Best of BS Opinion: Revisiting disinvestment, markets strike back & more

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The government urgently needs to adopt a more systematic approach to disinvestment. Finding companies to divest after having arrived at a target for the year will not help. It should instead have a rolling list of companies to be privatised over a period of time. A ready list will not only give departments concerned much-needed clarity, but also allow the markets to prepare for buying shares of such companies, the top edit argues here.

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Debashis Basu says that even as Sebi is weighing down direct retail investors with more disclosures, mutual funds, as