Disinvestment process is moving as scheduled: Arun Jaitley 11/08/2014


Disinvestment process is moving as scheduled: Arun Jaitley
11/08/2014 10:34
Eyeing Rs 58,425 crore this year by selling government stake in PSUs, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that disinvestment process is on schedule, said the media report. "The Department of Disinvestment (DoD) has already appointed advisors in some cases and the follow-up actions on those PSUs on some part of equity is to be divested is already progressing as scheduled," he said after addressing the Central Board of the Reserve Bank. The process for disinvestment in ONGC and NHPC , among others, has already been started. Also, the government is looking to sell 5 per cent stake in SAIL and 10 per cent each in RINL and HAL in the current fiscal besides an outright sale of Tyre Corporation of India, the media report stated. The disinvestment of 10 per cent through an initial public offer (IPO) in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) is tentatively scheduled for completion in the current financial year. The DoD is at present engaged in outright sale of only one CPSE, Tyre Corporation of India (TCIL). The Cabinet has also approved sale of residual government equity in Hindustan Zinc and Balco. Jaitley further said, "We have certainly given the figure involved in that and the DoD is working on it." In the Budget, the government has estimated to collect Rs 43,425 crore from selling stake in PSUs and another Rs 15,000 crore from sale of residual stake in the erstwhile government companies.