38-821: The Durand Cup (also called the IndianOil Durand Cup Powered by Coal India Limited for sponsorship reasons) is an annual domestic football competition in India which was first held in 1888 in Shimla , Himachal Pradesh . Hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) and the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the tournament is the oldest existing club football tournament in Asia and
76-717: A combined refining capacity of 80.7 million tonnes per year. Indian Oil's cross-country pipeline network, for the transport of crude oil to refineries and finished products to high-demand centres, spans over 13,000 km. The company has a throughput capacity of 80.49 million tonnes per year for crude oil and petroleum products and 9.5 million cubic metres per day at standard conditions for gas. On 19 November 2017, IOCL, in collaboration with Ola , launched India's first electric charging station at one of its petrol-diesel stations in Nagpur. Indian governments' National Electric Mobility Mission Plan launched in 2013 aims at gradually ensuring
114-533: A hat-trick, as runners-up in 2008. Since 2000, only twice the tournament was won by the Indian Armed Force teams – Army XI in 2005 and Army Green in 2016 . In 2013 , Mohammedan SC would win the tournament for the second time after 73 years and for the first time since the independence of India. Due to lack of adequate response in New Delhi, the following year Durand Cup was relocated to Goa, under
152-576: A provision of 1,600 temporary seats. The two competitive pitches are flood-lit with foldable floodlight towers (hinged mast lights) which will provide 2,200 lux illumination during the competition. This will enable high definition TV transmission. Both the pitches are equipped with facilities for the players like change rooms, relaxation lounges and a VVIP lounge. The stadium is air-conditioned and fitted with lifts. There are barrier free provisions for athletes and spectators who are physically challenged. The stadium will get its power supply from two grids with
190-593: A stake in Phinergy ( Israel ) for manufacturing, development, and sale of aluminum-air batteries (Al-Air batteries) for electric vehicles . This joint venture is ready to facilitate the development of Al-Air technology by intending to set up a factory in India. Indian Oil Corporation has two major domestic competitors – Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum – and both are state-controlled, like Indian Oil Corporation. Major private competitors include – Reliance Petroleum , Essar Oil and Shell . India has begun
228-423: A vehicle population of 6 to 8 million electric and hybrid vehicles in India by 2020. Servo is the lubricants brand under which IOCL operates its lubricant business. Servo is the largest selling lubricant brand in both automotive and industrial segments. It is said that deals with Royal Dutch Shell and Surgutneftegas and Chevron Corporation have been signed for exclusive business plans for supply in Asia with
266-485: A year of halt due to Sino-Indian War , the tournament would get dominated by Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, with Border Security Force and JCT FC challenging their dominant run at times. In 1997, FC Kochin became the first South Indian club to get their hands on the Durand Cup. Mahindra United FC won the first title of the 3rd millennium and their second time, following its 1998 win. In 2006, Osian's became
304-607: Is a field hockey stadium in New Delhi , India . The stadium is named after former Indian field hockey player, Dhyan Chand . It served as the venue for the 1st Asian Games in 1951. The stadium was built in 1933 as a gift for Delhi from the Maharaja of Bhavnagar . It was originally a multipurpose stadium named the Irwin Amphitheatre . It was designed by Anthony S. DeMillo and opened by Lord Willingdon . As per
342-587: Is an Indian multinational oil and gas company under the ownership of Government of India and administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas . It is a public sector undertaking which is registered in Mumbai but headquartered in New Delhi . It is the largest government-owned oil producer in the country both in terms of capacity and revenue. It has consolidated refining capacity of 80.55MMTPA. Indian Oil's business interests overlap
380-419: Is named after its founder Sir Henry Mortimer Durand , the foreign secretary of India from 1884 to 1894. It was first began as a football tournament for different departments and regiments of Armed forces of India and the princely states. Since independence , the army's presence is maintained by the participation of several clubs of different regiments Indian Armed Forces as guest invitees. Army Green became
418-480: Is ranked 94th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations as of 2022. As of 31 March 2021, Indian Oil has 31,648 employees, out of which 17,762 are executives and 13,876 non-executives, while 2,776 are women. In May 2018, IOCL became India's most profitable government corporation for the second consecutive year, with a record profit of ₹21,346 crores in 2017–18. In February 2020,
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#1732775994458456-482: The 1951 Asian Games , Dhyan Chand's name was added in 2002. The Dhyan Chand Stadium was the host venue for the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup . It was also the field hockey venue of the 2010 Commonwealth Games . The stadium underwent a major reconstruction project before the Hockey World Cup 2010. On 24 January 2010 it became the first venue for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be unveiled. The stadium
