Question : WINDING UP OF SUUTI QUESTION



(a) whether the Government proposes to close Specified Undertakings of Unit Trust of India (SULTI) and transfer of its assets and liabilities to a1 new entity;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the total assets and liabilities of SUUTI at present; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government lo deal with the investment, disinvestment and other activities of SUUTI?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)

(a) & (b):- The Cabinet, in its meeting held on the 23rd March 2012, approved the proposal for winding up SUUTI and creating a new company, wholly owned by Government, to takeover all assets or properties which are in the possession, custody and control of the Administrator, SUUTI and all claims or liabilities of the SUUTI, subject to certain conditions. However, Cabinet on 9 January 2014 has decided that the decision of the Cabinet taken on the 23rd March 2012 to wind up SUUTI may be deferred. The transfer of assets and liabilities of SUUTI to the new company, as approved by the Cabinet on 23rd March 2012, has also been deferred.

(c) The total assets and liabilities of SUUTI as per the Audited Accounts as on 31` December 2013 arc as given below:

Assets	-	Rs. 54730 crores (Market value)
Liabilities	-	Rs. 2000 crores

(d) The Administrator, SUUTI shall carry on the management of SUUTI for and on behalf oi` the Central Government in terms of the Scheme formulated u/s 20 of the Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 2002. Section 10 of the Repeal Act provides for various kinds of business that can be transacted by the Administrator, in relation to the specified undertaking. Further, being an entity created by an Aet of Parliament, SUUTI has been empowered with certain rights and privileges in dealing with its investments and divestments like, ability to file cases as a Public Financial Institution under The Secuhtization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) and The Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (DRT Act), certain concessions, tax exemptions, guarantees, authority to initiate legal action etc.