The government is expected to raise about Rs 480 crore by selling 12.12 percent stake in Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. with both retail and institutional investors lapping up the shares reserved for them.
Atanu Chakraborty, secretary at the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, in a tweet said, “in a good beginning for the new FY DIPAM has completed the RVNL IPO. The first IPO of the year is expected to raise about Rs 450-480 crore. The government of India divested 12.12 percent stake.”
Retail investors subscribed about 2.5 times the shares reserved for them, while qualified institutional buyers portion subscribed 1.36 times.
Retail investors subscribed about 2.5 times the shares reserved for them, while qualified institutional buyers portion subscribed 1.36 times.
In April 2017, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved the listing of five railway companies —IRCON International Ltd., Rail Vikas Nigam, Indian Railway Finance Corp Ltd., RITES Ltd., and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp. Out of these five, IRCON international and RITES was listed in 2018-19.
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