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(Updated till 14thMay2013)

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General Disinvestment-Related Articles
1. Govt clears ETF for public units to push disinvestment ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 02 May 2013
2. Cabinet to take up PSU ETF proposal on Wednesday TIMES OF INDIA,THE 29 Apr 2013
3. Govt may ask divestment dept to look into 30 PSUs listing BUSINESS LINE 29 Apr 2013
4. Disinvestment policy: Government should encourage retail investors, says Yashwant Sinha ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 23 Apr 2013
5. Govt seeks to raise Rs.5,000 cr through ETFs in fiscal 2014 MINT 23 Apr 2013
6. Shun offer-for-sale route through bourses BUSINESS LINE 22 Apr 2013
7. Having failed in its disinvestment efforts, is the govt enforcing its failure-prone ideas on PSU ETFs, too? MONEYLIFE 17 Apr 2013
8. 'Integrity' pledge to be imposed in India share sales . WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE 17 Apr 2013
9. Goldman Sachs to manage PSU ETF BUSINESS STANDARD 16 Apr 2013
10. India to ask investment banks to sign integrity pacts . WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE 11 Apr 2013
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Individual PSU Related Articles
1. Govt defers decision on MMTC stake sale till July BUSINESS STANDARD 14 May 2013
2. Five merchant bankers in race for EIL disinvestment ZEE NEWS 12 May 2013
3. IOC, CIL issues among first lot of stake sale proposals INDIAN EXPRESS 10 May 2013
4. IMG agrees on 10% stake sale in Coal India, may fetch Rs 17,000 crore ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 09 May 2013
5. Coal India deserves to be broken up, not to be divested ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 08 May 2013
6. Govt keen to offload stake in Coal India by September MONEY CONTROL 08 May 2013
7. Coal India divestment: Government to kickstart Rs 20,000 crore share sale ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 07 May 2013
8. Quality issue may impact Coal India divestment: Ministry BUSINESS LINE 06 May 2013
9. 10% Coal India divestment likely: Govt INDIAN EXPRESS 23 Apr 2013
10. Govt to divest 10% stake via FPO route: EIL MONEY CONTROL 23 Apr 2013
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Opinions
1. PSU ETF will fail, unless government shuns piecemeal divestment Vinod Sharma DNA 06 May 2013
2. Buyback of shares by Coal India will not be positive for stock Jatin Damania ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 05 Apr 2013
3. Disinvestment programme in India: A look at the returns Kumar V. Pratap INDIAN EXPRESS 28 Mar 2013
4. Design divestment to meet deficit, market needs: Haldea Prithvi Haldea MONEY CONTROL 20 Mar 2013
5. Strong appetite aiding divestment optimism Vikas Khemani MONEY CONTROL 08 Feb 2013
6. Hindustan Copper disinvestment: Lessons for the government Kunal Bose BUSINESS STANDARD 11 Dec 2012
7. Disinvestment in name only C.R.L.Narasimhan HINDU,THE 09 Dec 2012
8. Don’t use LIC to prop up divestment Mohan R. Lavi BUSINESS LINE 28 Nov 2012
9. Hindustan Copper, NTPC divestment indicates change in govt's intent Sajiv Dhawan ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 23 Nov 2012
10. Optimistic for Hindustan Copper divestment S.P.Tulsian MONEY CONTROL 21 Nov 2012
11. The government's ETF conundrum Santosh Tiwari BUSINESS STANDARD 02 Nov 2012
12. Divestment target doable, if issues priced fairly S.Subramaniam MONEY CONTROL 01 Nov 2012
13. Divestment: Listen to investor feedback S.Ramesh BUSINESS LINE 29 Oct 2012
14. The smart way to divest Aarati Krishnan BUSINESS LINE 21 Oct 2012
15. Disinvestment failure will disappoint market in terms of fiscal deficit Harendra Kumar ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 15 Oct 2012
16. Govt can hit divestment goal with new OFS norm V. Jayasankar MONEY CONTROL 27 Jun 2012
17. Why that ‘attractive’ PSU IPO may not be such a good idea Sumit Gulati ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 09 Apr 2012
18. The pitfalls of buying into Coal India S. Murlidharan BUSINESS LINE 04 Apr 2012
19. ONGC disinvestment process successful and satisfactory S. S. Palanimanickam ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 27 Mar 2012
