Question : HANDING OVER BARODA UNIT OF IPCL TO IOC

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(a) whether the Government has decided to hand over Baroda unit of IPCL to IOC; and

(b) if so, the steps taken so far in this direction?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS &FERTILIZERS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)

(a) and (b): The Government had earlier decided that the Vadodara unit of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL), after proper valuation, be transferred to the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Due to the wide variation in the perception of the two companies about the valuation of the Vadodara complex, they could not arrive at a mutually acceptable valuation. The proposal was, therefore, dropped.