The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Atanu Chakraborty has said that the government is planning to list 10 other Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and go ahead with strategic sale to meet the ambitious Rs 1.05 lakh crore disinvestment target for 2019-20. He noted said that although in the last five years, the government has not been able to privatise any public sector undertaking under strategic disinvestment, the DIPAM is hopeful of pushing forward some proposals in the current fiscal.
Talking on whether the target would be achieved in FY20, DIPAM Secretary said there is a ‘cynicism’ about disinvestment. He also said “in last three years, it has steadily moved. Over last 2 years, the trajectory that one has seen should be adequate to convince people that perhaps the target will come through, though they are strongly affected by the way market moves.” As regard to the criticism that government sells family silver, he said in 2014 the value of government holding in listed entities was Rs 8.01 lakh crore.
On the Budget proposal of increasing minimum public shareholding (MPS) in listed companies from 25 percent to 35 percent, Chakraborty said promoter holding in most of the CPSES are in the range of 65 percent or below. However, he said “for private sector, I have seen some reticence, but if a company is public limited why the reticence for giving a wider ownership which is the basic principle? Perhaps time, the manner of doing and the regulation, which is the domain of Sebi.”
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