PSB Privatisation Bill may allow government complete exitThe Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970, requires the central government to hold at least 51% of public ...
28 Jun, 2022, 04.51 AM IST
New public sector enterprises policy envisages at most 4 PSUs in strategic sectors: DPE SecyAs part of the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' package, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had in May announced that there will be a maximum...
19 Feb, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
The shape of India's selloff plan: 300+ PSUs may shrink to barely two dozenThe govt may reduce the number of public sector enterprises to just around two dozen, from over 300 at present, following the new policy th...
08 Feb, 2021, 07.39 AM IST
Union Budget 2021 may unveil PSE privatisation policyThe Budget for the fiscal beginning April 1 is likely to identify the strategic sectors PSUs where the government would like to retain its ...
28 Jan, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
Cabinet to soon consider new PSE policy: DEA SecretaryUnder the policy, a list of strategic sectors will be notified where there will be at least one and a maximum of four public sector enterpr...
21 Oct, 2020, 06.16 PM IST
Modi dispensation's thinking - minimum govt, maximum privatisation: Rahul GandhiCongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at the Centre over the issue of recruitment to government posts, alleging that the Modi di...
05 Sep, 2020, 01.41 PM IST
Govt to come out with strategic sectors list soon: FM Nirmala SitharamanThe government will soon come out with a new public sector enterprises policy that will define strategic sectors which will not have more t...
01 Aug, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
Need to divest stakes in public sector banks in graceful manner, says Viral AcharyaCiting the example of the South Asian crisis in 1997, he said that a large number of public sector banks in the region had to be privatised...
31 Jul, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
Privatisation will bring ground level benefits in the economy, induce growth: DIPAM secretaryGovt will need to have a deeper engagement with investors on strategic divestment, which has taken a back seat due to travel restrictions i...
23 Jul, 2020, 07.05 AM IST
Bank of India hits upper circuit on PSB privatisation hopesA select group of top government functionaries has begun discussions on the proposal.
16 Jun, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
Govt 'clear and unapologetic' about privatisation of PSUs: Sanjeev SanyalThe Cabinet also approved 'The Farming Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020' to ensure barrier free trad...
05 Jun, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
Government to privatise non-strategic PSUs: FM Nirmala SitharamanList of strategic sectors requiring presence of public sector undertakings (PSUs) in public interest will be notified, she said while annou...
18 May, 2020, 04.21 PM IST
Tata Mutual Fund bets on select PSUs and corporate banksThe fund house has added stocks like BPCL, HPCL, NTPC, Power Grid and BHEL in its large cap fund portfolio. In addition to PSUs the fund ho...
19 Dec, 2019, 07.08 PM IST
- Hotel employees’ fate now hangs in balance
The sudden demise of Bharat Hotels supremo Lalit Suri has rendered uncertain the fate of some 130 employees of the city’s Great Eastern Hot...
11 Oct, 2006, 03.10 AM IST
- 'Sell-off policy not abandoned'
The government on Tuesday ruled out abandoning privatisation of public enterprises but said disinvestment process would be based on sound b...
08 Jun, 2004, 09.23 PM IST
- Half Marx, more Deng in Bengal
The Congress Party called it 'disinvestment', the BJP calls it privatisation. The Marxist government of West Bengal has come up with a tong...
02 Sep, 2003, 07.44 AM IST
- Ministry opposes shipyard sell-offs
The shipping ministry has decided to oppose privatisation of the two shipyards, Hindustan Shipyard and Cochin Shipyard, even as it continue...
16 Nov, 2002, 12.01 AM IST