Question
State and explain government companies.

Answer

Government company:
  • A company owned by central and/or state government is called a government company. It operates as per the Company Law, $2013.$
  • Either whole of the capital or majority of the shares are owned by the government. In some cases, private investment is also encouraged but at least $51\%$ shares are held by the government.
  • These units do not work under direct control of government.
Example:
Hindustan Machine Tools, Oil and Natural Gas Limited, Indian Oil Corporation, etc

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