Lower privatisation targets would boost credibility

With only two months of this fiscal year remaining, the finance ministry’s aim of raising nearly INR700bn in revenues through the privatisation of various state-owned companies looks impossible to achieve. Suggestions that a lower target will be set for next year would, if true, be more realistic and help to boost the finance ministry’s credibility.

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