Centre ready for talks on IOCL-Odisha govt face off

Is open to increasing its commitment in financing IOCL's 15-million-tonne crude refinery at Paradeep

The Centre is ready for a fresh dialogue to break the deadlock between the Odisha government and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) over award of fiscal incentives to the company’s 15-million-tonne crude oil refinery at Paradeep
 
“The present government at the Centre is not responsible for the delay in setting up of the project (of IOCL). The expansion of the refinery’s capacity from nine million tonnes to 15 million tonnes is good for the people of the state. If the Odisha government feels that there should be more financial support from the Centre to minimise the state’s burden, we are