INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: The government is planning to sell 5 per cent stake in Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) through an offer for sale, which could
fetch about Rs 1,000 crore to the exchequer, an official said.
Officials from the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management
(DIPAM) and steel ministry are planning roadshows in Singapore and Hong Kong for SAIL stake sale
However, the Hong Kong roadshow might be called off due to coronavirus outbreak.
The government holds 75 per cent stake in SAIL
It had last sold 5 per cent stake in the steel CPSE in December 2014.
"We are looking at a 5 per cent stake sale via offer for sale (OFS),
but we will assess investor demand in the roadshows," an official said.
At the current market price, the government may raise about Rs 1,000
crore by selling 5 per cent stake in the company
Shares of SAIL closed at Rs 48.65 apiece on Friday, down 0.51 per cent over previous close on the BSE.
The government may look at completing
the transaction in the current fiscal as it strives to achieve the Rs 65,000 crore disinvestment target set in the revised estimates.
So far
this fiscal, Rs 34,000 crore has been mopped up from CPSE stake sale and the remaining Rs 31,000 crore has to come in by March-end.
For
2020-21, the government has budgeted to collect Rs 1.20 lakh crore from CPSE stake sale.
The government is also planning to sell 10 per cent
stake in Garden Reach Shipbuilders - Engineers Ltd (GRSE) through an OFS, out of its shareholding of 74.50 per cent.
The stake sale would
fetch about Rs 200 crore to the exchequer at the current market price
