Rs. 45,713 crore of fresh capital has been raised by PSUs through public offers till date

VSNL was the first PSU to be divested by way of a Public Offer in 1999-00

ONGC Public Offer in 2003-04 has been the largest ever PSU FPO, raising Rs. 10,542 crore

Coal India Public Offer in 2010-11 has been the largest ever PSU IPO, raising Rs. 15,199 crore

Power Finance Corp.’s IPO in 2006-07 was the largest oversubscribed IPO, oversubscribed by 76.76 times

Power Trading Corp.’s IPO in 2003-04 received the best-ever response from retail, with the retail portion getting oversubscribed by over 40 times

In 6 recent PSU Offerings (NTPC, PFC, PGCI, REC, NHPC, OIL, SJVN, CIL, MOIL LTD. and PUNJAB & SIND BANK), the government has made a gain of Rs. 1,51,229 crore over the issue price (as on 31 January 2012) since their listing dates

The maximum amount raised by PSUs from the capital market in any year was Rs. 31,081.53 crore in 2009-10. The maximum amount raised through disinvestments from capital market in any year was Rs. 22,763 crore in 2010-11.

The maximum number of applications received in a PSU IPO/FPO since 2003-04 was in CIL (15.96 lakhs) followed by NTPC (14.40 lakhs)