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SAIL OFS for non-retail investors opened on January 14, while for retail investors, it will start on January 15. A minimum of 12.5 per cent of offer shares will be reserved for retail investors, and 25 per cent for mutual funds and insurance companies

SAIL OFS: The floor price of offer has been fixed at Rs 64 per share, at a discount of 14.32 per cent as compared to Wednesday's closing price of Rs 74.70

The pandemic had put the brakes on the government's ambitious disinvestment plans for the fiscal. However, things have started picking up as businesses go back to normal and markets regain their appetite for buying assets. DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey lays down the road ahead for the department

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Sebi said that AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd's promoter AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals AB Sweden (AZPAB), and Elliott Group, which held 15.52% stake in the company, had a 'private arrangement' to sail through the delisting process

SAIL share price fell up to 6.17% to Rs 45.65 compared to the previous close of Rs 48.65 on BSE

Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government will continue to engage with stakeholders and industry to fulfill Prime Minister's vision of 'New India'

The government holds 75 per cent stake in SAIL. It had last sold 5 per cent stake in the steel CPSE in December 2014

Both the firms got listed below their issue prices on the bourses.

If the Coal India equity sale is anything to go by, state-run banks and financial institutions must prepare to put up to Rs 19,000 crore into government coffers.

\"There is need to spread more awareness about OFS so that we could see more subscription from retail investors,\" National Stock Exchange executive Ravi Varanasi said.

Calculated at the floor price of Rs 358 a piece, LIC has bought shares worth an estimated Rs 10,200 crore in the Coal India disinvestment.

There are also concerns about manipulative activities following trends witnessed with regard to some other disinvestment share sales.

The government has 80 per cent stake in the company and post stake dilution, which is likely next month through offer for sale (OFS) route, it would come down to 70 per cent.

The Department of Disinvestment in the Finance Ministry will hire an advertising or public relation agency for the purpose.

The decision assumes significance following enthusiastic response from retail investors in the stake sale in steel major SAIL, which fetched the govt Rs 1,715 cr.

The offer for 20.65 crore shares in the state-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) got bids for more than 41 crore shares, totalling over Rs 3,000 crore.