RINL, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant privatisation: Ganta Srinivasa Rao, TDP MLA from Visakhapatnam North constituency, has resigned in protest against proposed privatisation of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) in Visakhapatnam. His move came a day following hundreds of staff of the steel plant took out a protest rally against the proposed divestment of RINL, the corporate entity of the steel-maker.
The TDP leader mentioned that the locals cannot digest the plant’s privatisation. “The plant has had losses as it doesn’t have its own mines,” he mentioned. Rao additional mentioned that chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will have to place stress on Prime Mminister Narendra Modi. “I will launch a non-political joint action committee as a move of agitation asking the Centre to revoke its decision,” the TDP legislator mentioned.
On Friday, the protestors demanded that the Centre withdraw its proposal and save the steel plant as it was one of the biggest and lucrative public sector undertakings in the state. The Union Cabinet cleared the privatisation of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) on February 3. The Centre has budgeted Rs 1.75 lakh crore from stake sale in 2021-22.
“The CCEA (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs) had, on January 27, 2021, given in-principle approval for 100% strategic disinvestment of the GoI (government of India) shareholding in RINL along with management control by way of privatisation,” Tuhin Kanta Pandey, secretary of DIPAM (Department of Investment & Public Asset Management) tweeted on February 3.
The Andhra Pradesh chief minister has written to Prime Minister Modi, requesting him to reconsider the disinvestment plans of RINL Visakhapatnam and discover other possibilities to place the plant back on track.
In Budget 2021, Finance Minister Nimala Sitharaman proposed to privatise and transfer of quantity of national assets to private players. During her spending budget speech, she mentioned a number of transactions namely BPCL, Air India, Shipping Corporation of India, Container Corporation of India, IDBI Bank, BEML, Pawan Hans, Neelachal Ispat Nigam restricted amongst other people would be completed in 2021-22. She has additional proposed to transfer assets of national highways, airports, freight corridor of railways, oil and gas pipeline, and some warehousing assets.
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