Fear of unknown grips govt's privatisation plan with second Covid wave

Despite the uncertainty and unpredictability on how things will unfold, Centre is hopeful of completing transactions listed in Budget with a delay of one to two months

With the disruption caused by the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, the ‘fear of unknown’ is looming over the government’s privatisation drive. Although there is a lot of uncertainty and unpredictability on how things will unfold, the government is hopeful of completing the transactions listed in the Budget with a delay of one to two months, said a top government official.

However, “there are many unknown factors now, and we do not know whether there could be a third wave. But we are trying to carry on with our work”, the official said.”

“Since there is a lot of uncertainty,