PSUs step up payout by Rs 869 crore

40 undertakings proposed or paid dividend of Rs 12,510 crore in 2003-04

Bonanza time
(Rs)	Dividend per share
	2003	2004
ONGC	30.0	24.0
Indian Oil Corp	29.0	21.0
HPCL	20.0	22.0
GAIL	7.0	8.0
SBI	8.5	11.0
BPCL	15.0	17.5
Shipping Corp	3.0	17.0
MTNL	4.5	4.5
Neyveli Lignite	1.4	1.4
Canara Bank	3.5	5.0
Bank of Baroda	6.0	6.5
Kochi Refineries	10.0	12.0
Bank of India	3.0	3.0
Union Bank of India	2.1	3.5
Bongaigaon Refinery	2.7	7.7

  Of this, Rs 8,527 crore went to the government