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Topic: PSUs

Urban co-op banks doubled loan book in 5 yrs, but stuck at under 2% of credit market—Sahakar Trends

UCBs accounted for 1.8% of total industry credit in September 2025—down from 2.2% five yrs ago—showing that they are losing ground to faster PSU banks.

India’s flagship arbitration centre has settled 20 cases in 3 yrs. Firms see it as ‘extension of govt’

Set up as an alternative grievance redressal mechanism for domestic & international arbitration, India International Arbitration Centre is still struggling to win the trust of PSUs and MSMEs.

New HAL CMD doesn’t have to be an ‘insider’. Let merit decide

India’s premier defence public sector undertaking, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, will have a new Chairman and Managing Director in May 2026. The selection process has...

India hasn’t done much on privatising PSUs. Unprepared for 21st century: Vajpayee

On 1 April 2000, former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee spoke at the Conference of Chief Executives of Public Sector Enterprises, emphasising the need to reform PSUs.

How PSU Bharat Immunologicals went from polio hero to zero. No vaccines, unpaid workers

The BIBCOL factory in UP’s Bulandhshahr was at the forefront of India’s fight against polio. But it hasn’t produced a single vaccine since December 2022 despite being in working order.

Company fundamentals over ‘Modi stocks’ — polls over, analysts predict shift in investor strategy

PSUs & capex-linked stocks have been showing strong growth, driven by 'narrative' of Modi's infrastructure creation. Now, investors will likely rely on underlying company fundamentals.

How govt’s budget transparency push is making this rail PSU switch tracks from its core business

IRFC is sole market lender to Railways, but with govt looking to limit extra-budgetary resources it is now looking to diversify its revenue streams.

Visible infra progress, Make in India push — what’s driving PSU stocks to meteoric highs

Driven by govt’s infra push, Make in India & transition to green energy, PSUs across sectors have seen their stocks jump more than 100% in one year, even by 300-400% for some.

Has a PhD from IIT lost its sheen? IIT-B professor’s paper says doctoral applications have nosedived

Professor D. Manjunath's paper, yet to be peer reviewed, cites rise in number of students going abroad, lure of PSU jobs & ‘declining quality’ of Master’s courses as possible reasons.

Previous target-based disinvestment policy was hurting PSU stocks. How govt is fixing this

Years of high disinvestment led to public sector company stocks falling even when overall markets were rising. Govt’s easing back on disinvestment has helped turn this around.

On Camera

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.