20. Why is govt raising debt to buy PSU shares,asks Ex-Fin Sec S.B. Mathur & Ashok Jha MONEY CONTROL 26 Mar 2012
21. Meeting divestment target of Rs 30000cr possible S.Narayan MONEY CONTROL 26 Mar 2012
22. How not to disinvest Ila Patnaik FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 15 Mar 2012
23. Will the government's buyback plan spur PSU stocks? Sanket Dhanorkar ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 12 Mar 2012
24. The populism risk Akash Prakash BUSINESS STANDARD 09 Mar 2012
25. Should revisit entire divestment agenda & procedure Prithvi Haldea MONEY CONTROL 05 Mar 2012
26. ONGC fiasco example of incompetence Arun Shourie ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 03 Mar 2012
27. Paper divestment Editorial BUSINESS LINE 02 Mar 2012
28. Auction is a far cleaner, quicker process for disinvestment Sandeep J. Shah ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 16 Feb 2012
29. Listing PSUs does not mean market discipline K.S.Chalapati Rao BUSINESS STANDARD 29 Jan 2012
30. Deficit, disinvestment and PSUs: Enough of smoke & mirror Mythili Bhusnurmath ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 16 Jan 2012
31. PSU disinvestment: Why not all options will benefit investors Narendra Nathan ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 16 Jan 2012
32. The many ways of skinning a cat Aarati Krishnan BUSINESS LINE 15 Jan 2012
33. Are PSUs the govt's cash reserve? Nandini Gupta BUSINESS STANDARD 08 Jan 2012
34. Divestment dilemmas Editorial BUSINESS LINE 05 Jan 2012
35. Buyback should be offered to all shareholders, not just govt. Prithvi Haldea ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 01 Dec 2011
36. Unwelcome improvisations Editorial HINDU,THE 06 Nov 2011
37. Buybacks are wrong in principle S. Murlidharan BUSINESS LINE 04 Nov 2011
38. When New Delhi Sells, Buyer Beware Harsh Joshi WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE 02 Nov 2011
39. IPO reforms are key to reining in greed S. Murlidharan BUSINESS STANDARD 21 Nov 2010
40. Coal India's tragedy Shyamal Majumdar BUSINESS STANDARD 12 Nov 2010
41. Resetting PSUs A.K. Bhattacharya BUSINESS STANDARD 09 Nov 2010
42. CIL should float overseas subsidiary for its buys Jaideep Mishra ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 08 Nov 2010
43. Celebrate divestment with caution A.K. Bhattacharya BUSINESS STANDARD 26 Oct 2010
44. ONGC issue won't disappoint investors R.S. Sharma ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 14 Sep 2010
45. This is appropriate time for disinvestment B.M. Bansal ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 07 Sep 2010
46. For the sake of the retail investor C.R.L. Narasimhan HINDU,THE 30 Aug 2010
47. Should PSUs enjoy a lower public float? Nirmal Jain & U.D. Choubey BUSINESS STANDARD 18 Aug 2010
48. Art of disinvestment Arjun Sengupta DECCAN CHRONICLE 09 Aug 2010
49. So far, on target Editorial FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 17 Jun 2010
50. Will the 25% public float work? Govind Sankaranarayanan & Abizer Diwanji BUSINESS STANDARD 16 Jun 2010
51. Selling family aluminium Editorial MINT 21 May 2010
52. 'Fee structure makes PSU divestment business unviable' Tarun Kataria BUSINESS STANDARD 12 May 2010
53. It’s the pricing, stupid Editorial MINT 28 Apr 2010
54. Partial divestment better than full sell-off Deepak K Srivastava DNA 06 Apr 2010
55. PSU divestment: Clear the mess Editorial ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 29 Mar 2010
56. Fine-tuning divestment Aarati Krishnan BUSINESS LINE 17 Mar 2010
57. Positively Shattered Units A.K. Bhattacharya BUSINESS STANDARD 16 Mar 2010
58. IPOs: It's probably overpriced Amar Pandit BUSINESS STANDARD 14 Mar 2010
59. 'Banks must be incentivised for divestment's success' Madhur Deora BUSINESS STANDARD 11 Mar 2010
60. Primary market and PSU disinvestment Pratip Kar BUSINESS STANDARD 08 Mar 2010
61. 'REC issue shows investor confidence' Sushilkumar Shinde BUSINESS STANDARD 24 Feb 2010
62. REC’s sorrows Editorial FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 24 Feb 2010
63. Should Indian Railways Be Privatized? Omar Saleem & Neeraj Trikha WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE 24 Feb 2010
64. Still banking on government Editorial FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 19 Feb 2010
