Asserting that the disinvestment target of Rs 1.75 lakh crore for 2021-22 was ‘eminently achievable,’ Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) K. V. Subramanian has said the proposed initial public offering (IPO) by LIC itself could garner Rs 1 lakh crore for the government. He also said targeting of retail inflation by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has helped bring down the volatility and level of inflation.
The CEA said the disinvestment target of Rs 1.75 lakh crore for FY22 is actually a carryover of the Rs 2.10 lakh crore target set for the current fiscal ending March 31. Of this, BPCL privatisation and LIC listing itself were important contributors. There are estimates suggesting Rs 75,000- Rs 80,000 crore or even higher can just come from the privatisation of BPCL. LIC IPO could bring in Rs 1 lakh crore approximately. With regard to LIC’s IPO, the Centre has already had amendments in the LIC Act passed through Finance Bill 2021 in Parliament.
He said ‘These are numbers (disinvestment) which are imminently achievable because the work had begun on many of these and they will be completed in FY22’. Recalling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on privatisation, he said these are signature changes that are happening. Subramanian also emphasised that India needed a lot more banks for meeting its growth potential. He cited the example of the US which, with one-third the India’s population, has about 25,000-30,000 banks.
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