The Senior Analyst Jan. 2014 | Page 25

THE SENIOR ANALYST Jan 2014 (FDI inflows will be dried up as corporate will be unwilling to venture in to our country) Thus in a nutshell it will have a cyclical impact over the country and will further deter the economic growth and issue must be addressed on an immediate basis. reduced by Rs.10000 crore for 2012-13. This was due to the market volatility in the preceding year and a relatively higher tax revenue realization for the same period. The only issue bothering now the Government is it had almost realized the most from its prized possessions and now it is left with the likes of little known CPSE’s like STC, MOIL. Thus jury is still out to see whether investors will be interested in these stakes or not? KNIGHT in shining armor CASH-stash at NIF Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) were indeed the Government’s knight as they were financially able and institutionally under its control. Thankfully due to resolute domestic consumption and timely stimulus the Elephant economy had marched on to attain up to 7.8% in Q4’08. Taking cue from the bullish economy, Government has initiated a slew of institutional reforms like increased taxes and disinvestment in the CPSE to shore up the fiscal deficit. Government was able to garner about Rs.61319 crore of cash from this exercise of disinvestment, which has left it with a dilemma of putting these proceeds on a right use. The resultant was a National Investment Fund (NIF) where this money was stashed. As per the policy framework of this fund, 75% of the income of the fund will be used to finance schemes for addressing social issues of education, health and employment. The remaining 25% will be used to meet the capital investment requirements of both the profitable and the revivable CPSE’s with expectations of  Increased money supply will cause price inflation (CPI has reached to more than 10% over the years) Exhibit#2 depicts Government’s budgeted target of disinvestment versus the actual revenue realized over the period of 2010-13. Year Target (Crore) Actual (Crore) Actual (%) greater returns. Names of the Companies Divested (Rs. in Cr) 2010-11 40000 22144.21 55% Rs.1062.74 SJVN, Rs.959.65 EIL, Rs 15199.44 CIL; Rs.3721.17 PGCIL ; Rs. 618.75 MOIL;Rs. 582.45 SCI 2011-12 40000 13894.05 35% Rs.1144.55 PFC,Rs. 12749.5 ONGC 2012-13 30000 23956.06 80% Rs. 124.97 NBCC,Rs. 807.03 HCL, Rs. 5973.27 NMDC, Rs. 3141 OIL, Rs. 11456.78 NTPC,Rs.310.15 RCF,Rs.627.84 NALCO,Rs. 1514.50 SAIL 2013-14 40000 1325.27 3% Rs.571.71 MMTC. Rs.259.56 HCL, Rs.101.08 NFL, Rs.30.17 ITDC, Rs.4.54 STC, Rs.358.21 NLC Overall 150000 61319.59 41% Major-CIL,ONGC,PFC,PGCIL,OIL,SAIL EXHIBIT#2 (http://www.divest.nic.in/) A closer look into the Exhibit will make us understand that the disinvestment target was To address the transparency issues and growing discontent in CPSE employees, Government on Page 25