Privatisation

Hundreds of Anganwadi and midday meal workers protested against the commercialisation of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), privatisation of meal schemes, and the introduction of digital surveillance. They demanded wage revision and job security.

Unions are protesting the sale of a CSL stake, which has reignited concerns about privatization. The move has been met with fears of increased privatization efforts.

YSRCP opposes the privatisation of electric buses. The party is against transferring the management of electric buses to private entities.

APSRTC Employees’ JAC plans a second phase of agitation starting July 7 against the state government's move to hand over depot lands to private operators for electric bus operations, fearing it will lead to the privatization of public transport services.

Conservancy workers in Erode Corporation have boycotted work to oppose a proposed privatisation move. They demanded the immediate withdrawal of any government order related to privatisation.

M.V. Govindan, CPI(M) State secretary, criticizes Kerala's revised budget as an 'opening speech' to total privatization, accusing it of betraying the people by transferring state wealth to corporations.

President Asif Ali Zardari approved the repeal of the 2016 bill to privatize Pakistan International Airlines, fulfilling legal requirements. A consortium led by Arif Habib Corporation Limited secured 75% shares of PIA in December 2025 with a Rs135 billion bid and aims to acquire the remaining 25% government stake.