NEW DELHI : Government has extended the deadline for submission of expression of interest (EoI) for privatization of Bharat Petroleum Corp.
Ltd (BPCL) by more than a month to 13 June amid lockdowns in many countries including India due to the covid-19 outbreak and slump in global crude oil prices.
Interested bidders can now submit preliminary information memorandum (PIM) by 16 May instead of 4 April earlier and EoIs by 13 June instead of 2 May notified earlier. “The above changes are in view of the requests received from the Interested Bidders (IBs) and the prevailing situation arising out of COVID-19.
Further changes with respect to the Important Dates, if any, will be communicated to the Interested Bidders subsequently," DIPAM said in a