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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicPrivatization

Topic: privatization

Modi govt’s record disinvestment target of Rs 2.1 lakh crore faces major challenges

Modi govt needs the money from disinvestment to plug a budget hole and fund spending on infrastructure and reforms.

Narendra Modi finds his inner Margaret Thatcher with disinvestment

Whatever the buyers’ reasons, as a seller Modi govt should ensure that its privatisation programme is both transparent and seen as fair.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.