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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicDisinvestments

Topic: disinvestments

After decades of opposition, CPI(M)-led govt eyes private partnerships to revive ailing PSUs in Kerala

Party leaders insist there’s no ideological shift. The move, according to them, will ensure autonomy of PSUs even if private investors come on board.

Reaping literal dividends — why Indian govt is reworking its disinvestment strategy

Dept of Investment & Public Asset Management secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey says govt is trying to strike a balance between earning revenue through dividends & disinvestment receipts.

Modi govt may moderate divestment target for FY 2024, say analysts

Disinvestment receipts add to the state's non-tax revenue, & robust inflows from this category could help the government quickly narrow its budget gap.

Why Modi govt’s modest Rs 65,000 crore disinvestment target for FY23 seems to be a tall order

Government has already met one-third of its Rs 65,000-cr disinvestment target for this year. But legal and procedural delays with high-value companies are now posing hurdles.

Modi govt disinvesting in PSUs crucial but here’s why privatisation is easier said than done

Modi government's disinvestment decision is already facing stiff opposition from employees of BPCL, Container Corporation of India, and even the Swadeshi lobby.

Modi govt unlikely to meet fiscal deficit target as tax collections fall short

Direct tax collections are estimated at around Rs 11.25 lakh crore against a target of Rs 12 lakh crore.

Modi govt met disinvestment target only because one public sector company bought another

Analysts say sale of govt’s shares in REC Ltd to the Power Finance Corporation is just an ‘eyewash’ because it doesn’t reduce its actual ownership.

‘The road to Lok Sabha polls in 2019 will be paved with sops’

All the actions by the government in the past month suggest that the government is trying to please all segments of the economy.

On Camera

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.