A week after the privatization programme received a setback following the Supreme Court order halting divestment in two oil PSUs, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on Sunday asserted that economic reforms were irreversible.
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"Our government under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been implementing a carefully crafted agenda of economic reforms whose fruits are already becoming visible. India's prestige in the world is rising rapidly. The international community sees India as an emerging economic power," he said.
Earlier this week, Divestment Minister Arun Shourie had met the deputy prime minister and Law Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss the fallout of the SC verdict.
The divestment ministry is learnt to have submitted an option paper to the government spelling out various alternatives. The Cabinet Committee on Divestment is slated to meet early in October to chalk out its strategy.