Revaluation of land will be of limited use for CPSEs
The government has received about Rs 6,600 crore as dividend tranches from a dozen Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs), including GAIL, NMDC and Power Grid
A raft of energy and mineral CPSEs currently lined up for sale may find it difficult to attract buyers because they lack viable environment-related agendas
Total number of CPSEs has not been trending down
The government has received Rs 5,155 crore as dividend tranches from four CPSEs, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Monday.
The government has received nearly Rs 814 crore as dividend tranches from five CPSEs, including PFC, HUDCO and OIL, this fiscal year, DIPAM secretary said on Monday. "Dividend tranches of about Rs 296 crore and Rs 233 crore have been received respectively from PFC and HUDCO," DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey tweeted. OIL, KIOCL and SJVN have paid about Rs 92 crore, Rs 99 crore and Rs 94 crore respectively as dividend tranches to the government, he added. As per the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) website, so far in the current financial year (April-March), the government has received Rs 8,096 crore as dividend from central public sector enterprises (CPSEs). Besides, Rs 9,110 crore has been mobilised through disinvestment of minority stake in CPSEs.
A special purpose vehicle (SPV) in the form of a company would be set up to hold these assets which would be monetised to fetch value to the exchequer: DIPAM Secy
The decline was mainly attributed to a sharp reduction in the profits of petroleum refiners and marketing cognate groups
The Union Cabinet approved a scheme to provide Rs 1,624 crore over five years as subsidy to Indian shipping companies in global tenders floated by ministries and CPSEs for import of government cargo
The government and its enterprises are the single largest agencies that procure goods from MSMEs. They need to use the Trade Receivables Discounting System to make timely payments to such businesses
The realisation is, however, lower than the record Rs 2.10 lakh crore originally budgeted
The government addresses legitimate concerns of employees and other stakeholders of CPSEs through appropriate provisions in the share purchase agreements with bidders at the time of disinvestment, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday. On January 27, the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave 'in-principle' approval for 100 per cent disinvestment of the government's stake in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), also called Visakhapatnam Steel Plant or Vizag Steel. This will be along with RINL's stake in its subsidiaries/ joint ventures through strategic disinvestment by way of privatisation. Sitharaman said strategic disinvestment of the government's equity will lead to infusion of capital for optimum utilisation, expansion of capacity, infusion of technology and better management practices. This will result in higher production and productivity and expansion of direct and indirect employment opportunities. "While deciding the terms and conditions of the strateg
Policy on strategic disinvestment is a huge break from the past
The government has garnered Rs 19,499 crore through CPSE disinvestment and share buyback so far in 2020-21, as against the Rs 2.10 trn budget target set for the entire fiscal year ending March 31
Listed public sector firms will have to maintain their m-cap at a certain level
Tuhin Kumar Pandey urges CPSEs to constantly engage with investors in a bid to yield better share prices
Further, the additional instalments of the DA due from January 1, 2021, and April 1, 2021, will also not be paid
DIPAM has prepared a 'consistent' dividend policy for state-owned firms to follow
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Under the policy, a list of strategic sectors will be notified where there will be at least one and a maximum of four public sector enterprise, apart from private sector companies