Govt to meet Rs 54,000 crore disinvestment target in FY14: Arvind Mayaram

24 Sep 2013 Evaluate

Assuring investors that country’s fiscal deficit will remain within target limit, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary Arvind Mayaram has said that the government will be able to meet its disinvestment target of Rs 54,000 crore for the current fiscal despite high volatility in the market. Presently, disinvestment proceeds are of great importance to the government as it has set target to contain fiscal deficit at 4.8 percent of GDP in the current financial year.

The government has set a target of Rs 40,000 crore from selling its shares in public sector units (PSUs) and Rs 14,000 crore for its stake sale in private companies. Till now, the government has raised only Rs 1,325 crore by divesting stake in public sector undertakings include Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC), State Trading Corporation (STC), MMTC, and ITDC. The government has raised Rs 23,920 crore through disinvestment in the previous fiscal.

Further, in order to cut government spending in non-critical areas, the government has recently announced a slew of austerity measures including banning government departments for holding meetings in 5-star hotels among others. In the previous financial year, the government was able to contain the fiscal deficit at 4.89 percent of GDP, against the budgeted target of 5.1 percent of GDP.

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