Page 28 - Letters
Letters:A need or a want?
Environmental experts say the steel bridge would increase the temperature of the city by one or two degrees, as the material absorbs heat and releases it back into the surroundings
Letters:Poll tie-up in UP
A Bihar-type Mahagathbandhan is being considered in Uttar Pradesh where Assembly polls are due in 2017
Letters: Preferential treatment
Report reveals, the evaders used dubious means such as long-term capital gains, allotment of shares under the preference route and even penny stocks
Letters: Totally unexpected
It hurts the esteem of the Indian corporate world in general and Tata Group in particular
Letters: Not without blemish
Mistry had reiterated his view that every company in the group had to earn the right to grow
Letters: Flawed GST still superior
The problems of classification disputes, misuse of discretionary powers and lobbying for exemptions referred to by Bhattacharya are all too well known
Letters: Be steady before flight
Jayant Sinha, the minister of state for aviation, seems too optimistic about the success of the scheme, foreseeing even the hawai chappal-wearing individuals would be able to fly under UDAN
Letters: Mark of professionalism
The fact that the board did not flinch on the issue of removing someone, who is a large shareholder, is testimony to the members' independent thinking and commitment to what is in the interest of the company
Letters: Onus is on Pakistan
Indian artistes are publicly voicing their opposition to a legal and voluntary boycott by a cinema trade union of Pakistani artistes working in India
Letters: Heritage tracks
The century-old Shakuntala Railway should not fall prey to incorrect priorities such as preventing financial losses
Letters: Secure banking
The evaluation of the functioning of existing systems in financial institutions could not plug the vulnerabilities, thereby putting customers at risks
Letters: Simplistic stance
If there is another cross-border outrage, the country should impose economic sanctions on Pakistan
Letters:Abolish the BBB
The BBB's present mandate includes assisting in business strategies and capital-raising plans
Letters: Alternative to HFCs
India is a huge and rapidly growing market for air conditioners and refrigerators
Letters: Change with the times
On the solution suggested by Das, I do not think ceasing all economic dealings with Pakistan will fetch India anything
Letters: Back to square one?
GST, which aimed at providing moderate rates of tax with only a couple of tax slabs, is now destined to become a complicated and multi-faceted taxation regime like the one at present
Letters: Not the need of the hour
Each of the small and large state-owned banks have their own strategy and ways to deliver better results without compromising their commitments to social banking
Letters: A futile exercise
The Reserve Bank of India has surprisingly remained silent on the issue
Letters: Cess in disaster
First an educational cess might be be levied. Then copra and tea cess will follow
Letters: Taking flight
The real challenge before Ashwani Lohani, AI's incumbent chairperson, is to reduce rising debts and servicing thereof
