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Govt to sell 100% stake in BPCL; companies with $10-bn net worth can bid

May 2 set as deadline to submit EoIs, PSUs kept out

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BPCL employees, however, can bid. They will be given the option to match the highest offer if their bid is within the 10% band.

Shine Jacob Jyoti Mukul New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Mar 08 2020 | 12:58 AM IST

The government on Saturday invited bids for a majority stake in Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL), more than three months after the Union Cabinet approved the strategic divestment. Private companies with a net worth of over $10 billion (Rs 74,000 crore) will be eligible to bid by May 2.

Based on the current market capitalisation of Rs 87,388 crore, the government stake of 52.98 per cent in BPCL is valued at around Rs 46,300 crore. This sale is key to meeting the government’s disinvestment target of Rs 2.1 trillion in the financial year 2020-21. So far, the disinvestment exercise has fetched

Topics : Bharat Petroleum Corporation BPCL Indian rupee Numaligarh Refinery

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