With barely, five months left for meeting the divestment target of Rs 30,000 crore, disinvestment secretary Haleem Khan held a review meeting bureaucrats from various ministries.
According to the sources many ministries are against stake sale of PSUs after the failed listing of RINL. Sources in the steel ministry say they are not excited about the NMDC stake sale as it may fetch only Rs 7.500 crore.
Sources in the government add divestment in SAIL would be risky since metal indexes are trading lower.
Sources also indicate, ministry of heavy industries is still against divesting five percent stake in BHEL citing unfavorable market situation.
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