Pm, Advani Start Work On Resolving Selloff Impasse

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani will act in concert to give disinvestment a determined nudge forward in the next few days.

A resolution of the logjam over the sell-off of oil majors Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), well ahead of the December deadline the Cabinet had set for itself to sort out the issue, is possible, as a result.

A discussion on the implications of a failure to achieve the steep annual disinvestment target of Rs 16,000 crore in the Tenth Five-Year Plan at tomorrow