Minister of State for finance Jayant Sinha has said that in order to push strategic stake sales in state-run companies, the government will set up a Disinvestment Commission and will offload 20-26% in IDBI Bank through a qualified institutional placement (QIP). Disinvestment Commission is once again being created so that the government can go ahead and do strategic disinvestments.
Disinvestment Commission was first set up in the year 1992 and two subsequent panels recommended strategic sales in some state-run companies and helped cut delays in resolving inter ministerial issues. The panel was wound up in 2004. Strategic sales in state-run companies are expected to be the big theme in 2016-17. A strategic sale is the transfer of shares to an institution with management control. QIP is a fund-raising process through issue of securities to institutional buyers.
Sinha said the government's stake can drop below 49% in IDBI Bank as there is no need to amend any act as it comes under the Companies Act. In order to go forward with the transformation of IDBI Bank, Sinha said that the government has undertaken QIP somewhere between 20%-26%. The government owns over 80% in IDBI Bank and will retain 50% after the QIP. In 2015-16, the government though planned to push the strategic sales but due to the policy hurdles the idea was dropped out. Now the government seems determined to push the strategic sales.
Meanwhile, talking about the strategic sales in state run hotels, he said the government would want to get the valuation right before proceeding on the issue as the people want to be able to get a reasonable valuation for them.
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