Moving away from a disinvestment target: Dipam secy Tuhin Kanta Pandey

He said that of the Rs 30,000 crore miscellaneous receipt for FY24, the Centre expects to get about Rs 12,000 crore from asset monetisation and Rs 18,000 crore from disinvestment

It is important to keep in mind that disinvestment should be a gradual, calibrated process, rather than a big bang one, and that’s why the government is shunning the ‘targeting’ approach from next year, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (Dipam), told Shreya Nandi in an interview. He also said that of the Rs 30,000 crore miscellaneous receipt for FY24, the Centre expects to get about Rs 12,000 crore from asset monetisation and Rs 18,000 crore from disinvestment. Edited excerpts:

Can you help us understand the breakup of the receipts of Rs 30,000 crore in