Question : MERGER OF COCHIN REFINERIES AND MADRAS REFINERIES WITH OIL COMPANIES



(a) whether a proposal to merge Cochin Refineries Limited and Madras Refineries Ltd., with public sector oil companies is under consideration of the Government;

(b) if so, the reasons therefore; and (

(c) the extent to which the merger of Cochin Refineries with oil companies is going to benefit the oil companies ?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a) to (c ): The Government have yet to take a view on the subject.