Indian Oil ranks highest

Indian Oil Corp is ranked highest at 161st among Indian firms, while another state-run firm ONGC has moved out of the rankings for 2016. Private gems and jewellery major Rajesh Exports has made its debut at 423rd position.

Reliance Industries

Among the seven Indian companies, four are from the public sector while Reliance Industries is the top-ranked among private sector firms, followed by Tata Motors and Rajesh Exports. Among state-run majors, Indian Oil is followed by banking behemoth SBI, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum.

Revenue of Indian Oil

Indian Oil is ranked 161st with revenue of US $54.7 billion (down from 119th last year), while RIL is now at 215th (down from 158th). Bharat Petroleum slipped from 280th to 358th this year, and Hindustan Petroleum is at 367th, down from 327th.

SBI and Tata

Tata Motors and SBI have improved their position. While Tata Motors has taken the 226th position, up from 254th last year, SBI is ranked 232nd, up from 260th last year.

Global 10 companies

Others in the global top 10 companies include Sinopec Group (4th, US $294,344 million), Royal Dutch Shell (5th, US $272,156 million), Exxon Mobil (6th, US $246,204 million), Volkswagen (7th, US $236,600 million), Toyota Motor (8th, US $236,592 million), Apple (9th, US $233,715 million) and BP (10th, US $225,982 million). The worlds 500 largest companies generated US $27.6 trillion in revenues and US $1.5 trillion in profits in 2015, Fortune said. Together, this years Fortune Global 500 companies employ 67 million people worldwide and are represented by 33 countries, Fortune added.