As per a report in the Business Line today, during the last 4 financial years the government has already sold shares of profitable PSUs worth Rs. 75,813 crores as shown below:

2010-11 : Rs. 22,144 crore

2011-12 : Rs. 13,894 crore

2012-13 : Rs. 23,956 crore

2013-14 : Rs. 15,819 crore

Total       : Rs. 75,813 crore

In this Financial year Rs. 1,700 crores worth share has already been sold and more are going to be sold.

Maximum profit and benefit are for the corporates and the rich who buy the shares and not the government or the people.