Maha Navratna PSUs

Maha Navratna PSUs are the biggest Public Sector Undertakings (PSU)'s of India. Presently (ONGC , IOCL , NTPC , {{CIL}COAL INDIA LIMITED} and SAIL) these five are the officially declared Maha Navratnas Companies. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd BSNL is expected to be the 6th Maha Navratna PSU.On 21.05.2010, Indian Oil, ONGC, SAIL and NTPC have been declared as Maha navratnas. But only NTPC will be able to exercise the authority since the other companies are not having the requisite nos. of independent Directors in their Boards.

These companies shall be allowed to take decisions on projects independently of Govt for values up to Rs 5000/- crores.

Companies like BHEL , HPCL,BPCL,HAL,etc have demanded the maharatna status from govt.

See also

• http://telecomtalk.info/bsnl-will-get-maha-navratna-status/5964/
• http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/Centre-weighs-maha-navratna-tag-for-top-PSUs/articleshow/3643985.cms
• http://www.indianexpress.com/news/just-a-third-of-navratnas-make-the-maharatna-grade/549740/