Tata Sons and Tata Trusts have been vehemently opposing the idea of going public and listing the Tata Group companies on the stock exchange. On the other hand, its biggest minority shareholder, Shapoorji Pallonji Group (SP Group), has been demanding the same to enhance transparency and bring good corporate governance. The present boardroom battles between Ratan Tata's half-brother, Noel Tata and SP Group's Mehli Mistry have rekindled the demand for going public. The analysts believe that if the Tata Group goes public, it would be the biggest ever IPO, much bigger than LIC's IPO of Rs 21,000 crore. If reports are to be believed, it has been estimated that any Tata Group IPO may be above $240 billion or Rs 20 lakh crore or the whopping amount of Rs 20,00,000,00,00,000.

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