BS EDIT: Public sector rethink: Merging departments, shifting goals

By Business StandardPublished On Apr 17, 2025

DPE + Dipam = One unit

Govt aims for efficiency, but will it revive disinvestment or sideline it?

Policy vs reality

Despite a 2021 push to exit non-strategic sectors, progress is slow

No targets, no urgency?

Union Budgets no longer set disinvestment targets—raising concerns

Markets rise, disinvestment lags

₹3.7 trillion raised via markets in FY25, but only ₹10,000 crore from CPSE sales

Bleeding PSUs

198 govt firms lost ₹2 trillion—88 have negative net worth

More than a merger

Without political will, renaming departments won’t deliver real reform