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India Ramps Up Share Sale Plans to Cushion Budget Hit From Oil
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India Ramps Up Share Sale Plans to Cushion Budget Hit From Oil India is fast-tracking efforts to sell stakes in some of its largest state-owned companies, including the nation’s biggest life insurer, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration looks to bolster public finances strained by high oil prices. Life Insurance Corp. of India, Hindustan Zinc Ltd., and several state-controlled banks are among eight companies identified by officials for stake sales in the coming months, according...
India Ramps Up Share Sale Plans to Cushion Budget Hit From Oil
India is fast-tracking efforts to sell stakes in some of its largest state-owned companies, including the nation’s biggest life insurer, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration looks to bolster public finances strained by high oil prices.
Life Insurance Corp. of India, Hindustan Zinc Ltd., and several state-controlled banks are among eight companies identified by officials for stake sales in the coming months, according to people familiar with the matter. A share-sale in LIC alone may raise as much as 100 billion rupees ($1.05 billion), while Hindustan Zinc could fetch another 50 billion rupees for the government, Bloomberg reported earlier.
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