The sale of 3.5 per cent of its stake in the LIC through an IPO brought the govt Rs 20,516.12 crore as receipts
The government is targeting to launch the initial public offering (IPO) of clean energy lender IREDA and state-owned engineering consultancy firm WAPCOS in the next fiscal, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said. The proceeds from the stake sales would form part of the Budgeted disinvestment kitty of Rs 51,000 crore for the next fiscal. "IREDA is lined up for Initial public offering (IPO) next fiscal. DRHP for WAPCOS has already been filed," Pandey told PTI. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) manages government equity holding in public sector companies. WAPCOS, an engineering consultancy and construction services firm under the Jal Shakti Ministry, had in September last year filed draft papers with market regulator Sebi for launching an IPO by selling 3.25 crore shares held by the government. The company's revenue from operations stood at Rs 2,798 crore, while net profit was Rs 69.16 crore in 2021-22. The IPO of the Indian Renewable Energy Developme
'Privatisation processes are BMMP (bandwidth, market available, minority shareholders, and the process)', said Tuhin Kanta Pandey
Current year projection slashed to Rs 50,000 cr from Rs 65,000 cr
Given the concerns around biz, though, a full turnaround is unlikely anytime soon
The government is expecting to get financial bids for IDBI Bank's strategic sale by September, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said. Several global and domestic institutions have expressed interest in buying about 61 per cent of the government and Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) stake in IDBI Bank and had put in preliminary bids, the last date of which was January 7. Overall, we are looking at financial bids at least before second half (October-March) of next fiscal year, Pandey told PTI in an interview. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), which manages government holding in state-owned enterprises, had in October invited bids for selling 30.48 per cent stake in IDBI Bank, along with 30.24 per cent stake of LIC. The government and LIC together hold 94.72 per cent stake in IDBI Bank, which will come down to 34 per cent after the strategic sale. Talking about the way forward in the strategic sale, Pandey said the work on two set of clearances ...
The government's decision to not list any new entity for privatisation may be because of the prevailing market conditions
On Saturday, the government said it got multiple bids for the majority stake in IDBI Bank
Shortlisted bidders would be asked for Financial bids By March
The government is half way against the disinvestment target of Rs 65,000 crore for the current fiscal year
All land properties nominally valued above Rs 100 crore being monetised by NLMC, but it has been slow to formulate a plan; DoT will handle assets of lower value
Consortium of foreign funds, investment companies will be allowed to own over 51% of IDBI Bank
The government is working out the transaction structure for the strategic sale of RINL or Vizag Steel, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Friday. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had in January 2021 given in-principle approval for 100 per cent strategic disinvestment of the government shareholding in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) -- also called Visakhapatnam Steel Plant or Vizag Steel -- along with RINL's stake in its subsidiaries/joint ventures. "The in-principle approval is there. We are going forward in working out the transaction structure," the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management Secretary said at the CII Global Economic Policy Summit. Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), which manages the government's equity in public sector companies, earlier in March floated the request for proposal (RFP) for appointing an asset valuer registered with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) to carry out the valuati
DIPAM has so far raised Rs 62,000 crore including dividends of Rs 34,000 crore, says Tuhin Kanta Pandey
Based on Concor's current market cap of Rs 46,674.9 crore, a 30.8 per cent stake in the company is valued around Rs 14,376 crore
9-10 serious bidders seek clarity on the expression of interest
This comes ahead of the December 16 deadline for potential bidders to submit EoIs for picking up majority stake in the private sector lender
The last date for submitting queries by interested bidders is December 29, 2022, and that for submission of bids is January 27, 2023 as per the expression of interest (EoI)
The bank holds 15.22 per cent stake in UTI AMC worth around Rs 1300 crore at current valuation
The sources said that the government expects over Rs 60,000 crore from the IDBI stake sale.