SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com says,†I think the government will now be happy to expedite the process of divesting their residual stake in HZL as well as in Balco.â€
Vedanta currently holds 51% stake in Balco and 64.92% stake in Hindustan Zinc through its subsidiary Sesa Sterlite.
Accoding to sources in the finance ministry, there is enough leeway in the Budget to manage the Rs 40,000-50,000 crore fiscal deficit stress. The government may fetch Rs 25,000 crore from Hindustan Zinc, Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) stake sale instead of Rs 14,000 crore.
The government has a residual stake of 29.5 percent stake in Hindustan Zinc and 49 percent stake in Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) and the divestment programme would bring in over Rs 13000 crore (USD 2--2.5 billion) to the government.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com said that the clearence of HZla nd BALCO's stake sale this is an excellent move. he believes that stake sale to Vedanta is a better option then an open market sale because that would decrease the value of the stake held by the government.
Vedanta on Tuesday said it will fork out the right price, arrived at a "transparent process", for buying out government's residual stake in Hindustan Zinc (HZL) and Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco).
CPI(M) today warned that the upcoming winter session will turn "stormy" if the government takes refuge in Commerce Minister Anand Sharma's argument that executive decisions like that of allowing FDI in retail could not be voted in Parliament.
Shares in Hindustan Zinc gain 2% on media reports that Vedanta Group is willing to increase its offer price to buy the government's remaining stakes in Hindustan Zinc and Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco).
Vedanta Resources has offered to pay Rs 16,000 crore to purchase the stake of the government in Hindustan Zinc (HZL) and Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO). This valuation has been arrived at based on the January market price.