Pseudo nationalism by BJP, NDA

Sir, Why the NDA gov is always on in the interest of disinvestment in PSUs?They show nationalism but are also filling pockets of private sector.Now tell me the gov will sold stakes in it and now beml will have to be in open competition with tatas,ashoka leyland,mahindra.This private companies which pay their engineers 8000 to 10000 monthly will have a upper hand in competitive pricing with the beml engineers which are paid salary of 60,000 to 70,000 as central gov servants.That's a wrong step as beml is profit making company,rather gov should sell that dumb bsnl and air India and stop wasting tax payers money.
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News by PTI- Centre clears 26% strategic sale in BEML

The Centre will sell 26 per cent stake in defence equipment manufacturer BEML, making it the first major PSU to be sold through strategic disinvestment, which may fetch the exchequer over ₹1,000 crore.

In a notification to the stock exchanges, BEML said that the Cabinet has given an ‘in-principal’ approval for strategic disinvestment of 26 per cent equity shares in BEML Ltd. out of government’s shareholding of 54.03 per cent.

At the current market pricing of ₹999.50 a share, 26 per cent stake of BEML could fetch the exchequer over ₹1,000 crore. After the strategic sale, government stake in the PSU would come down to 28.03 per cent.

“The said shareholding would be sold to the strategic buyer/s to be identified by the government of India by following due procedure,” BEML said.

The strategic sale approval is just the third in over 12 years.

In September, the Cabinet had cleared strategic sale of Bharat Pumps and Compressors Ltd., while in December it had approved sale of India’s first pharma company Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd as well as Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd.

These PSUs will be the first privatisation since sale of Jessop and Co in 2003-04 under the NDA government headed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

These are among the public sector units that NITI Aayog has identified for sale of government’s majority stake to private companies in order to bring in greater efficiency and professionalism in their functioning.

Established in May 1964, BEML operates on three major business verticals for associated equipment manufacturing — mining and construction, rail and metro and defence and aerospace. Its turnover has risen to more than ₹3,500 crore.

The PSU, under the administrative control of defence ministry, provides equipment support to Indian Army and other defence forces by manufacturing variants of Tatra vehicle for all terrain operation.

It also supports the aerospace operations by supplying ground support equipment such as Aircraft Towing Tractor, Multi Purpose Weapon Loader and Crash Fire Tender.

The government is targeting ₹56,500 crore in disinvestment proceeds this fiscal. Of this, ₹36,000 crore is to come from minority stake sale in PSUs and another ₹20,500 crore from strategic stake sale. — PTI