India’s important Maharatna CPSEs include the following:
No.
Public Sector Company
Headquarters
1
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
New Delhi
2
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
Mumbai
3
Coal India Limited (CIL)
Kolkata
4
GAIL (India) Limited
New Delhi
5
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
Mumbai
6
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
New Delhi
7
NTPC Limited
New Delhi
8
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
New Delhi
9
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
Gurugram
10
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
New Delhi
11
Rashtriya Thermal Power Corporation / NTPC
New Delhi
12
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCFL)
Mumbai
13
Oil India Limited (OIL)
Duliajan, Assam
Exam note: Maharatna status is a classification under the Government of India’s public-enterprise framework. The exact list of Maharatna CPSEs can change when the government grants or revises status.
2. Navratna Public Sector Companies
No.
Public Sector Company
Headquarters
1
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
Bengaluru
2
Container Corporation of India (CONCOR)
New Delhi
3
Engineers India Limited (EIL)
New Delhi
4
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
Bengaluru
5
National Aluminium Company (NALCO)
Bhubaneswar
6
National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC)
New Delhi
7
National Fertilizers Limited (NFL)
Noida
8
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)
Faridabad
9
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)
Hyderabad
10
Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLC India)
Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
11
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)
New Delhi
12
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF)
Mumbai
13
RITES Limited
Gurugram
14
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI)
Mumbai
15
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)
New Delhi
16
SJVN Limited
Shimla
17
Engineers India Limited
New Delhi
18
Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC)
New Delhi
3. Miniratna Public Sector Companies
Miniratna CPSEs are divided into Category-I and Category-II.
Important Category-I Miniratna CPSEs
Company
Headquarters
Airports Authority of India (AAI)
New Delhi
Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL)
Dhanbad
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
Hyderabad
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
New Delhi
Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)
New Delhi
Cochin Shipyard Limited
Kochi
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE)
Kolkata
Goa Shipyard Limited
Goa
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
New Delhi
Indian Railway Construction International Limited (IRCON)
New Delhi
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI)
Hyderabad
MSTC Limited
Kolkata
National Seeds Corporation
New Delhi
RailTel Corporation of India
New Delhi
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)
Visakhapatnam
Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC)
Rishikesh
WAPCOS Limited
Gurugram
4. Major Oil & Gas Public Sector Companies
Company
Headquarters
Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL)
New Delhi
Bharat Petroleum (BPCL)
Mumbai
Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL)
Mumbai
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
New Delhi
GAIL India
New Delhi
Oil India Limited
Duliajan, Assam
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA)
New Delhi
Engineers India Limited (EIL)
New Delhi
Petronet LNG
New Delhi
5. Major Power Sector PSUs
Company
Headquarters
NTPC Limited
New Delhi
Power Grid Corporation of India
Gurugram
NHPC Limited
Faridabad
SJVN Limited
Shimla
THDC India Limited
Rishikesh
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
New Delhi
Power Finance Corporation (PFC)
New Delhi
Rural Electrification Corporation (REC)
New Delhi
Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL)
Mumbai
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA)
New Delhi
6. Major Defence PSUs
Company
Headquarters
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
Bengaluru
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
Bengaluru
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
Hyderabad
BEML Limited
Bengaluru
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI)
Hyderabad
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE)
Kolkata
Cochin Shipyard Limited
Kochi
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
Mumbai
Goa Shipyard Limited
Vasco da Gama, Goa
Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)
Bengaluru
7. Major Railway PSUs
Company
Headquarters
Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC)
New Delhi
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
New Delhi
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)
New Delhi
RailTel Corporation of India
New Delhi
IRCON International
New Delhi
Container Corporation of India (CONCOR)
New Delhi
RITES Limited
Gurugram
8. Major Mining & Metal PSUs
Company
Headquarters
Coal India Limited (CIL)
Kolkata
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)
Hyderabad
National Aluminium Company (NALCO)
Bhubaneswar
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
New Delhi
Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL)
Kolkata
MOIL Limited
Nagpur
KIOCL Limited
Bengaluru
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)
Visakhapatnam
Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL)
Dhanbad
9. Major Banking & Financial Public Sector Companies/Institutions
Although public sector banks are technically public sector banks rather than CPSEs, they are extremely important for banking exams.
Institution
Headquarters
State Bank of India (SBI)
Mumbai
Bank of Baroda
Vadodara
Punjab National Bank (PNB)
New Delhi
Canara Bank
Bengaluru
Union Bank of India
Mumbai
Bank of India
Mumbai
Indian Bank
Chennai
Bank of Maharashtra
Pune
Central Bank of India
Mumbai
UCO Bank
Kolkata
Indian Overseas Bank
Chennai
Punjab & Sind Bank
New Delhi
10. Major Insurance PSUs
Company
Headquarters
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
Mumbai
New India Assurance Company
Mumbai
United India Insurance Company
Chennai
National Insurance Company
Kolkata
Oriental Insurance Company
New Delhi
General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re)
Mumbai
11. Major Aviation & Transport PSUs
Company
Headquarters
Airports Authority of India (AAI)
New Delhi
Pawan Hans
New Delhi
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
New Delhi
Shipping Corporation of India
Mumbai
Cochin Shipyard
Kochi
RITES
Gurugram
CONCOR
New Delhi
12. Major Fertilizer & Chemical PSUs
Company
Headquarters
Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT)
Kochi
National Fertilizers Limited (NFL)
Noida
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF)
Mumbai
Madras Fertilizers Limited
Chennai
Fertilizer Corporation of India
New Delhi
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO)
New Delhi
Exam Note: IFFCO is a multi-state cooperative, not a CPSE, but is frequently included in static-GK lists because of its importance in the fertilizer sector.
13. Major Telecom & Technology PSUs
Company
Headquarters
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
New Delhi
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
New Delhi
RailTel Corporation of India
New Delhi
Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL)
