1Department of Commerce, Government College, Naraingarh, (Ambala).
2Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
3Department of Correspondence Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
The OICL is a public sector Company dealing in all kinds of non-life insurance business. Performance appraisal in one form or the other is one of the oldest and most universal practices of HRD. The objective of the study is to analyse the performance appraisal objectives and practices followed for performance appraisal in the OICL and to provide suitable suggestions for improvement of practices of performance appraisal in the company.