By Ayaskant Das New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s decision to offload up to 15 per cent of its share in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has met with opposition from employees of India’s lone, state-run aircraft manufacturer. But industry veterans feel a gradual disinvestment of the nation’s aerospace […]
(Editor’s Note: Corrections in paragraph 3 and 4, to read the economic package as Rs 2,000,000 crore or Rs 20 trillion or $266 billion, and production target Rs 30,000 crore as $4 billion respectively.) By Ayaskant Das The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has fallen short of its production […]
New Delhi: India’s Narendra Modi government can take a leaf out of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the privatisation of companies like defence major BAE Systems to carry forward its disinvestment plans for state-owned companies that are profitable. The Economic Survey 2020-21, presented to the Parliament […]
New Delhi: India’s civil aviation sector is expected to show robust growth with the government planning an investment of $3.5 billion in improving airport infrastructure across the country, even as the aircraft fleet is poised to soon be 2,000-strong. At an event here yesterday to mark the curtain […]