Kochi, Oct 10: Describing reports that government was trying to privatise the public sector as a "malicious propaganda", Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the Centre's policy was to strengthen PSUs and not weaken them.
 Such propaganda is "far from truth", Mukherjee said in his inaugural address at the 29th national conference of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), the trade union wing of the Congress, here.
 The government's policy was clearly spelt out in the Congress manifesto and reiterated by President Pratibha Patil in her address to the 15th session of the Lok Sabha, the Minister said.
 "Where is the question of weakening the public sector.
 The policy of the government is quite clear. The policy of the government is to strengthen the public sector units," he said.

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