The second follow-on issue of Bharat 22 Exchange Traded Fund (Bharat 22 ETF) was subscribed over 10 times on Thursday.
The finance ministry said on Twitter that as of 7pm on Thursday the issue was oversubscribed over 10 times of base issue size of Rs 3,500 crore, and the government has decided to retain approximately Rs 10,000 crore as its divestment proceeds. Since its launch in November 2017, the government has raised Rs 22,900 crore through Bharat 22 ETF in two tranches.
The ETF tracks the Bharat 22 Index which comprises 22 companies: 19 public sector companies (PSUs) and three