Opinion: Sellout in the name of reforms
The Modi govt has embarked on the mindless and the suicidal policy of privatisation and in the process it is dismantling profit-making PSUs.
By Venkat Parsa| Published: 19th February 2021 4:04 pm IST
Photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)
Venkat Parsa
An unabashed push for privatization has been launched by the Modi government. This strikes at the very root of the Nehruvian dream of a self-reliant India, through the policy of according the commanding heights of economy to the public sector, with adequate space for private sector. This Nehruvian model has since come to be known as the model of ‘Mixed Economy’.