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Monday, October 27, 2025
TopicPrivatisation of banks

Topic: privatisation of banks

Govt will protect interest of workers of state-owned banks that may be privatised — Sitharaman

The finance ministers assurances come amid strikes by bank unions opposing the govt's policy to privatise lenders.

Two-day bank strike against ill-placed priorities of Modi govt, says Congress

Randeep Surjewala Monday accused the government of 'running away' from its responsibility of ensuring better governance in public sector banks by 'recklessly selling' such lenders.

Govt plans to privatise public sector banks — these two could be the first ones to be sold

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Why Budget 2021 is a great chance for Modi govt to bite the bullet on PSU bank privatisation

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.

Any govt unlikely to pursue meaningful privatisation of banks — ex-RBI governor Urjit Patel

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.

ICICI controversy shows privatising public banks isn’t guaranteed to make them better

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.

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The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.