The government and the Life Insurance Corporation of India together may sell 60.72 per cent of IDBI Bank
The government is expecting to get financial bids for IDBI Bank's strategic sale by September, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said. Several global and domestic institutions have expressed interest in buying about 61 per cent of the government and Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) stake in IDBI Bank and had put in preliminary bids, the last date of which was January 7. Overall, we are looking at financial bids at least before second half (October-March) of next fiscal year, Pandey told PTI in an interview. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), which manages government holding in state-owned enterprises, had in October invited bids for selling 30.48 per cent stake in IDBI Bank, along with 30.24 per cent stake of LIC. The government and LIC together hold 94.72 per cent stake in IDBI Bank, which will come down to 34 per cent after the strategic sale. Talking about the way forward in the strategic sale, Pandey said the work on two set of clearances ...
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At present, the government and state-owned Life Insurance Corporation hold a little over 94 per cent in IDBI Bank and are classified as co-promoters.
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Exemption for a 'specified period' may help IDBI Bank stake sale
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