Oil and Natural Gas Corporation cuts debt by 35 per cent to Rs 13,949 crore

NEW DELHI: State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation NSE 1.02 % (ONGC) has cut its debt by more than one-third but faces an uphill challenge to meeting planned expenditure during current fiscal due to oil and gas prices falling below sub-optimal levels, according to company officials and regulatory filings.

ONGC’s outstanding debt of Rs 21,593 crore as on March 31, 2019 has come down to Rs 13,949 crore as on March 31, 2020, as it used revenue from better operations to retire some of the borrowings, according to the company’s regulatory filings.