65. Lessons from the NTPC fiasco Subir Roy BUSINESS STANDARD 17 Feb 2010
66. NTPC issue: triumph of greed over common sense Dhirendra Kumar HINDUSTAN TIMES 15 Feb 2010
67. NTPC: French fried? S. Ramesh MONEY CONTROL 13 Feb 2010
68. Distribution architecture is focused on wholesale investors C.J. George ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 11 Feb 2010
69. FPO with an IPO mindset S. Murlidharan BUSINESS LINE 11 Feb 2010
70. Lessons From The NTPC FPO Ashok Kumar THEIPOGURU 11 Feb 2010
71. Need for a new-look policy Prithvi Haldea BUSINESS STANDARD 11 Feb 2010
72. Power of discount Editorial FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 11 Feb 2010
73. What are the lessons to be learnt from NTPC FPO? Prithvi Haldea ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 11 Feb 2010
74. Cold response to hot cakes Prithvi Haldea BUSINESS STANDARD 10 Feb 2010
75. Learn right lessons from NTPC’s flop Shobhana Subramanian FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 10 Feb 2010
76. $7 bn to $10 bn may come from divestment Jyoti Jaipuria ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 09 Feb 2010
77. Disinvestments failed to thrill Sachin P. Mampatta DNA 09 Feb 2010
78. Spot the Retail Investor Sucheta Dalal MONEYLIFE 09 Feb 2010
79. Why I Hate PSU Stocks R. Balakrishnan MONEYLIFE 09 Feb 2010
80. Focus on retail investors Editorial ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 08 Feb 2010
81. 'Opt for PSU shares with long-term view' Madhu T. ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 08 Feb 2010
82. Right reasons for disinvesting Editorial MINT 08 Feb 2010
83. ‘Align workers with PSUs’ Vijay Kelker HINDUSTAN TIMES 05 Feb 2010
84. Arun Shourie disappointed with retail response to NTPC FPO Arun Shourie & Prithvi Haldea MONEY CONTROL 05 Feb 2010
85. Leave money for investors to make divestment plans successful Rajeev Malik ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 05 Feb 2010
86. NTPC FPO pricing could jolt divestment programme S.P. Tulsian MONEY CONTROL 05 Feb 2010
87. French or Dutch ? Ashok Kumar THEIPOGURU 04 Feb 2010
88. From disinvestment to privatisation Vijay Kelkar ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 02 Feb 2010
89. PSUs could make 2010 a historic year Prithvi Haldea INDIAN EXPRESS 01 Feb 2010
90. Courts won’t obstruct liberalisation Utkarsh Anand INDIAN EXPRESS 26 Jan 2010
91. Disinvestment picks up a reassuring pace Sunny Verma FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 25 Jan 2010
92. Public sector units taking centre stage at BSE Praveen Kumar Singh FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 25 Jan 2010
93. 'PSUs as an asset class is a good investment theme' J. Venkatesan BUSINESS STANDARD 21 Jan 2010
94. Right a(u)ction Editorial BUSINESS LINE 21 Jan 2010
95. In the next year, Coal India IPO is going to be a big one Sunil Mitra MINT 18 Jan 2010
96. PSU shares are tarnished silver, not white metal Subir Raha HINDUSTAN TIMES 18 Jan 2010
97. From Navratnas to Maharatnas C.R.L. Narasimhan HINDU,THE 10 Jan 2010
98. Some divestment needed to prop up retail investor Saikat Neogi FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 08 Jan 2010
99. PSU Disinvestment Editorial CENTRAL CHRONICLE 07 Jan 2010
100. From Navaratna to Maharatna Editorial BUSINESS STANDARD 04 Jan 2010
101. On disinvestment, make haste slowly N.K. Singh INDIAN EXPRESS 19 Dec 2009
102. ‘What PSUs are good at, they have preserved' Satish Ramanathan BUSINESS LINE 06 Dec 2009
103. Is It Prudent To Fund The Deficit Via PSU Selloffs? Kavita Chacko & D.R. Dogra OUTLOOK PROFIT 27 Nov 2009
104. I-Banking’s Indian moment Subhomoy Bhattacharjee FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 24 Nov 2009
105. Seasoning the stock Ila Patnaik INDIAN EXPRESS 20 Nov 2009
106. State-owned firms’ IPOs fared better Editorial DECCAN CHRONICLE 18 Nov 2009
107. BSNL listing a good idea Arun Shourie MONEY CONTROL 16 Nov 2009
108. Getting PSUs on track Editorial BUSINESS STANDARD 16 Nov 2009
109. Reviving PSE divestment programme C.R.L. Narasimhan HINDU,THE 16 Nov 2009
110. PSUs' peculiar problem Devangshu Datta BUSINESS STANDARD 15 Nov 2009
111. Disinvest for better governance T.T. Ram Mohan ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 12 Nov 2009
