The government may fall short of its divestment goal by 300 billion rupees ($3.60 billion) in 2023/24, two government sources told Reuters.
New Delhi had targeted 510 billion rupees from divestment proceeds for the current fiscal year that ends March, 2024.
So far this year, the government has received 80 billion rupees through stake sales, according to government data.
The government expects to surpass its 430 billion rupees dividend target and has so far received 203 billion rupees from state-run firms.
"As long as the government is meeting its fiscal targets and there isn't a shortfall, missing divestment targets is fine," said Rahul Bajoria, an economist at Barclays Investment Bank.
Persons:
Niharika Kulkarni, Narendra Modi's, Subhash Chandra Garg, Rahul Bajoria, Nikunj Ohri, Sam Holmes
Organizations:
IDBI, REUTERS, Reuters, IDBI Bank, NMDC Steel, Reserve Bank of India, NMDC, Barclays Investment Bank, Thomson
Locations:
Mumbai, India, DELHI, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh