Rise in CPSEs under construction

Public sector companies still under construction make up over a quarter of total CPSEs

Split bars showing annual number of CPSEs under construction and their share in total number of CPSEs. There were 74 such entities accounting for 22.4 per cent of total CPSEs in 2016-17. This rose to 96 accounting for 26.2 per cent of total CPSEs by 2019-20.

Source: Public Enterprises Survey 2019-20, Business Standard calculations