Govt may encourage private firms to adopt a fair dividend policy, says DIPAM secretary Arunish ChawlaThe government plans to nudge listed private companies to adopt fair dividend policies, aiming to improve the share market for common inves...
10 Apr, 2025, 12.45 AM IST
Dividend payout from non-financial CPSEs may hit record Rs 67,000 crThe Central govt is projected to collect a record ₹66,000-67,000 crore in dividends from its non-financial entities this fiscal year, drive...
11 Mar, 2025, 09.52 PM IST
Finance ministry following a calibrated disinvestment strategyIndia's finance ministry is strategically divesting stakes in public sector enterprises. This has boosted market capitalization by 3.6 time...
16 Dec, 2024, 12.47 PM IST
PSU stocks: New rules for share buyback, bonus issue, stock split and dividendThe finance ministry has updated capital restructuring guidelines for non-bank public sector enterprises (PSUs) to ensure optimal fund util...
19 Nov, 2024, 02.14 PM IST
Government's dividend collection from CPSEs hits record Rs 61,149 croreDividend receipts in the first half of March alone totalled nearly ₹10,000 crore. The revised estimate in the interim budget last month est...
18 Mar, 2024, 06.46 AM IST
5 high dividend yield stocks to add to your watchlistWith Indian share markets already facing high volatility this year, investors are heavily relying on dividend paying stocks to generate ret...
27 Jan, 2023, 10.10 AM IST
GAIL declares second interim dividend at 50% for FY22Based on the current shareholding of Government of India (51.45 per cent), dividend of Rs 1,142.29 crore shall be paid to the government an...
14 Mar, 2022, 02.56 PM IST
GAIL jumps 3% after utility major declares interim dividendThe dividend payout will be Rs 2,220.19 crore with a record date of March 22.
14 Mar, 2022, 10.23 AM IST
Nippon India MF’s Sanjay Parekh decodes the PSU rallyOne needs to pick up the right bottom up stock, see the fundamentals and see that there is capital efficiency and growth.
10 Dec, 2020, 07.55 PM IST
CPSEs should include asset monetisation in MoUs with ministriesThe government has said that central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) should include asset monetisation and market capitalisation improvem...
27 Nov, 2020, 09.28 PM IST
Why govt is pushing PSUs to shell out large dividendsThe department has asked all CPSEs to consider giving “at least 90% of the projected annual dividend in one or more instalments” as interim...
14 Nov, 2020, 12.02 AM IST
Undervalued PSUs may gain from govt rethink on divestment policyBSE PSU plunged 18 per cent in the last one year against 3.5 per cent decline of the Sensex.
06 Sep, 2019, 08.43 AM IST
NHPC pays Rs 527 crore dividend to govtThe company had declared an interim dividend at the rate of Rs 0.71 per equity.
06 Mar, 2019, 09.04 PM IST
Modi-backed ETF catches investors’ eye as fund outperforms broader marketsThe government’s exchange traded fund of the top 10 state-run firms has returned 31% in the past year, more than double the gains in the be...
17 Jan, 2017, 01.39 PM IST
Government plans to seek special dividend from top PSUs to meet tax deficitProfit-making CPSEs are required to declare a minimum dividend of 20 per cent or a minimum pay-out of 20 per cent whichever is higher.
07 Oct, 2015, 08.11 PM IST
CPSEs to pay rich dividends to government this fiscalState-owned firms including Oil and Natural Gas Corp, Coal India and SAIL this fiscal will pay Rs 28,595 cr in dividend to the cash-strappe...
25 Dec, 2013, 08.49 PM IST
Difficult disinvestment target: Right for govt to ask PSUs for more dividends to bridge deficit?A government struggling to keep the fiscal deficit in check - within the budgetary target of 4.8% of GDP - has few choices beyond such meas...
17 Nov, 2013, 07.13 AM IST