Talk:Public Sector Undertakings in India

Ordinance Factory dissolved to form 7 new DPSUs.

Can someone please include in the list the 7 new DPSUs which has replaced the old Ordinance Factory Board. The list of the DPSUs are

(i) Munitions India Limited

(ii) Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited

(iii) Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited

(iv) Troop Comforts Limited

(v) Yantra India Limited

(vi) India Optel Limited

(vii) Gliders India Limited

Debjyoti Gorai 11:42, 16 October 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Debjyoti Gorai (talk • contribs)

List of PSEs

I'm minded to remove the long lists of PSEs as we also have List of public sector undertakings in India; views welcome. Tacyarg (talk) 09:46, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

References

The first link in the references is a dead link, please update it if someone can. I could not edit it. Roryowen (talk) 16:06, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Do you have a link we can add? —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 17:46, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 9 May 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Public Sector Undertakings in India. Since this article has never achieved a consensus in an RM (including this one), it should be restored to the first stable non-stub title per WP:TITLECHANGES. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 20:07, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

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Public sector undertakings → Public sector undertakings of India – The term is not technically specific to India (which certainly seems to be the main user of it), but this article is. State-owned enterprise is the article on the topic and states, These state owned enterprises are also known as public sector undertakings in some countries. (India is definitely one of them.) Moved from the title of Public sector undertakings in India by User:The Doom Patrol in October 2023. I don't think this is the natural disambiguation case that editor thought it was. The proposed "of" matches the eight pages on SOEs by country, such as State-owned enterprises of China. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:42, 9 May 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 02:50, 17 May 2024 (UTC)— Relisting. >>> Extorc.talk 17:55, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose: A Google search shows PSU is exclusively used for India. Even after scrolling for around 3 minutes I cannot see any link that relates PSU to another country. Definitely a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Besides, the reference to the claim in State-owned enterprise fails verification; the only instance where there is mention of PSU is in the sentence: ... providing guidance and support as a leading PSU (Public Sector Undertaking) in India. 2409:4073:40E:BD2A:95FC:DAA2:F2F3:D1D7 (talk) 17:12, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Requested move 3 June 2024

Public Sector Undertakings in India → Public Sector Undertakings – Redundant natural dab as there's no other article with the same title. It is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Besides, the name is exclusively used in India alone. 2409:4073:4DC3:7C3B:5CDA:ABCB:B969:9871 (talk) 10:02, 3 June 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Polyamorph (talk) 10:15, 10 June 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 06:21, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose. Public Sector Undertaking redirects to State-owned enterprise. It's a generic term. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:34, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

  Necrothesp: Redirect changed out of misunderstanding. It should have been to this page. The same situation happed in the last discussion. As you can see above in the previous move discussion, it was a misunderstanding by Sammi Brie who claimed that state-owned enterprise is also known as Public Sector Undertaking in some countries after seeing a wrongly cited misconstrued statement in that article (These state owned enterprises are also known as public sector undertakings in some countries). This claim was refuted, and it is not a generic term used by countries.--2409:4073:104:92C2:9939:2182:D47D:646F (talk) 18:30, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

• I don't know how we got a title-case title out of the last RM... Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:24, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Relisting comment: Relist to allow editors to present evidence for or against this being the primary topic. BilledMammal (talk) 06:21, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Note An IP, presumably the nominator, asked several editors (including myself) to comment on this discussion (see the list here). I think this is appropriate per WP:CANVASS – their note was neutrally worded – but it should be recorded here regardless. Toadspike [Talk] 17:06, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

The IP invited me also; but I don't see why on world was I invited to this... Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 17:34, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

• I too was invited, and will therefore indicate that I rather Oppose this move; PSU would be ambiguous (and is indeed a Redirect) although it is, in India, obviously referring generally to PSU in India. The current name is OK. Best, -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 18:18, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  But renaming it Public Sector Undertakings (India) could maybe do it. -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 18:39, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  Mushy Yank, you may want to check the reply to Necrothesp. Additionally, for something to be ambiguous, it should refers to more than one subject (per WP:D), which it doesn't in this case. What you said also goes against WP:ONEOTHER; there's a reason hatnotes exists. This is primary topic.--2409:4073:104:92C2:D951:AF36:3E5E:5A19 (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  I had read that comment, yes, thank you. Public is an adjective. Sector is a noun and so is undertakings. Their capitalisation and possible acronym indicates that, indeed, in India, and in India-related literature, PSU and the phrase it stands for are rather unambiguous. However, I do believe that the phrasing without India is ambiguous for a reader that is not looking for information related to India. So yes, if you want to add a hatnote and move/redirect, it makes sense, and I won't find it's an appalling decision, and that's why I only RATHER oppose the move: but for the sake of the general/uninformed reader), I'd rather rename the page, and leave a hatnote ...on State-owned enterprise (as you say, there's a reason why hatnotes exist). I will leave it at that, thanks again. -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 20:14, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

• Comment (as nominator): Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) is a noun. That's why P, S, and U are in caps (title case preferred in outside Wikipedia sources). It is strictly an Indian usage and is widely used and cited (WP:COMMONNAME). That noun+"in India" sounds superfluous.--2409:4073:104:92C2:D951:AF36:3E5E:5A19 (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2024 (UTC) (edited, see below, my reply to Toadspike; still favouring a mention of India, but rather neutral or not opposed otherwise)

Note to closing admin: A decision should be made based on the merit of the argument, not the vote count. It is the obligation of those claiming that the term also refers to state-owned enterprises to substantiate their claim with evidence. So far, I haven't seen any. Even if it were true, this being primary topic, it still goes against WP:ONEOTHER and hatnote concept.--2409:4073:104:92C2:D951:AF36:3E5E:5A19 (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

• Comment/Oppose I too was brought here by the IP address editor. Not sure it meets canvass, as I dont think I have ever seen this article before. I think it is ok to keep India in the name and note that we use State-owned enterprises of China. I think a Chinese SOE is probably more notable than a PSU, so we should probably use that as precedent to retain the country name in the article name. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 20:08, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  I say move to Public Sector Undertakings (India). Kailash29792 (talk) 23:46, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

• Comment. Should also be moved to lower case. -- Necrothesp (talk) 07:33, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
• Conditional support. I don't see why we need a disambiguator ("in India" or "(India)") when there has been zero evidence presented that "public sector undertaking" is used to refer to anything outside of India. It seems to me that "public sector undertaking" is the COMMONNAME for this type of Indian company. The IP has correctly made this point several times and still no counter-evidence has been presented. However, this article title should follow WP:NCCAPS by using sentence case, and WP:NCPLURAL by using the singluar form: Public sector undertaking. There are very few exceptions to these two rules, and this is not one. If there's no consensus on whether to keep the disambiguator, this article should be moved to Public sector undertakings in India or Public sector undertaking (India) at the very least.

Public Sector Undertakings is currently a redirect that points to State-owned enterprise#Public-sector undertaking, which is not a section that exists. This should be retargeted to this page, regardless of whatever title is finally chosen. Toadspike [Talk] 12:00, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

I agree 2409:4073:4DC3:7C3B:5CDA:ABCB:B969:9871 has a point and your explanation is very convincing, especially regarding the capital letters. So yes, OK for the move in lower case (but with a serious hatnote) or for one of the two moves in lower case you suggest. I still do think that an uninformed reader may be misled because the terms are generic and do mean something (hence the current redirect) even if you don't associate them with India; but they will soon understand they're on a India-related page, true, if the hatnote and lead section mention it. -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 17:24, 2 July 2024 (UTC)