India ramps up privatization of state enterprises

Longtime loss-maker Air India among 23 companies up for sale

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Air India has lost money amid fierce competition against private carriers such as IndiGo, below. © Reuters

AKIRA HAYAKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

MUMBAI -- The Indian government has drawn up a list of 23 state-owned companies it wishes to sell off to the private sector by next March as part of an ambitious plan to balance the budget and revitalize industry.

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