As many as 44 per cent people supported the Centre's privatisation drive, while 39 per cent opposed the government's decision to sell its majority stake in the Public Sector Units (PSUs)

Distribution companies (discoms) owed a total of Rs 54,834 crore to power generation companies in November 2018, according to portal PRAAPTI

Government is killing the duck that lays the golden egg by initiating the strategic sale of its PSU assets through its policies on privatisation, disinvestment, and strategic sale of Central Public Sectors: BMS

Power producers gave 60 days to discoms for paying bills for the supply of electricity. After that, outstanding dues become overdue and generators charge penal interest on that in most cases

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had on November 20 given a go-ahead for sale of govt's entire stake in BPCL, SCI, THDCIL and NEEPCO  to a strategic investor along with management control

NTPC shares climbed 3.61% to touch an intraday high of Rs 119.25 on the BSE, against the last closing price of Rs 115.10

With only four months left for this financial year to end, and Rs 87,635.7 crore of the target still remaining, will the Modi government be fourth time lucky?

The government holds a 100 per cent stake in Neepco, which operates and maintains power stations in the Northeast region, and 75 per cent in THDC

The government has given in-principle approval to stake sale of 63.75% in Shipping Corporation, 53.2% stake sale in Bharat Petroleum and 30.8% divestment in Container Corporation

The Cabinet approved a strategic divestment of the government's 53.29 per cent stake in BPCL, along with transfer of certain management control. This is excluding BPCL's equity share holding of 61 per cent stake in Numaligarh Refinery

The Fitch group firm said that the linkages would be re-assessed in case of a decline in GoI's stake in an OMC and would also assess the continuance of government control in an OMC's decision making

The government is reportedly revisiting plans for strategic stake sale in the public sector undertaking and may soon issue an expression of interest (EoI) for 26% stake sale in BEML from the current 54.03% keeping the management control

In its meeting on Monday, the core group of secretaries from ministries of finance, corporate affairs and law are expected to discuss the next step in drafting the EoI for stake sale in Air India

Container Corporation share price closed 2.61% or 15 points higher at Rs 594.60 compared to the previous close of Rs 579.50 on BSE. The stock has gained 5.64% in last two days.

The mining mogul believes that it may take \"20 years\" for an effective disinvestment to take place going by the Centre's ongoing plans to sell PSU assets company by company

BHEL share price climbed 4% percent from its 52-week low of Rs 42.35 to intra day high of Rs 43.95 on BSE.

On September 30, a group of secretaries panel on disinvestment approved the sale of government's entire shareholding in four public sector companies - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), THDC India and NEEPCO. Subsequently, the stock rose to fresh 52 week high of Rs 511.5 on October 1. 

While presently PSUs for strategic sale are identified by NITI Aayog, the tweak in policy has now brought DIPAM into the picture. DIPAM and NITI Aayog will now jointly identify PSUs for strategic disinvestment

In August this year, total overdue amount, which was not cleared even after 60 days of grace period offered by power generators, stood at Rs 59,532 crore as against Rs 34,464 crore in the same month in 2018.