New Delhi: In part indication of timelines for privatisation of India’s second biggest state oil refiner, the government has set a 50-day deadline for an outside ‘asset valuer’ to carry out the valuation of all assets of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), a process once completed will trigger invitation of price bids from potential acquirers.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had on November 20 given a go-ahead for sale of government’s entire stake in BPCL, Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI), power generator THDC India Ltd (THDCIL) and North Eastern Electric Power Corp Ltd (NEEPCO) to a strategic investor along with management control. It had also approved sale of 30.8 per cent out of its 54.8 per cent interest in Container Corp of India Ltd (Concor).
