LIC IPO: Govt seeks Rs 15-trn valuation for LIC IPO: Report

LIC IPO: If investors agree with those calculations proposed by the government, LIC would join the league of India's biggest companies like RIL and TCS

India is pushing for a valuation of about Rs 15 trillion ($203 billion) for a state-owned insurer LIC that’s soon expected to file for the nation’s biggest initial public offering, people familiar with the matter said, even as arrangers awaited a final report on the firm’s estimated worth.

The so-called embedded value of Life Insurance Corp. of India is likely to be more than Rs 4 trillion, and its market value could be about four times that amount, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions are private. Once the final report is in, the