Rs. 37,505 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 (FPO) in 2004 was the largest ever by a PSU, raising Rs. 10,542 crore

NHPC Public Offer in 2009-10 has been the largest PSU IPO raising Rs. 6,039 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 5 recent PSU Offerings (NTPC, PFC, PGCIL, REC and NHPC) , the government has made a gain of Rs. 1,57,070 crore over the issue price (as on 31 August 2010) 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. 21,305.9 crore also in 2009-10

The maximum number of applications received in an IPO/FPO since 2003-04 was in NTPC (14.40 lakhs) followed by NHPC (13.14 lakhs)