Undeterred by the recent slide in the stock markets that wiped of over 1000 points from Sensex in just two days, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the government’s PSU disinvestment programme will continue as planned. Government has set a target of Rs 69,500 crore from PSU disinvestment for the current fiscal. Of this, Rs 41,000 crore is to come from minority share sale in PSUs and Rs 28,500 crore from strategic stake sale.
Jaitley said that 'I don't read too much on daily movements as far as markets are concerned. By and large with the health of economy recovering, I see much greater stability as far as markets are concerned. And therefore, the disinvestment programme of the government will continue as it has been planned."
There has been sharp sell-off in the equity markets on worries about the health of the economy after predictions of deficient monsoon and on concerns the central bank would no longer cut interest rates this year.
In the last fiscal the government’s disinvestment proceeds fell well short of the initially targeted amount of Rs.63,425 crore. This fiscal, though the disinvestment department has got approval from Cabinet for selling minority stakes worth about Rs 50,000 crore in a host of PSUs, but it has only been able to divest stake in one company -- REC -- so far this fiscal. The Cabinet has approved sale of 5 percent stakes in ONGC, BHEL and NTPC as well as 10 percent each in IOC, NALCO and NMDC.
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