Privatisation-bound Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd’s (BPCL) new owner will after three years of takeover get a right to decide on retaining the business of selling subsidised LPG, which in the intervening period will be transferred into a new unit to continue the flow of government subsidy, a top official said.
Government subsidy will continue to be given to BPCL customers if the new owner chooses to retain the business after three years, the official said.
The firm’s cooking gas LPG customers will be transferred to other state-owned firms, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), in case the new owner does not want to continue with such a business, the official added.
