Sale will help the new merged entity to unlock value in its subsidiaries and generate cash to fund its new age businesses
Ruminates sale of its fertiliser business
The Aditya Birla group was in the news this week after a section of the media reported that Idea Cellular and the group's loss-making grocery retail business, More, were up for sale. The group told Business Standard it suspected a wireless telecom rival of releasing the "motivated" news feed. A media company owned by the same rival was spreading the asset sale news, the group claimed. Watch this space for more on this new corporate war.
Management believes financial services business will get major boost; Idea will be a small part of Grasim and is self-sufficient to raise funds
Aditya Birla Money soared 16% to Rs 34.75 in intra-day trade, after surging 20% on Tuesday.