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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicDisinvestment

Topic: Disinvestment

India will not meet its Rs 2.1 lakh crore disinvestment target in 2020-21, DEA secretary says

Govt retains its Rs 12 lakh crore borrowing limit for the full financial year, which means it can borrow Rs 4.34 lakh crore in the second half.

Modi govt has run out of excuses to delay disinvestment — even stock market is ready

Modi government is unlikely to earn the money it had hoped to this year due to Covid. The last thing it needs is slowing down on Rs 2.1 lakh crore disinvestment plan.

Why Modi govt has made a good call to move out of all non-strategic sectors

Government participation in the market should be the exception, and not the norm. The latest bid to disinvest is a step in the right direction.

Modi govt’s record disinvestment target of Rs 2.1 lakh crore faces major challenges

Modi govt needs the money from disinvestment to plug a budget hole and fund spending on infrastructure and reforms.

How the LIC mega IPO can also help reform India’s larger financial sector

If done right, IPO can bring transparency & efficiency to LIC, ensure govt doesn’t force it to buy weak PSUs, and improve resource allocation in the economy.

Modi govt to miss disinvestment target by nearly 50% this year

Receipts from disinvestment are expected to be between Rs 50,000 crore and Rs 60,000 crore against the target of Rs 1.05 lakh crore.

RSS affiliate calls Modi disinvestment plans anti-India, blames NITI Aayog consultants

In its Haridwar resolution, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch said it’s painful and unfair to call Air India a bad asset, and the decision to sell BPCL “not a good business decision”.

Modi govt must learn from Vajpayee on how to generate wealth from disinvestment in PSUs

The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government’s disinvestment record has still not been matched by any government. UPA government’s record has been relatively pathetic.

MEA should pull up consul-general, his Israel remark will only confirm Kashmiris’ fears

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Air India will have to shut down if sale offer flops, aviation minister Hardeep Puri says

Pumping in more taxpayer funds into Air India in a competitive market would not be best use of scarce financial resources of govt, Puri says.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.