Union Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily underscored the need to raise prices of fuel in the domestic market given the huge payment for imports of crude oil into India. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the signing of a gas transmission agreement between GAIL (India) and Karn
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Govt may offload stake in IOC next fiscal year
Media reports suggest that government may offload some of its equity holding in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in 2013-14. Government held 78.92 per cent stake in the public sector undertaking as on December 31. The government planned to launch a follow-on public offering for Engineers India also after April, reports indicate
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Govt may offload stake in IOC next fiscal year
Media reports suggest that government may offload some of its equity holding in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in 2013-14. Government held 78.92 per cent stake in the public sector undertaking as on December 31. The government planned to launch a follow-on public offering for Engineers India also after April, reports indicate
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Govt set to award Maharatna status to BHEL, GAIL
The high-level secretaries' panel headed by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth approved the proposal to award BHEL and GAIL the coveted Maharatna status. The status would give these public sector units greater financial autonomy. Agency reports indicate that the central government would issue formal orders to this e
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Govt to send slew of proposals to cabinet
Union government would send a series of proposals to the cabinet. Among the proposals are the plan to launch a public sector undertaking (PSU) ETF (exchange traded fund). The cabinet would also receive a proposal to ease the offer for sale (OFS) norms to facilitate easier trades through this mechanism. The ministry is also moving a cabinet note to use the disinvestment proceeds for capitalisation of state-owned bank
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Finance ministry hopes to attain disinvestment target
The union finance ministry hopes to meet the target of raising Rs 30,000 crore through the disinvestment of the government stake in public sector undertakings in 2012-13. But some financial market observers feel that the market may not have the capacity to absorb the huge avalanche of shares in such a short span. They point out that divestment in shares of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) last March had no takers and
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Govt plans to offload stake in Oil India in mid January
During the middle of January, government plans to launch the divestment of its 10 per cent stake in Oil India. The government plans to mop up around Rs 2,700 crore by offloading its 10 per cent stake in the firm at the p
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Govt may offload 10% stake in Oil India by Jan 15
The 10 percent stake sale in Oil India, through which the government aims to garner Rs 2,500 crore, may be completed by January 15, reports suggest.
It is learnt that there is consensus between finance and oil ministries on the stake sale date. The oil ministry had earlier expressed reservations over bringing issues of oil sector companies "in a hurry", saying at least two offers for s
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