The government's Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) rejected all candidates it interviewed for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited's (HPCL) CMD post. The PESB on June 14 interviewed eight candidates, including a director on the HPCL board and MD of Indraprastha Gas, but rejected them all. The HPCL CMD post will fall vacant on September 1, 2024, when Pushp Kumar Joshi retires.