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Govt is targeting to conclude BPCL privatisation in Q1FY22: DIPAM Secretary

The government has recei­ved three preliminary bids to buy controlling stake in the country's second-largest fuel retailer

Tuhin Kanta Pandey
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DIPAM secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey

Nikunj Ohri New Delhi
The government is targeting to conclude the privatisation of BPCL in the first quarter of next fiscal year (Q1FY22), said Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey (pictured) on Thursday.
 
The disinvestment process is at the due diligence stage, Pandey said at the Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund's annual investment conclave Voyage. Under this stage, bids are being evaluated after which a share purchase agreement would be signed with the selected bidder.
 
The government has recei­ved three preliminary bids to buy controlling stake (52.98 per cent stake) in the country’s second-largest fuel

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