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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Union Cabinet has taken decisions to significantly reduce its shareholding, and in some cases cede management control, in a number of public sector enterprises.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government will sell its entire 53.29% stake in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Divestment</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Disinvestment means the dilution of stake of the Government in a public enterprise. Strategic disinvestment is transferring the ownership and control of a public sector entity to some other entity.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Strategic disinvestment would imply the sale of a substantial portion of the Government shareholding of a central public sector enterprises (CPSE) of upto 50%, or such higher percentage as the competent authority may determine, along with transfer of management control.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Similarly, it will sell its 30.8% stake in the Container Corporation of India and hand over management control to the buyer.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government would also sell its entire 74.23% stake in THDCIL and its 100% stake in North Eastern Electric Power Corporation to NTPC Ltd. Both firms will also see cede management control to NTPC.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is expected that the strategic buyer/acquirer may bring in new management/technology/investment for the growth of these companies and may use innovative methods for their development.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Divestment</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Disinvestment</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Disinvestment means the dilution of stake of the Government in a public enterprise. Strategic disinvestment is transferring the ownership and control of a public sector entity to some other entity.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Strategic disinvestment would imply the sale of a substantial portion of the Government shareholding of a central public sector enterprises (CPSE) of upto 50%, or such higher percentage as the competent authority may determine, along with transfer of management control.</span></span></p>
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