By January this 12 months, the Centre had achieved simply 5 per cent of its Rs 1.75 lakh crore divestment goal for FY22. What ails theprivatisation course of, and what’s the best way out?
The BPCL plant in Mumbai; (Picture: Mandar Deodhar)
In recent times, disinvestment has been a significant watchword for the Centre. Final 12 months, its price range was in some senses even anchored on anticipated disinvestment income, with the federal government trying to earn Rs 1.75 lakh crore from the monetisation of PSUs (public sector undertakings) like Air India, BPCL (Bharat Petroleum Company Restricted) and SCI (Transport Company of India). Nevertheless, as of December 2021, the federal government had met nearly 5 per cent of that focus on, or Rs 9,240 crore. In her price range this 12 months, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman not directly acknowledged the massive miss by cutting down the FY22 disinvestment income projection from Rs 1.75 lakh crore to Rs 78,000 crore and setting the 2022-23 goal at simply Rs 65,000 crore.
