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LIC, Centre to sell 60.7% stake in IDBI Bank; DIPAM invites EoIs

DIPAM invites EoIs; last date to submit bids is Dec 16

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So far, the centre has garnered Rs. 24,543.67 crore as disinvestment receipts against the FY23 target of Rs 65,000 crore

Nikesh Singh New Delhi
The Union finance ministry on Friday invited initial bids for strategic disinvestment in IDBI Bank to sell, jointly with the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), 60.7 per cent in the bank.

According to the expression of interest (EoI) released by the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), LIC, which owns 49.2 per cent in IDBI, will cut its stake to 19 per cent, while the government will reduce its shareholding to 15 per cent from 45.5 per cent at present.

When the markets closed on Friday, IDBI Bank’s market cap was nearly Rs 45,913 crore.

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