Govt plans to divest upto 25% stake in Tehri Corp

02 Jul 2012 Evaluate

With an aim to achieve the disinvestment target set for the current fiscal, the government is planning to divest up to 25% stake in Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC), which is likely to fetch an amount of nearly Rs 1,300 crore to the government. On the sidelines, Mohammad Haleem Khan, Secretary in the Department of Disinvestment (DoD) said the Power ministry has given its approval for initial public offering of THDC.

THDC, a joint venture corporation of the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government, is not planning to raise any fresh equity through an initial public offering, which is likely by the end of current financial year 2012-13. The company, which is in a process of revising its memorandum of association as the existing one cannot apply to the new joint public-private partnership model before it approaches the market regulator SEBI for a clearance.

As per the current memorandum of association, the company plans to promote and organize an integrated and efficient development of conventional, non-conventional or renewable sources of energy and River Valley Projects in India and abroad, which includes planning, investigation, research, design and preparation of preliminary, feasibility and Detailed of Project Reports (DPR), construction of such power stations and projects, generation, transmission and distribution of power.

In the current financial year, the government has planned a target of Rs 30,000 crore from divestment from public sector undertaking. In the fiscal year 2011-12, the government had planned to raise Rs 40,000 crore but was able to achieve only Rs 14,000 crore through PSU stake sale.   

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