Disinvestment  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (January 31) presented the Economic Survey 2019-20 in the Parliament. While submitting the survey report, the finance minister said that disinvestment improves firm performance and overall productivity to create wealth.

From Pokhran to disinvestment, here are five initiatives taken up by Vajpayee, that changed the face of India in terms of economy, telecom sector and education.
 

Trinamool Congress members in Rajya Sabha disrupted the proceedings of the Upper House by protesting against disinvestment of public sector companies

The CBI has lodged an FIR in a case of alleged irregularities in the disinvestment of 21 state-owned sugar mills leading to a loss of Rs 1,179 crore to the Uttar Pradesh exchequer incurred during Bahujan Samaj Party's rule when Mayawati was the chief minister

The government has fixed disinvestment target of Rs 80,000 crore for the current fiscal ending March. For next fiscal, the target has been set at Rs 90,000 crore.
 

The total disinvestment proceeds of the Modi government outstrips the earnings of UPA-1, UPA-2, United Front and Narasimha Rao governments combined