Table of Contents

1 The economic role of the state. 2 Does ownership matter? 3 The public sector in India. 4 The global experience with privatisation. 5 India’s journey from partial divestiture to privatisation: 1991–2021. 6 Big ticket privatisation and asset monetisation proposed in Fiscal 2022. 7 Privatisation of Air India. 8 Privatisation of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). 9 Privatisation of airports. 10 Privatisation of banks. 11 IPO of life insurance company and privatisation of a general insurance company. 12 Telecom sector – BSNL and MTNL.

About the Author

Sudhir Naib, former Director and Emeritus Professor, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan’s Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management, New Delhi, has authored three books published by Oxford University Press and Sage. He has authored research articles in Economic & Political Weekly, and many case studies published in Ivey Publishing, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Asian Journal of Management Cases, Case Centre, and India Case Research Centre.