Privatisation: Changing tracks aided Air India, derailed BPCL saleThe biggest achievement of circa 2021 was shedding of the taboo that 'family silver' was being sold. Privatisation helps save taxpayers mon...
19 Dec, 2021, 11.15 AM IST
Finance Ministry to seek Cabinet nod for setting up company to monetise land assets of privatisation-bound CPSEsA special purpose vehicle (SPV) in the form of a company would be set up to hold these assets which would be monetised to fetch value to th...
17 Oct, 2021, 01.40 PM IST
20 years later: India's CPSE privatisation off to 'Maharaja' startThe government had garnered roughly over Rs 5,000 crore during that five-year period by privatising 10 CPSEs. Besides, three hotel properti...
08 Oct, 2021, 08.36 PM IST
Arvind Panagariya makes a strong case for a separate ministry of privatisationBeginning in October 2016, the Cabinet has given approval for privatisation to multiple lists of CPSEs. But DIPAM is yet to open its accoun...
02 Jun, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
View: For decades, privatisation was a dirty word in India. Not anymoreIt took 21 years to state similar objectives on disinvestment. Immense political capital had to be spent by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee govern...
19 Apr, 2021, 11.59 PM IST
Cut approval layers for faster privatisation: Niti AayogThere is a view that Cabinet has already approved the broader policy for privatisation of PSUs, which has been announced in the Budget, and...
24 Mar, 2021, 11.15 AM IST
View: Govt's game-changing strategic disinvestment policy needs a ministry of privatisationTo fully appreciate the significance of SDP 2021, we must go into post-Independence economic history of India.
21 Feb, 2021, 11.36 PM IST
Privatisation of CPSEs during recession time a horrible idea: SenThe govt has budgeted Rs 1.75 lakh crore from stake sale in public sector companies and financial institutions, including two public sector...
18 Feb, 2021, 09.45 AM 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
Major port trusts, AAI out of the scope of PSE strategic divestment policyThe new Public Sector Enterprise (PSE) policy for Aatmanirbhar Bharat, which classifies public sector commercial enterprises as strategic a...
07 Feb, 2021, 11.35 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
DIPAM may look at sale of smaller CPSEs to meet FY21 disinvestment targetAs the fallout of the pandemic has impacted stock market valuation of companies, an official said the Department of Investment and Public A...
23 Apr, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
Corporatise for aggressive disinvestmentThe Economic Survey 2019-20 suggested corporatisation of divestment by forming a new entity where the government's stake in listed central ...
01 Feb, 2020, 08.14 AM IST
Economic Survey: A Temasek-like model to put divestment on aggressive trackIn the model, the government can transfer its stake in the listed CPSEs to a separate corporate entity which would be managed by an indepen...
31 Jan, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly passes resolution against divestment in central public sector enterprisesThe motion was jointly moved by the ruling TMC and the opposition Congress and CPI(M) under Rule 185.
11 Jul, 2019, 10.51 PM IST
Divestment: Some profitable PSUs too may be put on the blockThe Niti Aayog has already recommended a list of 23 PSUs for privatisation which are being looked at by the Department of Investment and Pu...
25 Dec, 2017, 07.02 PM IST
Govt issues norms for revival of sick public sector unitsGovernment today issued the guidelines for revival and restructuring of ailing and weak Central Public Sector Enterprises.
30 Oct, 2015, 08.41 PM IST