India's government is aiming to complete the privatisation of five to six state-owned companies, including Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd , in the current fiscal year, the secretary of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management said.

Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the government is aiming to close the privatisation of BEML  and Shipping Corp of India  and to list state-owned Life Insurance Corp on local bourses in the year to March 2022.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Jan Harvey)