Countdown to International Yoga Day: Bharat Petroleum joins PSUs in celebrating ‘Yoga Utsav 2022’

May 03,2022

Countdown to International Yoga Day: Bharat Petroleum joins PSUs in celebrating ‘Yoga Utsav 2022’

Mumbai: As a countdown to International Yoga Day observed on June 21 every year, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company along with other PSUs celebrated ‘Yoga Utsav 2022’. The Company followed Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs and Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon’ble Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labour & Employment.

Organized by The Ministry of AYUSH and The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, the Company conducted Yoga sessions at five locations - Kochi Refinery, Uran LPG, Dharwad LPG, Durgapur LPG and Patna LPG. The event saw an active participation of people from Refineries, LPG bottling plants, Depots and other service stations of the Company.

Around 300 employees across BPCL’s various offices along with their family members participated in this session. The virtual session was also conducted wherein CMD Shri Arun Kumar Singh and other senior Directors of the firm participated.

The International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21 every year following its inception in the United Nations General Assembly in 2014 after PM Narendra Modi proposed the idea, which was endorsed by 175 countries.  

Other state-run oil marketing companies too celebrated Yoga sessions at 200 locations across the country in which their employees and family members participated in large numbers. The Ministry of AYUSH and the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas have taken up celebrations at various locations to build-up to the main event, which will be held on International Yoga Day.

About Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL):

Fortune Global 500 Company, Bharat Petroleum is the second largest Indian Oil Marketing Company and one of the premier integrated energy companies in India, engaged in refining of crude oil and marketing of petroleum products, with a significant presence in the upstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry.

The company attained the coveted Maharatna status, joining the elite club of companies having greater operational & financial autonomy.

Bharat Petroleum’s Refineries at Mumbai & Kochi and subsidiary Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd., at Bina, Madhya Pradesh have a combined refining capacity of around 35.3 MMTPA. Its marketing infrastructure includes a network of installations, depots, energy stations, aviation service stations and LPG distributors. Its distribution network comprises over 20,000 Energy Stations, over 6,100 LPG distributorships, 733 Lubes distributorships, 123 POL storage locations, 53 LPG Bottling Plants, 60 Aviation Service Stations, 3 Lube blending plants and 4 cross-country pipelines.

Bharat Petroleum is integrating its strategy, investments, environmental and social ambitions to move towards a sustainable planet. The company has chalked out the plan to offer electric vehicle charging stations at around 7000 energy stations over next 5 years.

With a focus on sustainable solutions, the company is developing a vibrant ecosystem and a road-map to become a Net Zero Energy Company by 2040, in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.  Bharat Petroleum has been partnering communities by supporting innumerable initiatives connected primarily in the areas of education, water conservation, skill development, health, community development, capacity building and employee volunteering. With ‘Energising Lives’ as its core purpose, Bharat Petroleum’s vision is to be the most admired global energy company leveraging talent, innovation & technology.