Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Tata Sons Board Approves Listing After RBI Rejects Deregistration
The Reserve Bank of India has rules for large financial companies.
It put Tata Sons in a category whose companies must list their shares on a stock exchange.
Tata Sons was given until September 30, 2025, but it did not list by then.
Instead, the company asked to give up a registration that connected it to the listing rule.
The Reserve Bank of India rejected that request on September 11, 2026.
It told Tata Sons to move ahead with a stock-market listing.
Some Tata shareholders support staying private, while the Shapoorji Pallonji Group supports listing.
The Tata Sons board has now approved a plan to list the company.
The company still needs to complete the required regulatory and procedural steps.
The Reserve Bank of India classified Tata Sons as an upper-layer NBFC on September 30, 2022, requiring it to list by September 30, 2025.
Tata Sons did not complete an IPO by the deadline and instead sought to surrender its core investment company registration.
The Reserve Bank of India rejected that request on September 11, 2026, directing Tata Sons to proceed with an immediate listing.
Tata charitable trusts own about 66% of Tata Sons, while the Shapoorji Pallonji family holds about 18.37%.
The Tata Sons board has approved a listing plan, although shareholder disagreements over the IPO remain.
- Who
- Tata Sons, the Reserve Bank of India, Tata charitable trusts, and the Shapoorji Pallonji Group.
- What
- Tata Sons’ board approved a plan to list the holding company after the Reserve Bank of India rejected its deregistration request.
- When
- The company was classified as an upper-layer NBFC on September 30, 2022; the listing deadline was September 30, 2025; the deregistration request was rejected on September 11, 2026.
- Where
- On recognised stock exchanges in India.
- Why
- The Reserve Bank of India requires upper-layer NBFCs to list, and it rejected Tata Sons’ attempt to leave the regulatory framework through deregistration.
Opposed to Listing
Supports Listing
Tata Sons’ ownership structure
Opposed to Listing
Tata Trusts opposed an IPO and supported retaining Tata Sons as a private company.
Supports Listing
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group, which owns about 18.4%, backed a listing.
Effect of an IPO
Opposed to Listing
The Tata Trusts’ position was that Tata Sons should remain private, without supporting the proposed public offering.
Supports Listing
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group argued that listing would unlock value and improve liquidity for shareholders.
Regulatory strategy
Opposed to Listing
Tata Sons pursued deregistration of its core investment company registration in an effort to potentially move outside the framework requiring an upper-layer NBFC to list.
Supports Listing
The Reserve Bank of India rejected the deregistration request and directed Tata Sons to proceed with an immediate stock-market listing.
- Regulator
- Reserve Bank of India
- Regulatory classification
- Tata Sons was classified as an upper-layer NBFC on September 30, 2022.
- Listing deadline
- September 30, 2025
- Estimated valuation
- Brokerages and investment firms estimate Tata Sons could be valued at ₹9–12 lakh crore.
- Potential IPO size
- A potential IPO could raise more than ₹55,000 crore, depending on its size and structure.
- Shareholding
- Tata charitable trusts own about 66%; the Shapoorji Pallonji family owns 18.37%; Tata group companies own around 13%.
- Debt repayment
- Tata Sons repaid ₹21,813 crore of debt during FY24 before applying to surrender its core investment company registration.