
Centre may raise about ₹10,000 crore in FY25 divestment, largely from OFS route
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The government is likely to raise about ₹10,000 crore from divestment proceeds in FY25, with a large bulk coming from the Offer for Sale (OFS) route, two people aware of the matter said. During the first 10 months of the ongoing fiscal, the Centre has raised about ₹8,625 crore through disinvestment transactions, the people mentioned above said.
The proceeds have been mainly generated through the OFS of General Insurance Corporation of India ( ₹2,345.55 crore), Cochin Shipyard Ltd ( ₹2,015.32 crore), and Hindustan Zinc Ltd ( ₹3,449.18 crore), the first person mentioned above said. Read more: Three public sector banks may put government stake on sale in FY26 Additionally, ₹815 crore was received from remittances linked to the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (SUUTI), the person added. The OFS mechanism allows listed companies to offload shares directly through the stock exchange.
To be sure, the Centre has stopped setting separate disinvestment targets since the last fiscal year, which means no specific disinvestment target exists for FY25. However, the Budget Estimate (BE) for Miscellaneous Capital Receipts (MCR), which includes disinvestment receipts, was ₹50,000 crore, later revised to ₹33,000 crore, according to the revised estimates (RE). MCR, which includes proceeds from equity investments and public asset management, is pegged at ₹47,000 crore for FY26.
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