Disinvestment proceeds from FY14 to fund CPSE

27 Feb 2013 Evaluate

In a move to help rein-in the government’s annual borrowing and fiscal deficit, the disinvestment proceeds from FY14 will be utilized to infuse capital into central public sector units (CPSE). Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena said, 'the government has decided that the disinvestment proceeds with effect from the fiscal year 2013-14 will be used for subscribing to the shares being used by the central Public sector enterprises (CPSEs), including public sector banks and public sector insurance companies.’

The disinvestment proceed would be credited to the National Investment Fund (NIF), which was set up in 2005. Around 75 percent of the income from NIF is used to finance selected social sector schemes, while the rest is utilized to meet the capital investment requirements of profitable and revivable central PSUs. As on August 31, 2012, the corpus in the NIF was Rs 1,814.45 crore.

However, the government in November 2009 decided to utilize the proceeds from disinvestment only for social sector spending because of the challenging economic situation caused by global slowdown in 2008. This exemption is applicable till March, 2013.

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