494-621: The Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India . As of September 2018, it was owned 51% by the Government of India (through the President of India ), and 43% by other entities. The latter included corporate bodies (20%), ONGC (14%), LIC (6%), Foreign portfolio investors (6%), Oil India Limited (5%) and Indian Mutual funds (4%). This was similar to its shareholding in 2017. As of 31 December 2017,
532-673: The Indian and Pakistani dominance of that sport in international events such as the Olympics . The exception to this tradition were the Nepali men of the brigades of Gurkhas . Initially, this tended to leave the field open to the Indian Army until football's popularity took hold and it became the more universal sport it is today. The matches were played in Dagshai , near Shimla , with
570-601: The Indian Oil Company , which are worth 20 billion dollars per year. Subsidiaries include: As On 31 March 2024, IOC's Regular Employee Strength Stands At 30,321. Executives Account For 18,570, non-Executives Account For 11,751. The attrition rate in Indian Oil is around 1.5%. The company spent ₹96.57 billion on employee benefits during the FY 2016–17. Indian Oil's equity shares are listed on
608-609: The Indian Super League and majority of the I-League clubs participate making it open to all clubs across all divisions in India along guest invite teams. The tournament indicates the beginning of an Indian football season across all divisions. It currently hold the status of Football League Cup similar to Carabao EFL Cup in England and not Premier Domestic Cup status which belongs to AIFF Super Cup . The tournament
646-550: The Promoters Government of India held approx. 56.98% of the shares in Indian Oil Corporation. The public held the rest of the shares – 43.02%. This includes Mutual Fund Companies, Foreign Portfolio Investors, Financial Institutions/ Banks, Insurance Companies, Individual Shareholders and Trusts. IOCL's Market cap as of December 2022 was Rs. 1,10,075.05 crore. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) buys
684-511: The 37-acre (150,000 m ) complex. It has three synthetic pitches — two conform to international standards and a third is for practice. It is located adjacent to the Indian Coast Guard Headquarters. A new polygrass turf was laid on all pitches equipped with new sprinkler systems. The main field has a capacity to seat about 16,200 spectators. The second pitch outside the main arena has 900 permanent seats and with
722-434: The Government of West Bengal, till 2025. As the significance of the tournament depraved, usually the participating Indian Super League (ISL) clubs would field their respective reserve squads , in order to focus on the more important league games. However, at 130th edition of the tournament, organisers took an effort to revive the legacy and most clubs decided to field full-strength squads. FC Goa became fourth Goan club to win
760-723: The company signed a deal with the Russian oil company Rosneft to buy 140,000 barrels per day of crude in year 2020. By 1 April 2020, IndianOil was in absolute readiness to launch BS-VI (Bharat Stage VI) fuels in all its retail outlets in Telangana and adopt world-class emission norms. In January 2021, sales were registered at an all time high of 410,000 barrels of oil per day till 26 January 2021. Delek , QatarEnergy , and Saudi Aramco are its largest business partners with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and National Iranian Oil Company signing deals to deliver high production output by
798-729: The development of a strategic crude oil reserve sized at 37.4 million barrels (5,950,000 m ), enough for two weeks of consumption. Petroleum stocks have been transferred from the Indian Oil Corporation to the Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB). The OIDB then created the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL) to serve as the controlling government agency for the strategic reserve. Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium The Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium , commonly known by its former name National Stadium ,
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#1732775994458836-549: The end of 2020. In March 2022, Apollo Hospitals replaced Indian Oil Corporation in Nifty 50 benchmark index. There are seven major business divisions in the organisation: Indian Oil accounts for nearly half of India's petroleum products market share, 35% national refining capacity (together with its subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. or CPCL), and 71% downstream sector pipelines through capacity. The Indian Oil Group owns and operates 11 of India's 23 refineries with
874-551: The entire hydrocarbon value chain , including refining , Pipeline , marketing of petroleum products , exploration and production of Petroleum , natural gas and petrochemicals . Indian Oil has ventured into renewable energy and globalisation of downstream operations. It has subsidiaries in Sri Lanka ( Lanka IOC ), Mauritius (IndianOil (Mauritius) Ltd), and the Middle East (IOC Middle East FZE). Indian Oil
912-604: The fifth oldest national football competition in the world. The tournament currently serves as the curtain raiser for every Indian football season . It is open for any national club of any divisions, with guest invitee teams from different sections of the Indian Armed Forces , keeping the century long tradition intact. Since the inception of the Federation Cup , it became merely an exhibition tournament with invitational participations. However, from 2022 all
950-451: The first civilian organisation to co-host the Durand Cup on a 5-year deal with DFTS until 2010 , in order to develop the tournament and revive the interest in the game. In the following years however, clubs from Goa produced a run of winning form with clubs like Salgaocar FC , Sporting Clube de Goa , Dempo SC and Churchill Brothers FC Goa . Churchill Brothers FC Goa won the tournament thrice in 2007, 2009 and 2011 , and narrowly missed
