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At present, to deal with the economic slowdown in the country the Central Government has decided to strategically disinvest in public sector undertakings (PSUs) It is worth mentioning that in the first phase of strategic disinvestment five public sector undertakings Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) Tehri Hydro Development Corporation India Limited (THDCIL) and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited by the government in the first phase of strategic disinvestment Parts of (NEEPCO) will be sold. Giving information about the governments decision Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government has decided that it will reduce its stake in many PSUs to below 51 percent.Analysts are assuming that this decision of the government will significantly increase the treasury which will be used by the government as public expenditure. The article presented discusses the governments recent decisions related to disinvestment in PSUs its necessity its consequences, challenges arising and measures to make the performances effective