Effective from this financial year 2024-25, every CPSE would pay minimum annual dividend of 30 percent of net profit or 4 percent of the net-worth, whichever is higher.
The government has commenced roadshows to pitch Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) to potential investors, government sources told CNBC-TV18.
From the PSU pack we saw delivery based volumes (47 percent) in Power grid shares. Power Grid shares closed at fresh highs.
With more than 11,500 product categories, 3.2 million listed products, 280 service categories and more than 2. 8 lakh service offerings, GeM, catering to more than 67,000 government buyer organisations, is a developed marketplace.
RVNL has recently bagged the NHAI order for the construction of Kona expressway in West Bengal and Varanasi- Ranchi-Kolkata Highway in Jharkhand
The disinvestment target outlined in the Budget for the next fiscal is likely to be a scaled-down and realistic one, as the budgeted PSU sell-off target is going to be missed for the fourth year in a row this fiscal.
The government has appointed ICICI Securities, Axis Capital, HDFC bank, Citigroup, IIFL Securities as merchant bankers for the issue
The commission announced the new date two days after postponing the written exam, which was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday.
PSEs controlled by the government include those where 51 per cent or more ownership is with the Centre/state governments or jointly with central and/or state governments.
The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) on December 14 had invited preliminary bids to sell the government’s 100% stake in the central public sector enterprise (CPSE).
Besides, Hindustan Aeronautics, Bharat Electronics, HLL Lifecare Ltd, FAGMIL and NSIC have given Rs 351 crore, Rs 149 crore, Rs 19 crore, Rs 12 crore and Rs 31 crore as dividend tranches, respectively.
"Government has respectively received about Rs 4,180 crore and Rs 575 crore from ONGC and BPCL as dividend tranches," Pandey tweeted.
Exposure to the Bharat 22 ETFs fetched the EPFO an annualised return of just 2.1%; the return on its investment in the CPSE ETF was negative. Experts said they may be good divestment vehicles for the government, but a poor choice for a retirement fund to bet on
IRCON, NHPC, CONCOR and Hindustan Copper Ltd have respectively paid about Rs 148 crore, Rs 294 crore, Rs 67 crore and Rs 24 crore as dividend tranches to GoI, the DIPAM Secretary tweeted.
A special purpose vehicle (SPV) in the form of a company would be set up to hold these assets which would be monetised to fetch value to the exchequer, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said.
About 3,500 acres of land and other non-core assets of CPSEs identified for monetisation
The share of non-permanent workers and employees in CPSEs has rapidly increased since 2015-16 as more and more employees on the rolls seek VRS.
The number of delayed-payment applications rejected by the Micro and Small Enterprise Facilitation Councils jumped 102 percent during the same time period
DIPAM had in January invited preliminary bids for strategic sale of NINL. The last date for bid submission was March 29.
The navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines said that the public announcement setting out the process, timelines and other requisite details will be released in due course in accordance with the buyback regulations.
The government has set a target of raising Rs 2.10 lakh crore from disinvestment in the current financial year. Of this, Rs 1.20 lakh crore is to be raised through CPSE disinvestment.
For the last 5-6 years, CPSEs have been major investors in the economy as the private sector has been shying away from making fresh investment due to various reasons.
This will be part of a new coherent Public Sector Enterprises Policy to be formulated to push reforms in central public sector enterprises (CPSEs), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters
CPSE ETFs to become tax-saving instruments
Sitharaman in her speech said that the government has been following the policy of disinvestment in non-financial public sector undertakings without taking the government's stake below 51 percent.