State-owned oil companies provided employment to 3,872 persons in the fiscal 2010-11, a government statement said today.
"Oil and Natural Gas Corporation [ONGC] recruited the highest 1,426 personnel, followed by Indian OIl Corporation [IOC] with 989 recruitments," it said.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) hired 362 persons, Engineers India (291), Hindustan Petroleum (275), Oil India (237) and GAIL India recruited 218 personnel.
Balmer Lawrie hired 42, Beicco Lawrie (15) and Numaligarh Refinery (17).
"More than one-third of the new recruitments were from SC, ST and OBC categories. While 546 persons belong to SC category, 296 persons to ST category and 562 personnel to OBC category," the statement said.
Of the 3,872 personnel hired, 1,494 were management cadre and rest 2,378 non-management cadre. ONGC hired six in management cadre and 1,420 in non-management grade.