NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India plans to sell 6 trillion rupees ($80.90 billion) worth of state-owned assets over the next four years under privatisation plans previously announced in the 2021/2022 budget to boost public finances, the head of a government think tank said on Monday.
The Indian government aims to sell off gas pipelines, roads, railway assets and warehousing facilities among a host of other assets, think tank NITI Aayog’s Chief Executive Amitabh Kant told a news conference.
Reporting by Aftab Ahmed; Editing by Susan Fenton
Source: Reuters