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.