Wednesday 24 February 2016

Feb 24, 2016: IPR policy likely in a fortnight, PSU stake sale policy soon & NTPC stake sale

Feb 24, 2016: IPR policy likely in a fortnight, PSU stake sale policy soon & NTPC stake sale

General Studies: Daily Capsule

Curtain Raiser –News Update (Feb 24, 2016)

IPR policy likely in a fortnight:

Nature of coming IPR policy in India
Entirely compliant with the World Trade Related aspects of IPRs (TRIPS)

Thrust of this IPR policy
·         Awareness generation and effective enforcements of IPRs
·         Encouragement of IP commercialization through various incentives

IPR Policy vs Indian IPR law
No change in the existing Indian IPR laws or other related practice

Source: Government to unveil IPR policy in a fortnight by Arun S, Feb 24, The Hindu

NTPC stake sale oversubscribed:

Government’s 5 % stake sale in NTPC
Two days Offer For Sale (OFS):

·         First day of OFS called ‘T’ day for FIIs and Institutional Buyers
·         T+1 day i.e. second day of OFS for Retail Investor (20% share for retail investors reserved)

NTPC’s OFS on ‘T’ day oversubscribed
·         FII: 23% of the bids

Government’s stake in NTPC after this divestment
69.96%
Source: NTPC stake sale oversubscribed, Feb 24, The Hindu
&
FAQ about Offer for Sale (OFS):

PSU stake sale policy soon:
Government likely to come with policy on strategic sale of state-owned companies


The strategic sale is that government is selling the equity of the company along with the controlling management



Source: PSU stake sale policy soon, Feb 24, 2014, The Hindu

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