Department of Investment and Public Asset Monetisation (DIPAM) secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the transaction is “on course” but there are aspects like the RBI’s fit and proper criteria which need to be complied with. “We practically don’t think that before March, we can conclude it (IDBI Bank stake sale),” Pandey told reporters on the sidelines of a Ficci event here.
He was answering a question on whether the department will be able to achieve the target of raising Rs 51,000 crore from disinvestments this fiscal.
The government, which owns over 45% stake in IDBI Bank, and LIC, which has a 49.24% shareholding, have jointly decided to sell 60.7% stake in the lender.
Pandey said that achievement of the divestment target is contingent upon important transactions like the one involving sale of majority ownership in IDBI Bank going through.
He said there is “some uncertainty” on the share sale of NMDC as well through which the department is expecting generate over Rs 10,000 crore.On SCI stake sale, Pandey said the Maharashtra government recently issued an order exempting stamp duty on an asset transfer transaction which is to precede the sale.
