LIVE: Ownership of assets with govt, says FM on Rs 6 trn monetisation plan

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will start the Countrywide Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) currently that will include the Centre’s four-calendar year strategy to monetise its brownfield infrastructure assets. The government has prepared a Rs six-trillion pipeline of assets that can be monetised, which will include a array of assets place on the block for non-public sector participation.

Amid deepening crisis in Afghanistan, United States President Joe Biden defended his move to withdraw troops from the nation, indicating record will document this as a “reasonable, rational, and ideal selection”. The Biden administration has arrive under criticism from some quarters for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan as the Taliban captured energy, resulting in chaos and fatalities.