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We, at @BloombergQuint, scooped hundreds of pages of correspondences which culminated into the Modi govt's most ambitious privatisation policy.

We broke it down into 4 parts and ran a series of stories starting March 24. Here's a recap of #ThePrivatisationFiles:
In part I, you will get to read about the pushback the new policy received from key ministries, often backed by the Cabinet Ministers.

How easy will it then be for the Modi govt. to drive the privatisation policy?

#PrivatisationFiles

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Perhaps the pushback was a concern for the finance ministry.

So, with the approval of the Finance Minister, it took a shortcut before unveiling the policy in the Budget (after making significant changes to the draft policy).

Part II is all about that:

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Part II of #ThePrivatisationFiles:
A week before presenting the Budget in Feb., the Modi government decided to go aggressive on its privatisation plan & introduced significant changes to the proposed policy drafted in July 2020.

But...

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The government wanted to be just in time. So, the team shepherding the new policy skipped over some of the processes laid down for inter-departmental consultations.

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Remember how we told you in part I of #ThePrivatisationFiles that objections and concerns raised by key ministries on the draft policy circulated in July 2020 kept pouring in for months?

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