Lok Sabha Question No. 261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Foreign Trips by Officials
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: RAM CHARITRA

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION  No. 261 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 18 th  DECEMBER, 2017

## FOREIGN TRIPS BY OFFICIALS

261.  SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD: पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has asked its public sector companies to give details of perks, foreign trips performed by their officials; (b)  if so, the details thereof; (c)  whether  the  Government  has  received  response  from  these  public  sector

- companies; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (d) : The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas had asked the public sector  companies  under  its  administrative  jurisdiction  to  furnish  details  of foreign trips undertaken by all officers of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) during the last three  years.  The response has been received from the oil and gas PSUs. The details are at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  261  FOR  18.12.2017  REGARDING  'FOREIGN TRIPS BY OFFICIALS' ASKED BY SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD.

Details of foreign trips undertaken  by  officers  of  oil  and  gas  Public  Sector Undertakings  under  the  administrative  jurisdiction  of  Ministry  of  Petroleum  and Natural Gas, during the last three years.

| Sl.No.   | PSUs                                                 | No. of official tours undertaken by officers   | No. of official tours undertaken by officers   | No. of official tours undertaken by officers   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.   | PSUs                                                 | 2014-15                                        | 2015-16                                        | 2016-17                                        |
| 1.       | Oil India Limited (OIL)                              | 229                                            | 219                                            | 190                                            |
| 2.       | Engineers India Limited (EIL)                        | 920                                            | 962                                            | 667                                            |
| 3.       | GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL)                          | 245                                            | 281                                            | 200                                            |
| 4.       | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)               | 630                                            | 530                                            | 596                                            |
| 5        | ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL)                            | 381                                            | 430                                            | 486                                            |
| 6        | Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)                | 381                                            | 541                                            | 469                                            |
| 7        | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)          | 167                                            | 200                                            | 175                                            |
| 8.       | Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd                              | 26                                             | 18                                             | 22                                             |
| 9.       | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)       | 70                                             | 108                                            | 81                                             |
| 10.      | Biecco Lawrie Limited                                | Nil                                            | Nil                                            | Nil                                            |
| 11.      | Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) | 35                                             | 29                                             | 14                                             |
| 12.      | Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)         | 4                                              | 3                                              | 9                                              |
| 13.      | Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL)                    | 40                                             | 19                                             | 22                                             |
| 14.      | Bharat PetroResources Limited (BPRL)                 | 25                                             | 42                                             | 72                                             |