India government receives 38.4 billion rupees from sale of Axis Bank shares -official

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government has received about 38.39 billion rupees ($472.1 million) from the sale of Axis Bank Ltd shares held by SUUTI, a government investment vehicle, the divestment secretary wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.

($1 = 81.3170 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Shivam Patel in New Delhi; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)