A clearly spelt-out policy

In the article, “The rise of the public sector” (June 1), Kanika Datta writes that despite the government trying to disinvest its holdings in the last two decades, many more new public sector undertakings (PSU) have been created. The brief analysis that follows shows the dichotomy at work, and it appears the government has no clearly enunciated policy for ameliorating the malaise in its own stables.

New policies are announced with fanfare, but followed by half-hearted steps to implement them. The result invariably is suboptimal and the problem assumes larger proportions. Consider the frantic efforts at all levels of the government