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Why Do Governments Sell Stakes in Successful Companies Instead of Owning Them Forever? The Business Strategy Behind LIC's Share Sale
The Government of India has launched an Offer for Sale to divest up to 6.5% of its stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India. If fully subscribed, it could raise over ₹31,000 crore and lift LIC's public shareholding from 3.5% to 10%, helping the company meet SEBI's minimum public shareholding requirement ahead of the May 2027 deadline. For a lot of people, the news raises an obvious question: if LIC is profitable and strategically important, why sell any of it at all? The answer comes down to a distinction that's easy to miss - the difference between owning a company and actually creating value through it. Governments around the world routinely trim their stakes in successful enterprises, not because those companies are struggling, but because market development, capital allocation, governance, and fiscal priorities often matter more than holding on to every last share.
Why Is SEBI Changing India's Stock Market Timings? The Business Behind the Closing Bell
Starting 3 August 2026, SEBI has made a fairly quiet but consequential change to how India's stock markets work. Instead of calculating a stock's closing price from the average of trades in the last 30 minutes of the day, exchanges are now running a Closing Auction Session (CAS) for F&O-eligible stocks. Derivatives trading has also been pushed out to 3:40 PM so traders have time to react to the new closing price once it's set. On paper, that sounds like a scheduling tweak. It isn't. It's one of the more meaningful upgrades to Indian market infrastructure in years, and understanding why takes you straight into how exchanges actually figure out what a stock is worth.
Volkswagen and JSW: Why Global Companies Need Local Partners to Win in India
The proposed Volkswagen–JSW partnership is more than an investment deal. It reflects a fundamental business strategy that has shaped the success of multinational companies across the world.