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PDIL may take merger route instead of stake sale

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers plans to move a Cabinet note to merge the entity with EIL

PDIL may take merger route instead of stake sale
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Veena Mani New Delhi
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is set to undo its decision to sell Projects and Development India (PDIL) to a strategic investor. Instead, it is likely to approve the merger of PDIL with Engineers India (EIL).

The ministry of chemicals and fertilisers, the nodal ministry for PDIL, plans to move a Cabinet note to merge the entity with EIL. Sources close to the development told Business Standard that a meeting was held recently in this regard. 

A source said, “There is a feeling that both the entities are into the same businesses and it would be beneficial to merge them