Page 19 - Privatisation

From Tatas to Adani, private players train sights on railway privatisation

Railways holds meet with prospective bidders prior to RFQ

Youth Cong holds 'shirtless' protest against 'privatisation of railways'

IYC activists were detained by the police

Self-subservience, not self-reliance: CPI(M) on private players in Railways

It said that contrary to the claim that the move will boost job generation, past experiences in other countries have shown that such privatisation results in huge job losses

Banking to be a 'strategic sector', govt discussing privatising some PSBs

According to the new privatisation policy, announced by FM Sitharaman as part of the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' package, the government will come up with a list of strategic sectors

'No doubt' on GDP contraction in Q1: CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Subramanian also said that the Centre had gone beyond its means to support states, was keeping its options open regarding deficit monetisation, and that the new privatisation policy would be out soon

Govt extends Bharat Petroleum privatisation bid deadline to July 31

Any private company having a net worth of $ 10 billion is eligible for bidding and consortium of not more than four firms will be allowed to bid

With a sell-off in mind, government to consolidate operations of PSEs

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the government would come out with a new policy that would identify strategic sectors

Power engineers oppose FM's move to privatise power discoms in UTs

Dubey claimed the central government was looking at abolishing the subsidy and cross subsidy in the supply of electricity, which would make the commodity more expensive for the general consumer

Govt ends monopoly over coal; opens mining sector to private players

Joint auctions of bauxite and coal blocks expected to reduce dependence on imports

Power distribution business to be privatised in Union Territories

Union Territories directly come under the central government. Hence, the path to privatisation is easier

Delisting of subsidiary to boost Vedanta Resources' financial profile: S&P

Vedanta Resources has proposed to buy out public shareholders in Vedanta Ltd

Fast trains at slow speed: Why railway privatisation should not be hasty

The experience with 50 stations and 150 trains should be a learning experience, helping frame sensible rules that are not unfair to new operators and also don't attract criticism, writes T N Ninan

We will see a second wave of privatisation in FY21, says Dipam secy

'We are moving towards privatisation after a long time', said Tuhin Kanta Pandey

Economic Survey should deal not just with 'Whats' & 'Whys' but also 'Hows'

Survey lessons like exports' importance for growth and jobs, how govt intervention in markets can be harmful, and wealth creation via privatisation should have been imbibed long ago, writes T N Ninan

Letter to BS: Selling of PSUs is akin to frittering away of national assets

Dismantling the public sector means handing over our national assets, our national wealth to the corporates, domestic and foreign, on a silver platter

A case of swadeshi privatisation

Air India's privatisation is acceptable as long as its control does not pass on to a foreign entity.

Privatisation is one big way to unleash animal spirits: Manish Chokhani

The veteran investor in an interview with Hamsini Karthik and Vishal Chhabria talks about the forthcoming Union Budget, India's growth challenges

Budgetary over-reach: There is a price for trying to do too much in Budgets

The larger economy suffers more than the central govt, as New Delhi is allowed to get away with behaving arbitrarily and then hiding the reality behind bogus numbers, writes T N Ninan

A lowdown on India's controversial private train concept

The Railway Board has made it clear that none of the physical operations and infrastructure - including safety-related operations - will be handled by private players

Letter to BS: Can private banks offer services at affordable prices?

It is time half-hearted measures to improve the functioning of the urban co-operative banks (UCBs) end