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October 22, 2019

Bric-a-brac : BPCL under the hammer


ALL decks are cleared for the disinvestment of BPCL (Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd). We hear the decision is going to be a somersault on the part of the Government of India, and may give final shape to the privatisation structure of the oil industry in India.  All reforms in oil sector will have to answer one pertinent question: will it unburden the oil import bill or not? If not, then all amalgamation, reforms, alliance and disinvestment may prove to be just just window dressing. The Modi government had quietly repealed the legislation that had nationalised BPCL, doing away with the need to seek Parliament’s nod before selling it off to private and foreign firms.

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