Pace of DFC roll-out and demand recovery are key triggers
Its total income during the October-December quarter of the current fiscal dipped to Rs 1,610.34 crore, from Rs 1,739.79 crore in the year-ago period.
Around 50 freight customers had a business of Rs 500 crore or above with the railways in the previous calendar year, and hence, they are eligible for the scheme.
The government has set a 50-day timeline for asset valuation to happen in BPCL, as it wants to complete the process before March 31, 2020
It also said that CONCOR was given Rs 65 crore in the year 1989-90 towards paid up capital, and till date the PSU has paid back Rs 8000 crore to the government directly.
In part indication of timelines for privatisation of India's second biggest state oil refiner, the government has set a 50-day deadline for an outside 'asset valuer' to carry out the valuation of all assets of Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL), a process once completed will trigger invitation of price bids from potential acquirers. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had on November 20 given a go-ahead for sale of government's entire stake in BPCL, Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI), power generator THDC India Ltd (THDCIL) and North Eastern Electric Power Corp Ltd (NEEPCO) to a strategic investor along with management control. It had also approved sale of 30.8 per cent out of its 54.8 per cent interest in Container Corp of India Ltd (Concor). The stake sale will follow a two-stage process of first inviting expression of interest (EoI) from potential bidders who will after due diligence will be asked to submit price bids in the second part, officials said. In the ...
NDA government recently approved the selling of the entire stake in BPCL, Shipping Corp. of India Ltd. It also approved selling a controlling 30.8% shareholding in Container Corp. of India Ltd
The decision to undertake strategic disinvestment and transfer management control in entities like SCI, Concor, BPCL are welcome, Ficci said in a statement
Apart from BPCL, the Cabinet also approved divestment of its stake from Shipping Corp, THDC India, and NEEPCO, and most of its stake in Container Corporation of India (CONCOR).
The company should get good suitors as it is sitting on good infrastructure and has a stable business outlook; the valuation seems attractive
BPCL will be a key to achieving the divestment target, of which only Rs 17,364 crore is met so far
It holds out great promise for improving India's logistics and therefore needs to be pushed aggressively
Total income during the July-September quarter of the current fiscal dipped marginally to Rs 1,800.45 crore
Privatisation that is not carefully designed does little to help the economy - and it can be politically costly
In the past month, SCI (zoomed 77 per cent), BPCL (up 44 per cent) and Concor (up 27 per cent) have outperformed the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex, which gained 4 per cent during the same period.
Container rail traffic is also losing market share to road segment
Prospects hinge on start of freight corridor, volume uptick
Concor has been a market leader in multi modal transport in India with nearly 75 per cent market share catering to export-import and domestic container movement
Concor is expecting Amazon, Flipkart, ShopClues, Paytm, e-bay, and Snapdeal to make use of its logistics distribution centres
The PSU under the Ministry of Railways, which has 81 terminals, will cross the 100 mark next year and would contribute tremendously in bringing down high logistics cost in the country