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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicPrivatisation

Topic: Privatisation

Why Modi govt plan to run 150 private trains by year-end seems like an impossible task

From preferential treatment for private trains to troubles with employee unions, several issues are making the railway privatisation plan appear doomed.

Should Indian Railways be privatised to prevent it from going the Air India way?

The Narendra Modi government’s audacious move to merge the eight railway services into the Indian Railways Management Service has invited criticism from many in the sector.

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

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

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.

Privatisation comes to the rescue of Modi govt, but accompanied by political risk

Risks of privatisation increase when decisions on complex financial questions are rushed through without mandatory consultations — like the Adani airport lease.

Bharat Petroleum sale will make Modi India’s No. 1 reformer. But reform by stealth won’t do

It would help if Modi were to now formally embrace reform as his credo, and start moving beyond reform by stealth to actively champion privatisation.  

The panch tattva that Modi govt must adopt to revive Indian economy

Corporate tax cut provides relief to our slowing economic engine, but Modi government must prepare a roadmap of how it can bridge the associated revenue loss.

Facebook is starting to feel the pinch of privacy where it hurts

Europe’s strict data privacy rules have dented Facebook's revenue growth, slowing it more than it is in USA and Canada.

‘Simple’ solutions like privatising India’s banking sector is no panacea: Raghuram Rajan

India needs to clean up banks by reviving projects, better manage public sector banks, de-risk banking and reduce number of govt mandates.

2 mins — that’s the time ‘Nirbhaya’ helpline staffers get under new owner to stop suicides

Women employees at 181 helpline, set up after 2012 Delhi gang rape, say new owner has removed their safety net — late-night cab drops & a female constable for security.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.