Question : EXPENDITURE ON ADVERTISEMENTS BY OIL PSUs

he expenditure incurred by the Public Sector Oil Companies on advertisements of their products during each of the last three years, company-wise?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS AND PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI MANI SHANKAR AIYAR)

The expenditure incurred by major Oil PSUs on advertisements of their products during each of the last three years is as under as intimated by the PSUs concerned:

(Rs. in crore)
Name of Oil PSUs 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
GAIL (India) Ltd. Nil 4.51 4.82 Indian Oil Corporation Limited 20.83 42.88 73.19 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. 22.95 40.74 35.26 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. 50.72 54.03 36.26 IBP Co. Ltd. 4.38 4.49 1.64