Oil marketing companies (OMCs) continue to take a hit on sale of petroleum products due to delay in government subsidy.
Sources at Oil India tell CNBC-TV18 that the company is preparing a warchest of Rs 6000-7000 crore for the purpose of mergers and acquisitions, both foreign and domestic.
PK Goyal, director of finance at IOC, said that as per the official letter received by the Ministry of Petroleum, IOC’s share in the additional subsidy for upstream companies is only Rs. 2,300 crore but the company will still be having a subsidy burden of Rs 3,800 crore for this year.