Best of BS Opinion: Disinvestment blues, sorry state of policing, and more

From how India could become the world's second largest e-bus market after China to police reform and the purchase of BPCL by IOC, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

If people are less poor than before, should we be concerned about high or rising inequality, about how much better-off the rich are, and, if so, why? Does the government's plan to sell its stake in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd make sense? Why do policy changes become more likely during crises? All of this and more in our opinion section today. Alokananda Chakraborty sums up.

It is claimed that the government is interested in making public-sector units run efficiently, but it appears that it sees them as little more than giant cash cows to fund