The shape of India's selloff plan: 300+ PSUs may shrink to barely two dozen SECTIONS Share Synopsis The govt may reduce the number of public sector enterprises to just around two dozen, from over 300 at present, following the new policy that focuses on privatisation in non-core sectors, while shutting down loss making state-run enterprises. Power has been identified as a core sector, where a bare minimum presence of the public sector enterprises will be maintained (This story originally appeared in on Feb 08, 2021)The government may reduce the number of public sector enterprises to just around two dozen, from over 300 at present, following the new policy that focuses on privatisation in non-core sectors, while shutting down loss making state-run enterprises.