Stake sale in PSUs will bring investments: Ficci
November 21, 2019 12:40
Industry body Ficci on Thursday hailed the centre's go-ahead to the sale of its stake BPCL, SCI and Concor stating that the move would strengthen the performance of these companies and bring in fresh investments for both modernisation and expansion.
"It is encouraging to see the government take further steps to push the reforms agenda as well as address some of the critical pain points of industry. The decision to undertake strategic disinvestment and transfer management control in entities like Shipping Corporation of India, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Container Corporation of India (Concor) are welcome," Ficci President Sandip Somany said in a statement.
Further, the decision to give greater operational authority to the board of National Highways Authority of India and enabling it to securitise user fee receipts for raising long-term funds from banks is another major positive, Somany said.
The decision to set up a unified regulatory body to supervise the activities of financial services providers in the International Financial Services Centre will add to the ease of doing business for firms that set up a base in IFSC and Ficci welcomes this single window facilitation, he said.
Another notable decision of the government is the relief provided to the telecom sector by way of deferment of receipt of spectrum auction instalments due from telecom service providers for the year 2020-21 and 2021-22, the industry body said.
"This move should provide some headroom to the telecom sector in the country as it is seeing a lot of stress. We must ensure the viability of the sector and Ficci hopes that this is the first step in that direction with more support in the offing from the government," according to Somany. -- PTI
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