Fiscal compulsions could drive privatisation, but there’s still a need to overcome hurdles created by labour laws and low valuation of public sector banks.
In his book released Friday, Patel also wrote that governments use state-owned banks to pump-prime the economy during slowdowns and are unlikely to let go of this instrument.
After the PNB-Nirav Modi scandal, there was an outburst of commentary calling for privatisation of public sector banks. It is far more complicated than that.
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.
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