4 PSUs, including Rail Vikas Nigam and Ircon International, file IPO papers

Four state-owned firms, including Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and Rail Vikas Nigam, have filed draft papers with markets regulator Sebi to float initial public offerings.

Railway infrastructure firm Ircon International and warship maker Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers are the other two firms which have filed IPO papers.

The IPOs will be part of the government's target to garner Rs 800 billion through stake sales in state-owned companies in 2018-19.

Mazagon Dock and RVNL had filed their draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with Sebi on March 28 while Ircon International and Garden Reach approached the regulator on March 26.

Moreover, three state-owned firms - Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd, Hindustan Aeronautics and Bharat Dynamics - came out with their respective initial share-sales last month. Besides, RITES and Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) had already approached Sebi with preliminary papers.

The public issue of Mazagon, a lead shipyard of India serving the nation's strategic requirements, will see sale of over 22.4 million equity shares by the government.

The IPO of RVNL, which builds infrastructure for high speed rail, will see sale of 208.5 million equity shares or 10 percent stake by the government.

Government plans to sell 990.5 million Ircon shares, or a 10.53 per cent stake in Ircon International, through the public float. Besides, the government will divest over 2 crore shares of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers.

The equity shares of these companies are proposed to be listed on BSE and NSE.