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Sunday, August 10, 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

Feudals prevent SC/ST, minorities, women from voting: Rajiv Gandhi on electoral reforms

On 15 December 1988, PM Rajiv Gandhi spoke in the Lok Sabha while introducing comprehensive electoral reforms, including lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, and introducing measures to protect secular values in elections.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

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.