Govt likely to set disinvestment target at Rs 30,000 crore for FY’13

14 Mar 2012 Evaluate

The government has set a disinvestment target of Rs 30,000 crore for FY‘13 and 25,000 crore for FY’14. As per Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee these projections are based on the medium-term fiscal policy statement of the Union Budget for 2011-12.

Comparing India’s government debt situation to the rest of the world, the finance minister has also stated that in India the general government debt is largely domestic and stood at 66.4% of GDP at the end of March 2011. This is much below the level of 99.7% of GDP for advanced economies and 85.3% for the euro area for 2010, as per the IMF's Fiscal Monitor Update, January 2012.

The government had planned a disinvestment target of Rs 40,000 crore for the current fiscal through sales of its assets in PSUs. However, it was able to garner only Rs 14,000 crore due to unfavorable market conditions. Uncertain global economic climate, mainly due to fallout of euro zone crisis, adversely affected the financial markets, which has been responsible for slowing down of PSU disinvestment for the current fiscal.

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