If the cabinet clears the proposal, overseas funds would no longer need government approval to purchase a 100 per cent stake in state-run refiners cleared in-principle for disinvestment
While tax collections provided some reprieve, the government seems to be consistently underperforming on the disinvestment side.
The government is conscious of the intensity of the second wave of Covid-19 and is assessing its full impact before coming out with further packages and interventions, says FM Sitharaman
The second wave of Covid-19 may slow down disinvestment process but he has assured that the disinvestment of Air India will be completed in 2021
These projects include coal washeries, coal gasification, first-mile connectivity for building coal silos/mechanised loading, offering mines to private firms under mine developer and operator model
The government had offered to sell its 58 million shares or 1.95 per cent stake of Axis Bank held through Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (SUUTI)
Despite the uncertainty and unpredictability on how things will unfold, Centre is hopeful of completing transactions listed in Budget with a delay of one to two months
Most bids came in at Rs 701.6 as against floor price of Rs 680 per share; 5.8 mn shares to be auctioned to retailers on Thursday
In April, the government said that the timeline for disinvestment of Air India and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) may be pushed by two to three months due to the second Covid-19 wave
Privatisation and strategic disinvestment drive are seen as key tools in boosting the economy amid the sharp surge in Covid-19 cases
The disinvestment of loss-making plants may likely attract interest from secondary steel makers rather than the big players
The government had planned to sell its balance stake in IDBI Bank to private, retail, and institutional investors through the stock exchange in the last financial year
The government had planned to sell its balance stake in IDBI Bank to private, retail, and institutional investors through the stock exchange in the last financial year
The policymakers could have chosen no better time than this financial year as the financial quality of the PSB balance sheets has improved this year compared with the last few years
Four to five PSBs have been suggested by the Niti Aayog and they will be discussed in the meeting, sources said
The ifs and buts around its sale are growing day by day
The realisation is, however, lower than the record Rs 2.10 lakh crore originally budgeted
NINL is a joint venture of MMTC, NMDC, BHEL, MECON, and two Odisha government-owned undertakings - OMC and IPICOL
He also said retail inflation targeting by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has helped in bringing down the volatility and level of inflation
The government is selling its entire 52.98 per cent stake in BPCL in the nation's biggest privatisation till date