 "Best of BS Opinion: LIC disinvestment, inflation dilemma, and more")
Our first edit says listing should give LIC’s investors a good handle on where the insurer is putting in its money. The second edit talks of the sad way in which the National Stock Exchange was run.
Gurbachan Singh: Instead of mere disinvestment, it is important to privatise LIC, and use the sale proceeds for expanding and improving basic public services
Akash Prakash: The inflation data in the US and globally continues to deteriorate and worry investors.
Mahesh Vyas: Employment did not expand to absorb the unemployed in January. On the contrary, it shrank by 3.3 million.
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