 "The Centre may overshoot the Rs 56,260 crore target for dividend receipts from central public-sector enterprises (CPSEs) set for FY25 and is likely to end up getting around Rs 65,000 crore this financial year, according to a senior government officia")
Dividends paid by central public-sector enterprises (CPSEs) in 2024-25 are set to be the highest ever, with the government receiving ₹69,873 crore so far.
A government official said he was hopeful the receipts would touch ₹70,000 crore in the last week of the financial year.
In FY24, the government had received ₹63,749.3 crore, the highest till then.
In FY25, the highest payer is Coal India (₹10,252.09 crore), followed by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (₹10,001.97 crore), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (₹3,562.47 crore), Telecommunications Consultants (India) (₹3,761.50 crore), and Hindustan Zinc (₹3,619.06 crore).
The government last year revised the dividend policy for
