Tuesday 30 July 2013

Union Government Decided to disinvest Stakes in Oil India, NTPC

The Union government in month of January 2013 decided to divest 10 percent stake in Oil India in the second fortnight of January and follow this up by disposing of 9.5 percent holding in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)  in February 2013. 

As per the Disinvestment Secretary D.K. Mittal the 10 percent stake in Oil India could fetch around 2700 crore rupees at current market prices also the 9.5 percent stake sale in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) could yield over 12000 crore rupees for the exchequer.

The government proposes to divest in NTPC through the Offer for Sale (auction) route.Post-disinvestment, the government stake would come down to 75 percent. NTPC went public with an initial public offer (IPO) in 2004.The government has set a 30000 crore rupees disinvestment target for the current fiscal.So far, it has managed to raise over.6900 crore rupees through minority stake sales in PSUs.While National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) issue had fetched 6000 crore rupees. Hindustan Copper divestment brought in 808 crore rupees for the government.

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