988-478: The first civilian team to win the tournament at the Irwin Amphitheater . The tournament would get suspended due to the war, which would soon be followed by the Indian independence movement leading to the partition of India . Following the turmoil of in 1947, the Durand Cup was accidentally discovered in the office of Commander-in-Chief Sir Claude Auchinleck and efforts were made in order to shift
1026-467: The group stage round. Each team is allowed to have a maximum of 30 players to complete their rosters. After the round-robin schedule, top teams from each group would progress into the knockout stage, which culminates with 2 teams facing each other in the finals. Unlike any other competition around the world winning team is presented with three trophies: 2–0 IndianOil Indian Oil Corporation Limited ( IOCL or IOC ), trading as Indian Oil ,
1064-692: The inaugural final becoming a Scottish affair, where the first name on the trophy been inscribed was the Royal Scots Fusiliers , who beat the Highland Light Infantry by 2–1. In 1940 the tournament was relocated to the capital city of New Delhi and, with most military units dispatched in World War II , the tournament was opened to civilian teams so as to maintain the level of competition, wherein Mohammedan became
1102-593: The instructions of Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar . The significance of the tournament had dissipated with time but the Indian Armed Forces kept the Durand Tournament tradition alive for decades. The tournament had been scrapped-off from the Indian football calendar a number of times without any significant reason, for instance in the years 2015, 2017 and 2018. In 2019 , the tournament
1140-511: The latest Army team to win the competition in 2016 . The Durand Football Tournament, known as Durand Cup, was started by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand in Shimla in 1888. Sir Henry was recuperating from illness in Shimla in North India . Having become conscious of the value of sport as a means to maintain health, he decided to present a prize to encourage sporting competition in India. In 1940,
1178-516: The original plans of architect of New Delhi Edwin Lutyens , there was to be a garden at the site, to provide a clear view of the historic Purana Quila ( Old Fort ) in the backdrop, as it lay perpendicular to the axis beginning from Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's House) through Rajpath and ending at the India Gate . His plans were however overruled. It was renamed National Stadium before
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1216-418: The three Service Chiefs of Indian Armed Forces . At the first edition of the tournament since the independence of India, Hyderabad City Police defeated Mohun Bagan by 1–0 in the replayed final. For the next ten years, the trophy would go on to swap hands frequently among East Bengal FC , Mohun Bagan , Madras Regimental Centre and Hyderabad City Police, who played as Andhra Pradesh Police after 1960. After
1254-425: The tournament along with five invited clubs from I-League and the usual four armed force teams. Due to expansion of the competition, the matches were hosted at more than one venue, alongside Kolkata, which was unprecedented till then. While there is no record of the competition's format in its earlier days, currently the Durand Cup is played in two phases: round-robin and knockouts . A total of 24 teams feature in
1292-422: The tournament by defeating Mohammedan SC. The following year, AIFF decided to make Durand Cup a mandatory tournament for all ISL clubs to participate since a club must play at least 27 domestic games to be eligible for AFC competitions, therefore AFC for the first time recognised Durand Cup as one of the cup tournaments of India. Hence, in the 131st edition , for the first time, all the clubs of ISL participated in
1330-669: The tournament to the newly formed Pakistan , but was strongly resisted by the Defence Secretary H.M. Patel , who acquired and stored it in the State Bank of India , ensuring that the Durand Cup remains a part of Indian football. Since then the tournament is hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society, a registered society at Delhi , presided by the Chief of Defence Staff and chaired by
1368-543: The venue of the tournament was shifted to New Delhi . The Durand tournament was initially a military affair, open to the British Armed Forces , the Indian Army and other armed units such as provincial frontier-security regiments and the volunteer regiments of the reserves. In practice, however, the native soldiers traditionally preferred field hockey to football , a fact which has been evident from
1406-649: Was jointly organised by the Armed Forces and the Government of West Bengal , thus relocated to West Bengal in favour for higher attendance figures. In that edition, Gokulam Kerala FC became the second football club from Kerala to win the tournament. In 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In 2021 , the Armed Forces decided to host the tournament in West Bengal, jointly with
1444-453: Was revamped at a cost of Rs 262 crore, 50 crore more than originally budgeted. The stands, which were earthen embankments, were demolished and a new rectangular seating bowl was constructed in its place. From 8–10 December 2017 it hosted the fourth edition of Jashn-e-Rekhta, the Urdu festival of India by Rekhta Foundation led by Rajiv Saraf. The stadium is spread over 17,500 square metres in
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