Page 13 - Privatisation

Shiv Sena slams Central govt over privatisation of national assets

Shiv Sena raised questions over the credibility of Railways Minister Goyal's assurance in Lok Sabha that Railways will never be privatised while slamming the Centre for its pro-privatisation policies

Privatisation of railway services, infra to benefit corporates: Opposition

Opposition parties on Wednesday warned that privatisation of various railway infrastructure and services would only benefit corporates and result in depletion of the PSU behemoth's financial resources

Privatisation of PSU banks will compromise financial security: Cong MP

Congress MP Ravneet Singh on Tuesday said privatisation of public sector banks will compromise financial security

GIC Re hits 52-week high, zooms 62% in a month on privatisation buzz

GIC Re is the largest reinsurer in the domestic reinsurance market in India and leads most of the domestic companies' treaty programmes and facultative placements

Success of Railways' asset monetisation plan can offer template for others

Critical contractual changes may help the long delayed plan to redevelop New Delhi Railway Station finally get off the ground and offer a template for similar projects

Private sector's efficiency to unlock value of firms being privatised: FM

Sitharaman on Monday said efficient management and use of the latest technology by the private sector will help unlock the real value of CPSEs undergoing strategic sale

Banking services hit in Punjab, Haryana as unions protest privatisation

Employees under the aegis of the United Forum of Bank Unions went on a two-day countrywide strike

AAI to offload residual stake in Bangalore and Hyderabad airports

Sale of 13% stake in each may fetch Rs 3,000 crore

Asset monetisation target for states may be set at Rs 3 trillion

Central ministries given a target to monetise assets worth Rs 2.5 trn over 3 years

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NITI Aayog submits first list of about 12 PSUs for privatisation

Banks, insurers part of the list as process kicks off

Bank privatisation as an experiment

The government must test the efficacy of privatising two banks first before going the whole hog

Best of BS Opinion: Monetisation lessons from NHAI, recovery risks & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Monetisation lessons from NHAI

Its recent experience offers crucial insights into what makes an asset monetisation exercise successful

Reservations about quotas

They can be self-defeating in the new economic paradigm

Modified bid challenge method for railway station development soon

Lohia said the railway ministry will continue to keep a check on costs and affordable services at stations even after privatisation

Air India privatisation: Employee consortium, Pawan Ruia out of race

Tata Sons now only firm in the fray for distressed national carrier

Anti-competition law must be strengthened: 15th FC chairman N K Singh

Singh was addressing the sixth edition of the national conference on economics of competition law.

We've done heavy pruning in crop portfolio: GIC Re chairman & MD Srivastava

We will be looking to prune our portfolio to make GIC Re a healthier entity, said MD Srivastava

Govt wants to sell profitable PSUs; it must strengthen, not sell them: Cong

The Congress said the government should not only do a re-think on embarking on a 'distress privatisation drive' but should also strengthen PSUs