Government to achieve its disinvestment target: FM

21 Jul 2011 Evaluate

Finance minister had expressed his confidence on meeting the disinvestment target for the current financial year. The government is aiming to raise Rs 40,000 crore from disinvestment of public sector companies. However, as of now, government has raised only Rs 1,144.55 crore through disinvestment of Power Finance Corporation.  

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, “I am confident that I will be able to get this amount of Rs 40,000 crore. But one area where I am bit conservative is I will not upfront roll out the list of companies or how much I am going to offload.”

The Finance Minister further indicated that before going for disinvestment, government would wait for the right market conditions. In the current financial year, government is expected to go for disinvestment of, SAIL, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Hindustan Copper, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited. The big ticket ONGC follow-on offer is tentatively slated for September. Bhel’s FPO could immediately follow the ONGC offer.

In the last financial year, central government had failed to achieve the target of Rs 40,000 crore, and was able to generate only Rs 22,763 crore by reducing its stake in six PSUs i.e. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, Engineers India, Coal India, Power Grid, Manganese Ore India Ltd and Shipping Corporation.

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