How the 64-year-old Life Insurance Corporation should be valued for stock market listing

Weakening financials coupled with rising NPAs and issues such as increasing exposure in sectors badly hit by pandemic could pose hurdles in government's plan to sell around 10 per cent stake in insurance behemoth via a share sale

The government will engage two pre-IPO transaction advisers for what could be the largest ever IPO in India. LIC is a fully-owned government entity, which has delivered strong performance over the years

While the government divests its stake in LIC, it should also shoulder the responsibility of creating other huge profit-making companies with large market capitalisation, whose reserves can support the Indian economy for key investments and in times of distress as well

A dozen experts interpret Budget 2020 and its impact

LIC IPO news: The unions, which staged agitations on Monday during lunch break, held an hour-long protest strike on Tuesday as well

Budget 2020: Industry leaders are not optimistic about the disinvestment and asset sale plan of the government as fetching the right price could be difficult in the current turbulent market.

The IDBI bank has been running low on capital. The bank also has gross NPAs of 27 per cent. If one includes stressed loans, more than one-third of its book will be classified as stressed.

BT's panel of experts takes a close look at what to expect in Arun Jaitley's last big Budget.

And they have just four years to do so. The list includes State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and Canara Bank.