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Don't blame private sector

Vaccine distribution lags are because of state controls

Making PSUs board-yukt and sarkar-mukt

PSUs have played a well-defined role in India's progress over 74 years. Some have delivered sterling outcomes that the return-seeking, capital-poor private sector would have been unable to do

Private sector banks' share in loans rises to 36.5% in FY21

Surpass other bank groups in terms of loan growth

Open up vaccination to India's private sector: SpiceJet scion Avani Singh

SpiceHealth was founded in November last year, quickly becoming a first mover in cheap testing for Covid-19.

Four-fifths of income losses during 1st wave incurred by pvt sector: Report

Almost 80% of all income losses during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020 were incurred by the private sector in India, while in many other countries the entire loss was on respective governments

Private sector has to be key driver of growth: Niti Aayog official

Vice-chairman of Niti Aayog Rajiv Kumar on Thursday said that the private sector of the country will have to drive growth and not the public enterprises as they used to be.

Private sector looking to pool demand for Covid vaccines procurement

Private sector in India is looking to pool their demand for effective procurement of vaccines to ensure uninterrupted access to the lifesaving vaccines, healthcare and industry federations said

Dhanlaxmi Bank gross advances up over 4% by March; deposits rise over 7%

Private sector lender Dhanlaxmi Bank witnessed over 7 per cent year-on-year growth in its total deposits during the financial year ended March 2021, while advances rose over 4 per cent.

Vaccinating India: What next?

We must pull out all the stops to win the race against the virus. And trust each other to do the right thing

Reservations about quotas

They can be self-defeating in the new economic paradigm

Price controls for vaccines?

The path to reaching every small town and village runs through having no price controls

India's interventionist state: Reduce its scope, increase capability

Govt is increasingly keen to deliver even specific items like toilets, water, gas cylinders, where it can show the beneficiary immediate results. This new welfarism helps win polls but not development

A change in direction

After years of disappointing growth, the economy and the markets are poised for a breakout

PM Modi calls for increased participation of private sector in agriculture

Modi on Monday called for increased participation of the private sector in agriculture, especially in research and development

Without red tape, plans to let private sector manage surplus land can work

It took nearly 70 years for the Government of India to recognise the merits of allowing the private sector to manage surplus government land

Q3 GDP numbers: Private sector investments will pick up soon, say experts

Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) contracted by 6.48 per cent in Q4FY20. It plunged in Q1FY21 before returning to earlier levels in Q2

The 'babu' question

Appointment of bureaucrats as PSU heads is illogical

Deregulation of geospatial data sector opens a new world for private sector

The domestic availability of locally relevant maps and geospatial data is expected to bring about improved management of resources

Best of BS Opinion: PSB privatisation, vaccinating India brilliantly & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Fiscal doves in India: right and wrong

The idea that fiscal prudence and welfare of the less well-off are mutually exclusive is misplaced