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Independent External Monitor for Disinvestment
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....ndependent External Monitor for Disinvestment <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 1-4-2017<br><BR>The extant disinvestment policy, inter alia, envisages: (i) Disinvestment through minority stake sale in listed CPSEs to achieve minimum public shareholding norms of 25 per cent. While pursuing disinvestment of CPSEs, the Government will retain majority shareholding, i.e. at least 51% and manageme....
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....nt control of the Public Sector Undertakings. (ii) Listing of CPSEs to facilitate improved people''s ownership and efficiency of company through accountability to its stake holders; (iii) Strategic disinvestment by way of sale of substantial portion of Government shareholding in identified CPSEs upto 50 per cent or more, along with transfer of management control. The Government, on 2....
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....6th June, 2016, has constituted an Independent External Monitor (IEM) comprising the following eminent persons: (i) Hon'ble Justice R.C. Lahoti, Former Chief Justice of India (ii) Shri V.K.Shunglu, Ex-Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) (iii) Shri P. Shankar, Ex-Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) The IEM will act as an Oversight Committee for strategic disinvestment with the fo....
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....llowing mandate: (i) To vet the process of valuation of the CPSE/Units; (ii) To oversee the transaction process of strategic disinvestment of CPSE/Unit; (iii) To examine and address the grievance received; and (iv) Any other matter that is referred to IEM by the Government. As a part of the strategy to keep shares readily available for transaction to take advantage of market conditions wi....
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....thout any loss of time, the Government has identified some CPSEs for minority stake sale in sectors like mineral & metal, oil, capital goods as well as some mid-size and small stocks. Government has given 'in-principle' approval for strategic disinvestment of some CPSEs, Units of CPSEs and subsidiaries of CPSEs. However, after completion of the process, specific approval of Government will be so....
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....ught in each case. This was stated by Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....