
Founded:
Establishment and operation of Regional and National Power Grids to facilitate transfer of
electric power within and across the regions with Reliability, Security and Economy, on sound
commercial principles.
Rural Electrification Corporation Limited
15. Industry:Rural Electrification
Founded:1969
Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), was incorporated on July 25, 1969 under
the Companies Act 1956. REC is a wholly owned Government of India Public Sector Enterprise
with a net worth of Rs. 5368 Crore. Its main objective is to finance and promote rural
electrification projects all over the country. It provides financial assistance to State Electricity
Boards, State Government Departments and Rural Electric Cooperatives for rural electrification
projects as are sponsored by them.
Steel Authority of India Limited
16. Founded:1954
Industry:Steel and Iron
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is the leading steel-making company in India. It is a
fully integrated iron and steel maker, producing both basic and special steels for domestic
construction, engineering, power, railway, automotive and defence industries and for sale in
export markets.
Miniratna Category - I CPSEs
1. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited
2. Bharat Dynamics Limited
3. BEML Limited
4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
5. Bongaigaon Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited
6. Central Warehousing Corporation
7. Central Coalfields Limited
8. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited
9. Coal India Limited
10. Container Corporation of India Limited
11. Dredging Corporation of India Limited
12. Engineers India Limited
13. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited
14. Goa Shipyard Limited
15. Hindustan Latex Limited
16. Hindustan Newsprint Limited
17. Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited
18. India Tourism Development Corporation Limited
19. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited
20. IRCON International Limited
21. Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited
22. Mazagaon Docks Limited
23. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
24. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited
25. MMTC Limited
26. MSTC Limited
27. National Fertilizers Limited
28. Neyveli Lignite Corporation
29. NHPC Limited
30. Northern Coalfields Limited
31. Numaligarh Refinery Limited
32. Oil India Limited
33. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited
34. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
35. RITES Limited
36. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited
37. Shipping Corporation of India Limited
38. South Eastern Coalfields Limited
39. State Trading Corporation of India Limited
40. Telecommunications Consultants (India) Limited
41. Western Coalfields Limited
Miniratna Category-II CPSEs
42. Educational Consultants (I) Limited
43. Engineering Projects (I) Limited
44. Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited
45. HMT (International) Limited
46. HSCC (India) Limited
47. India Trade Promotion Organization
48. Indian Medicines Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited
49. Manganese Ore India Limited
50. M E C O N Limited
51. National Film Development Corporation Limited
52. P E C Limited
53. Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited
54. Water & Power Consultancy (India) Limited