 "Cabinet may decide on Scooters India revival plan on Thursday")
New Delhi: The government is likely to consider over Rs 200 crore revival package for sick CPSE Scooters India Ltd (SIL) on Thursday.
After the government shelved plan to sell out its entire stake in SIL, the Department of Heavy Industry had proposed a revival package of more than Rs 200 crore for revival of the company, sources said.[caption id=“attachment_607666” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] A man cleans a Lambretta scooter at a vintage motorcycle repair room in New Delhi. AFP[/caption]
“The cabinet tomorrow is expected to take up the proposal for revival of SIL through cash and non-cash assistance,” they added.
Besides, the department had consulted the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE) which examined the case and later suggested a revival package for the sick unit.
While cash assistance implies equity infusion, grants and loans, non-cash assistance includes waiving interest, government loan and conversion of loan into equity.
In 2011, the cabinet had given approval to divesting government’s entire 95.38 percent stake in Scooters India to a private player through strategic route.
But the Department of Heavy Industry had put on hold the strategic sale of ailing public-sector unit SIL.
The automobile company, which has about 1,200 regular employees, has been incurring losses since 2002-03. In March 2009, the company was declared sick.
Incorporated in 1972, SIL initially manufactured scooters under the brand name Vijay Super for the domestic market and Lambretta for overseas markets.
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SIL’s net loss (before tax) stood at about Rs 20 crore during the 2011-12 fiscal.
Shares of Scooters India Ltd today closed at Rs 34.85, up 4.97 percent from its previous close on the BSE.
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