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Govt scraps sale of SAIL's Bhadravathi plant on low bidder interest

During the current financial year (FY23), so far, Rs 24,543.67 crore has been obtained as disinvestment receipts against the target of Rs 65,000 crore

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A man stands next to an advertisement of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) at a street in New Delhi, India. Photo: Reuters

Nikesh Singh
The government on Wednesday scrapped the privatisation of Steel Authority of India Limited’s (SAIL’s) Bhadravathi plant due to insufficient bidder interest.

The Centre terminated the sale of Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISP) located in Bhadravathi, Karnataka, close on the heels of nixing the privatisation of Central Electronics Ltd (CEL) to Nandal Finance & Leasing saying that the litigation pending against the successful bidder at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) violated the eligibility criteria for the sale.

“The cancellation (of the Bhadravathi plant) was long overdue as there was no interest from the bidders in the disinvestment. The private bidders

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