This document discusses Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in India. PSUs are government-owned corporations where the government holds over 51% of shares. Key areas for PSUs include defense, atomic energy, railways, and air transport. PSUs play an important role in agriculture through public sector banks and employ over 200 companies divided between central and state governments. The document outlines categories of highly profitable PSUs like Maharatna and Navratna companies and provides examples in each category.

1. PUBLIC SECTOR
UNDERTAKING

2. GROUP MEMBERS
 SUNIL KUMAR JANGID
 DEEPAK ARYA
 PAYEL GHOSH
 PARVEEN KUMAR
 RAHUL KUMAR
 ANUP KUMAR
 IMRAN KHAN

3. INTRODUCTION
 The government-owned corporations
are termed as Public Sector
Undertakings (PSUs) in India
 In a PSU majority (51% or more) of the
paid up share capital is held by central
government or by any state government
or partly by the central governments
and partly by one or more state
governments.

4.  Arms & Ammunition and the allied
items of defence equipments, defence
air-crafts and warships
 Atomic Energy (except in the areas
related to the operation of nuclear
power and applications of radiation and
radio-isotopes to agriculture, medicine
and non-strategic industries)
 Railways transport, air transport etc.
come under PSUs.

5. ROLE OF PUBLIC SECTOR
UNDERTAKINGS
 As agriculture is the backbone of Indian
economy, Public Sector Banks (PSBs)
play a crucial role in pushing the
agricultural economy
 They are less concerned with making
profits as compared to private sector but
they need profits

6.  The Indian Public Sector Undertakings
are legal business entities
 A number of PSUs are highly profitable
and denoted as ‘Maharatnas’ and
'Navaratnas'. A prominent example of a
Maharatna company is ONGC.

7.  The Public Sector Undertakings of
Indian Government, number more
than 200 commercially functioning
companies
 These undertakings are divided into
two parts – state and central.

8. MAHARATNA COMPANIES
 Coal India Limited
 Indian Oil Corporation Limited
 NTPC Limited
 Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
 Steel Authority of India Limited

9. NAVRATNA COMPANIES
 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
 Bharat Electronics Limited
 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Limited
 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
 National Aluminium Company Limited
 National Mineral Development
Corporation Limited

10. NAVRATNA COMPANIES
 Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
 Oil India Limited
 Power Finance Corporation Limited
 Power Grid Corporation of India
Limited
 Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
 Rural Electrification Corporation
Limited
 Shipping Corporation of India Limited
 GAIL (India) Limited

11. MINIRATNA CATEGORY - I
 Airports Authorityof India
 Antrix Corporation Limited
 Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited
 Bharat Dynamics Limited
 BEML Limited
 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
 Bridge & Roof Company (India)
Limited

12.  Central Warehousing Corporation
 Central Coalfields Limited
 Chennai Petroleum Corporation
Limited
 Cochin Shipyard Limited
 Container Corporation of India Limited

13. MINIRATNA CATEGORY-II
 Bharat Pumps & Compressors Limited
 Broadcast Engineering Consultants (I)
Limited
 Central Mine Planning & Design Institute
Limited
 Ed.CIL (India) Limited
 Engineering Projects (India) Limited
 FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals India
Limited
 Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited
 HMT (International) Limited

14. NEED OF PSUs
 Economic development
 Development of backward Areas
 Employment generation
 Defence
 Labour welfare
 Consumer welfare
 Public utilities
 Self-reliance