PSUs are milching cows for the government. BSNL may be in loss for the last four years due to the neo-liberal policies and inefficient management, but there are many other PSUs which are still making good profit. The following 10 PSUs have given a total amount of Rs. 36,441.74 crore dividend to the government in 2012-13. This is more than Rs. 4,507.64 crore paid in 2011-12, which was Rs. 31,934.10 crore.

Coal India      Rs. 8,842.90 crore   Indian Oil Corpn   Rs. 1,505.33 cr.

ONGC            Rs. 8,127.74 crore    BHEL                   Rs. 1,324.15 cr

NTPC             Rs. 4,741.14 crore    GAIL                    Rs. 1,217.74 cr.

NMDC            Rs. 2,775.29 crore     Power Fin. Corpn  Rs.    924.01 cr.

Oil India         Rs. 1,803.42 crore     SAIL                     Rs.    826.11 cr.

Total              Rs. 36,441.74 crore.