|
Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has topped in the
list of 34 Indian firms in the Forbes list of
2000 corporate giants across the world. The ranking
is based on sales, profits, assets and stock market
value.
At
the top of the Indian list is ONGC, ranked 239 in the
overall global ranking, is followed by Reliance Industries
with an overall global ranking 258, State Bank of India,
which is globally at 326 and Indian Oil, with an overall
global ranking 399.
In
the ranking for Indian firms there are five oil and
gas companies, four software giants, three each dealing
in materials and capital goods, two utilities, and one
food, consumer durable and telecommunications major.
In
the IT segment Tata Consultancy is ranked 1,047 following
Infosys Technologies (1,130), Wipro (1,233) and Satyam
Computer Services (1,874).
Bajaj
Auto is the only Consumer Durables company ranked 1916
and Bharti Airtel is the only Indian telecommunications
company ranked 1,149 among 2000 giants
Citigroup
has been ranked number 1 in Forbes 2000 followed by
Bank of America, HSBC Holdings, General Electric, JP
Morgan Chase, American Intl Group, ExxonMobil (all American),
Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands), UBS (Switzerland) and
ING Group (Netherlands).
The
2007 rankings indicate that globalisation is the essential
element for business to prosper. Forbes says this year''s
comprehensive list of global superstars values the world''s
largest public companies including the hottest companies
and best performers across 27 industries.
| |
Rank
|
Company
|
Industry
|
| 1 |
239
|
Oil
& Natural Gas
|
Oil
& Gas Operations
|
| 2 |
258
|
Reliance
Industries
|
Oil
& Gas Operations
|
| 3 |
326
|
State
Bank of India Group
|
Banking
|
| 4 |
399
|
Indian
Oil
|
Oil
& Gas Operations
|
| 5 |
494
|
NTPC
|
Utilities
|
| 6 |
536
|
Icici
Bank
|
Banking
|
| 7 |
800
|
Steel
Authority of India
|
Materials
|
| 8 |
1047
|
Tata
Consultancy Svcs
|
Software
& Services
|
| 9 |
1128
|
Tata
Steel
|
Materials
|
| 10 |
1130
|
Infosys
Technologies
|
Software
& Services
|
| 11 |
1149
|
Bharti
Airtel
|
Telecommunications
Services
|
| 12 |
1197
|
HDFC-Housing
Devel
|
Banking
|
| 13 |
1233
|
Wipro
|
Software
& Services
|
| 14 |
1235
|
Tata
Motors
|
Capital
Goods
|
| 15 |
1256
|
ITC
|
Food
Drink & Tobacco
|
| 16 |
1278
|
GAIL
(India)
|
Utilities
|
| 17 |
1308
|
Punjab
National Bank
|
Banking
|
| 18 |
1313
|
Bharat
Heavy Electricals
|
Capital
Goods
|
| 19 |
1360
|
Canara
Bank
|
Banking
|
| 20 |
1372
|
Bharat
Petroleum
|
Oil
& Gas Operations
|
| 21 |
1376
|
HDFC
Bank
|
Banking
|
| 22 |
1380
|
Larsen
& Toubro
|
Capital
Goods
|
| 23 |
1460
|
Hindustan
Petroleum
|
Oil
& Gas Operations
|
| 24 |
1585
|
Bank
of Baroda
|
Banking
|
| 25 |
1691
|
Bank
of India
|
Banking
|
| 26 |
1700
|
Hindustan
Zinc
|
Materials
|
| 27 |
1767
|
Indl
Dev Bank of India
|
Banking
|
| 28 |
1772
|
Union
Bank of India
|
Banking
|
| 29 |
1874
|
Satyam
Computer Services
|
Software
& Services
|
| 30 |
1916
|
Bajaj
Auto
|
Consumer
Durables
|
| 31 |
1931
|
UCO
Bank
|
Banking
|
| 32 |
1943
|
Syndicate
Bank
|
Banking
|
| 33 |
1946
|
Indian
Overseas Bank
|
Banking
|
| 34 |
1974
|
Oriental
Bank of Commerce
|
Banking
|
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