Govt plans stake sales in 28 state-run companies, Anurag Thakur tells Lok Sabha

India's cabinet has given 'in-principle' approval for the sale of strategic stakes in 28 state-run companies including state carrier Air India, junior finance minister Anurag Singh Thakur told lawmakers on Monday.

The government has so far raised 17,364 crores in the 2019/20 fiscal year ending in March, against the full-year's target of 1,05,000 crores , the minister said in a written reply in the lower house of parliament.