Govt Plans Further Stake Sale in IRCTC, Invites Bids from Merchant Bankers by September 10
News 18The government is planning to sell part of its stake in Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp in the current fiscal, and has invited bids from merchant bankers for managing the sale process. Of this, Rs 1.20 lakh crore will come from disinvestment of public sector undertakings and another Rs 90,000 crore from stake sale in financial institutions. DIPAM, which manages the CPSE stake sale process, has also set into motion the process of listing of the country's largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation and appointed pre-IPO transaction advisor. The government is also looking at launching initial public offering of Indian Railway Finance Corp Ltd and had in January filed draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India for IPO of over 140 crore equity shares.