Saudi Arabia's $7 trillion investment goal puts spotlight on oil pricesA multi-trillion dollar spending push designed to diversify the economy's sources of income will require state companies to cut the dividen...
08 Apr, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
LIC listing, IDBI Bank stake sale may be postponedThe government currently owns 100 per cent in LIC, while it holds around a 46.5 per cent stake in IDBI Bank.
31 May, 2020, 02.18 PM IST
Coronavirus takes a toll on India's $29-billion privatisation driveIn FY20, the govt fell short of its divestment target after failing to complete sale of Air India and BPCL.
06 Mar, 2020, 06.21 PM IST
IOC, other PSUs not to bid for BPCL, hints Oil Minister Dharmendra PradhanThe Cabinet on Wednesday decided to sell the government's entire stake in the country's second-largest state refiner BPCL and India's large...
21 Nov, 2019, 01.51 PM IST
BPCL, Concor sale to bring $15-20 bn to fisc: Saurabh MukherjeaFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is doing a stellar job under difficult circumstances.
21 Nov, 2019, 12.38 PM IST
BPCL privatisation: Pradhan says no role of govt in business; competition to benefit consumers"The role of the government should be to create policy framework guarantees "affordability, accessibility, sustainability and security" of ...
07 Nov, 2019, 07.16 PM IST
BPCL Nationalisation Act repealed; way clear for privatisationPrivatisation of BPCL will shake up the fuel retailing sector long dominated by state-owned firms.
06 Oct, 2019, 05.32 PM IST
Expect 50 bps rate cut from RBI in Oct: Andrew Holland, Avendus CapitalThe government has to do something with the fiscal policy and help kickstart economy.
18 Sep, 2019, 04.49 PM IST
George Fernandes: The minister who threw Coca-Cola out of India, stalled HPCL privatisationFernandes, who was also the NDA convener, was often used by others in the ruling alliance to train guns on the then Disinvestment Minister ...
29 Jan, 2019, 08.04 PM IST
Israeli airline drops plea against Air India flights via Saudi airspaceThe Air India flight between Delhi and Tel Aviv flies over Saudi and Omani airspace, two countries with which Israel doesn't have diplomati...
27 Jul, 2018, 01.28 PM IST
Review meeting on draft Haj policy on Nov 2Prior to that, the HCI and Haj committees from states and Union Territories (UTs) are scheduled to discuss the draft policy at two separate...
29 Oct, 2017, 12.14 PM IST
Quick reforms must for growth pick-up: Vedanta chairman Anil AgarwalAgarwal wants Modi govt to forge ahead rapidly on policy changes, dismantle controls and provide a level playing field for private enterpri...
22 Dec, 2014, 04.23 PM IST
Bidding for privatisation of 6 airports deferred againThis is the third postponement since November last year when the process was formally started, official sources said today.
15 Feb, 2014, 06.07 PM IST
Process of privatising 6 airports postponed againThe process of privatising six airports developed by Airports Authority of India (AAI) including Kolkata and Chennai has once again been po...
28 Jan, 2014, 07.25 PM IST
- Commercial aviation sector to grow by 9 per cent: Report
The commercial aviation sector in India and the Middle East is expected to achieve overall annual growth of 9 per cent and 10 per cent.
23 Nov, 2011, 01.15 PM IST
- India slips in global business climate ranking
India has slipped 13 places to 64th rank in a global list that measured business climate in 121 countries. The 10 top challenges for India ...
27 Jun, 2008, 05.32 PM IST
- Saudi Telecom on a bidding spree
Saudi Telecom (STC) announced Saturday it will bid to acquire 26 percent of Kuwait's third mobile company, which is expected to start opera...
26 Aug, 2007, 05.30 AM IST