112. Market messiah's divestment salvo Ashok Kumar BLOOMBERG UTV 12 Nov 2009
113. Finally, a pragmatic sell off Madan Sabnavis FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 10 Nov 2009
114. High premium IPOs may mar chances of quick return for retail investors Krishna Kant ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 09 Nov 2009
115. Divesting for development Editorial BUSINESS LINE 07 Nov 2009
116. The time to sell had come Subhomoy Bhattacharjee FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 07 Nov 2009
117. UPA-II takes one big step Editorial FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 07 Nov 2009
118. Welcome move Editorial ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 07 Nov 2009
119. PSUs must improve their global competitiveness Kunal Bose BUSINESS STANDARD 27 Oct 2009
120. Reserve more for Retail investors in PSU IPOs? A.K. Narayan & A. Balasubramanian ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 27 Oct 2009
121. IPOs of PSUs: Incentive for investor makes them attractive Ashish Gupta ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 25 Oct 2009
122. Disinvestment without a purpose A.K. Bhattacharya BUSINESS STANDARD 21 Oct 2009
123. Powering divestment Editorial BUSINESS LINE 21 Oct 2009
124. Disinvestment is back on track Gaurav Choudhury HINDUSTAN TIMES 20 Oct 2009
125. High stakes Editorial FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 20 Oct 2009
126. Disinvestment and populism Editorial MINT 19 Oct 2009
127. PSU IPOs hold a lot of promise Ashish Kapur INDIAN EXPRESS 05 Oct 2009
128. Reaping benefits from divestment Rajesh Sennik ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 22 Sep 2009
129. ‘Privileged player’: the buy factor of PSU stocks Dhirendra Kumar HINDUSTAN TIMES 20 Sep 2009
130. NHPC's lukewarm debut Editorial ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 03 Sep 2009
131. Power to disinvestment Editorial FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 02 Sep 2009
132. 'Performing PSUs will be rewarded' R. Bandyopadhyay ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 29 Aug 2009
133. Divesting in tranches Editorial ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 25 Aug 2009
134. Indian public’s offering Editorial FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 18 Aug 2009
135. Governance first, divestment later Pratip Kar BUSINESS STANDARD 13 Aug 2009
136. Disinvestment, the buzzword Asish K. Bhattacharya BUSINESS STANDARD 27 Jul 2009
137. Divestment: Missing the big picture? Chetan Ahya ECONOMIC TIMES,THE 20 Jul 2009
138. ‘It’s not professional to use disinvestment to fix deficit' Arup Roy Choudhury FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 09 Jul 2009
139. Sell, then pay off debt Editorial FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 09 Jul 2009
140. The indirect disinvestment route Saikat Neogi FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 08 Jul 2009
141. Retire debt Editorial FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 02 Jul 2009
142. There’s need for an informed debate on disinvestment Pradip Baijal MINT 01 Jul 2009
143. Pause before divesting Sumit K.Majumdar BUSINESS LINE 26 Jun 2009
144. Make it a truly public offer Prithvi Haldea BUSINESS STANDARD 13 Jun 2009
145. Disinvestment is not to fix deficit Rahul Khullar BUSINESS WORLD 12 Jun 2009
Other PSU-Related Articles
1. EIL asked to appoint 1 more independent director BUSINESS STANDARD 28 Apr 2013
2. Govt to notify 30% investment ceiling norm for LIC soon MONEY CONTROL 03 Jan 2013
3. MTNL to give up spectrum, sell land to retain Navratna status BUSINESS STANDARD 28 Nov 2012
4. Destroying shareholders’ wealth FINANCIAL EXPRESS,THE 27 Nov 2012
5. Nifty firms may get priority in central public sector ETF MINT 15 Nov 2012
6. RINL close to bagging iron ore mine in Rajasthan DNA 05 Nov 2012
7. RINL may get to retain Navratna Status: Official MONEY CONTROL 02 Nov 2012
8. Will Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd lose its Navaratna tag? TIMES OF INDIA,THE 01 Nov 2012
9. Centre wants sick PSUs out from free float norm BUSINESS STANDARD 01 Nov 2012
10. RINL on the brink of losing Navratna status BUSINESS LINE 24 Oct 2012
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