- As per the Public Enterprises Survey 2017-18, which mapped the performance of central public sector units, the top three most profitable PSUs in FY18 were:
- Top- Indian Oil Corporation (13.37%)
- Second- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) (12.49%)
- Third- NTPC (6.48%)
- BSNL, Air India and MTNL were the top three worst performing PSUs and contributed 52.15 per cent of the total loss incurred by CPSEs in 2017-18.
- There were 339 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) in 2017-18, out of which 257 were in operation. Remaining 82 of the CPSEs were under construction.
- Total paid up capital in 339 CPSEs as on 31.3.2018 stood at Rs.2,49,988 crore
