The Union Budget may not have had any divestment announcement but the government is serious about stake sale in public sector undertakings (PSUs). A year after NHPC had first filed its draft red herring prospectus, India's largest hydro power producer's IPO is set to hit markets next month. CNBC-TV18’s Mehak Kasbekar reports.
Here is a verbatim transcript of Mehak Kasbekar's comments on CNBC-TV18. Also watch the accompanying video.
Air India might not be ready but NHPC is and the IPO is set to hit next month. The road show for NHPC has already begun and it will be taken to Singapore next week. NHPC is going to issue about 167 crore shares, which will look to mopping up Rs 1,670 crore. Price discovery will be through book building process.
This money may be used for nine projects, which are commissioned by NHPC and will be finished by 2012, thereby taking the company’s capacity to 10,000MW, which right now is a little over 5,200MW.
For now, the government, which currently wholly owns the company, will divest 5% stake in it.
Source: Moneycontrol.com
Monday, July 13, 2009
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