Union Budget 2025: Selloff appetite abates, no new targets set

The Centre has estimated a realisation of Rs 47,000 crore from disinvestment and assessment monetisation in the 2025-26 Budget. It has moved away from setting a specific target from disinvestment of PSUs as the appetite for privatisation has moderated. The number is mentioned under miscellaneous capital receipts in Budget documents.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced that the second plan of asset monetisation for 2025-30 will be launched to plough back capital of Rs 10 lakh crore in new projects.She said regulatory and fiscal measures would be finetuned to support the plan.
Govt’s privatisation drive has stalled and several decisions are pending.
The Centre had unveiled a Rs 6 lakh crore asset monetisation plan in the first phase. Assets that had been identified included roads, power transmission and generation, gas pipelines, warehousing, railways, telecom, 25 airports, 31 projects in nine major ports, coal and mineral mining, sports stadia, redevelopment of colonies. Only brownfield assets were considered and the funds raised were to be used for building fresh infrastructure. But the plan saw limited success.