Page 38 - Letters

Letters: State of banks

Recently, it mooted a proposal to take over five of its associates and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with it,which would catapult it into the league of top 50 global banks

Letters: 'Toilet tourism'

While travelling in rural areas one continues to come across ghost houses -abandoned or never occupied - that are located far away from the main villages

Letters: A successor for Rajan

The fact that Rajan is fiercely independent in his actions and not given to making politically correct statements has offended the powers that be

Letters: A complicated issue

The European Court of Justice has delivered a ruling on this subject that is applicable in Europe

Letters: Separation is key

For crime investigation, there could be a separate institution, possibly an independent constitutional authority, along the lines of the Election Commission

Letters: Merger is welcome

The opposition to the merger is only with respect to the existence of the employees' unions rather than the benefits to their members

Letters: Draw the right lessons

The Supreme Court was peeved at the indiscreet way in which President's rule was imposed in Uttarakhand by the Centre

Letters: A different view

Panagariya goes on to claim that railway track expansion "has risen to 7 kilometres per day during 2015-16 from 4.3 kilometres per day during the previous six years"

Letters: Mitigate trust deficit

The cancellation of the Nepalese president's visit to India as well as Nepal recalling its ambassador from New Delhi are pointers to increasingly strained bilateral relations

Letters: Look at the big picture

The aggregate decline in debt levels (Rs 6,862 crore) in 2015-16 is nominal, considering the total indebtedness of companies during that financial year

Letters: An absolute delight

The way the argument has been substantiated with theoretical as well as empirical research is commendable

Letters: Seek more information

"The call of the Baba", I applaud the success of the Patanjali brand and have no doubt about the quality of its products

Letters: Soft skills, great impact

Interpersonal relationship skills, motivation, communication, counselling and team-building belong in the soft skills area

Letters: Taxing times

There is the effortless and all-pervasive impost, be it 15 per cent on goods and services tax or services

Letters: Battle against Pollock

The anti-Pollock campaign is based on quotes stripped out of their context, marinated in prejudice and fried in reductionism before being served with a side dish of plain wrong conclusions

Letters: An 'impartial' CBI

The CBI is probing into the alleged bribery "facilitated" by Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland's Italian parent, of some bigwigs in India

Letters: The power to dispose

While the finance ministry maintains it has only "advised" the labour ministry to lower the interest rate to 8.7 per cent, the Bandaru Dattatreya-led labour ministry says it was a "directive"

Letters: Time for Modi to change

The votaries of beef ban and Bharat Mata ki Jai have created little impact on people's mindset but have provided the anti-BJP media and political parties an opportunity to cash in on the controversy

Letters: Need for transparency

Corruption and profligacy have resulted in drought, calamities, slums and poor sanitation for 70 per cent of the people

Letters: Judgement call

he issue of millions of pending cases putting enormous pressure on the judiciary is an extremely serious one