Disinvestment in Public Sector Enterprises: An Overview

Abstract The paper aimed at reducing the financial burden on the government due to inefficient PSUs and to improve public finances. The paper focuses on the sale of government stake in public sector enterprises to strategic or financial buyers. Disinvestment means sale or liquidation of assets by the government, usually Central and state public sector enterprises, projects, or other fixed assets. The paper covers the government's policy or disinvestment includes the disposal of both profit-making, as well potentially viable PSUs. It explores the transfer of ownership, management, and control of the public sector enterprises to the private sector. Strategies in Public Sector Undertakings across Industrial Sectors · Reducing the fiscal burden on the exchequer.