Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 17:41
The Oil Ministry on October 31 issued orders asking upstream oil and gas producers like ONGC and Oil India Ltd (OIL) to give Rs 16,729.74 crore to make up for 47 percent of the Rs 35,328 crore revenue that retailers lost on selling diesel, domestic LPG and kerosene at government controlled rates in second quarter.