#MintPlainFacts | The Centre’s struggles with disinvestment are hurting PSUs themselves. They are seeing more of their surplus being taken by the government and are having to endure a stagnation in market value
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#MintPlainFacts | On 10 August 2017, the Bombay Stock Exchange introduced the S&P BSE Bharat 22 Index. This index measures the stock performance of 22 companies that had seen different degrees of disinvestment by the Centre.
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#MintPlainFacts | During this period, PSUs, as a collective, have been distributing more of their net profits as dividends.
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#MintPlainFacts | Delays hurt the prospects of PSUs listed for disinvestment. The sale of BPCL, for instance, was approved by the Centre on 21 November 2019
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#MintPlainFacts | The Centre is looking to exit businesses without strategic import. Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha on 19 September 2020, it said it was “being guided by the basic economic principle"
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#MintPlainFacts | At the same time, it is also forming new ventures. According to the Department of Public Enterprises, as of March 2020, 96 new PSUs were coming up.
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