OREANDA-NEWS. October 12, 2012. HPCL has been conferred with Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar [Third Prize] by Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs - Rajbhasha Vibhag for the year 2010-11 under PSU category for excellent performance in "B" Region.This Award has been Conferred on HPCL for the fifth time in a row.

Seen in the photo His Excellency, President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee seen presenting the Award to C&MD of HPCL Shri S.Roy Choudhury, in the presence of Hon’ble Minister of Home Affairs Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) (BSE: 500104, NSE: HINDPETRO) is an Indian state-owned oil and natural gas company based at Mumbai, Maharashtra. HPCL has been ranked 267th in the Fortune Global 500 rankings of the world's biggest corporations for the year 2012.

HPCL is a Fortune Global 500 company as per the ranking of 2011 and was ranked at position 311.

HPCL was featured on the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2009 at position 1002

It is 10th most valuable brand in India according to an annual survey conducted by Brand Finance and The Economic Times in 2010.