Page 17 - Letter To Bs

Letter to BS: A lot needs to be done in India's insurance sector

Insurance funds worldwide support infrastructure building and so should they in India

Letter to BS: Despite US sanctions, tea firms bullish on Iran exports

The shortage of US dollar reserves with Iran affects its trade with Sri Lanka that continues to maintain the dollar exchange rate

Letter to BS: Gurugram at the brink of turning into a concrete jungle

Politicians and bureaucrats will - only for some time of course - continue to survive in their cocoons before moving to their fallback options in the Alps or other such places

Letter to BS: Trump's imposition of reciprocal tax is a political ploy

A nominal benefit from the imposition of a 25 per cent reciprocal tax on trade with India has no substantial commercial benefit for US

Letter to BS: Banks suffer due to poor recruitment policy, lack of exposure

After dismantling of term lending institutions, banks were expected to fund long-term infrastructure projects also without being technically equipped or financially capable for the same

Letter to BS: Pak should nullify terrorist activities, arms buying race

In every country the common man wants to simply go about his business. While this presumably is the case in Pakistan also, it does not prevent the country from indulging in destructive activities

Letter to BS: 2019 could as well signal a reconfigured Line of Control

Post Balakot, intrusions into Jammu & Kashmir from across the border will almost certainly intensify

Letter to BS: RCom verdict sends strong SC message to other defaulters

The bigger lesson is for the government which ignored the larger picture in an era of digital revolution - that a vital sector would land in distress on very high spectrum charges

Letter to BS: NBFCs feel the pinch as mutual fund houses curb risks

A number of companies have pledged a large percentage of promoter equity as collateral for getting loans from mutual funds (MFs)

Letter to BS: Broken window theory offers an accurate observation of crime

Unless stone pelting and other small security-related crimes are nipped in the bud

Letter to BS: Why shouldn't bankers take instructions directly from FinMin?

The banking system is availing of a negligible percentage of its total resource needs from the RBI

Letter to BS: Persecuting Kashmiris plays into the hands of terrorists

We should stand with Kashmiri people in their hour of need and gain their confidence to fight against cross-border sponsored terrorist activities

Letter to BS: Rise in pledged shares by promoters puts Street on the edge

There may be an abrupt fall in the value of shares in the stock market due to which their appropriation as security may be below par and even in some cases worthless

Letter to BS: Despite intense anger among people, govt took mature steps

There is no guarantee that military action will prove effective and not futile in curbing militant attacks

Letter to BS: Govt shouldn't act in such a way that nation regrets later

Time is perhaps right to consider the old question of revoking Article 370

Letter to BS: Cracking whip on J&K's 5 separatist leaders a welcome step

The move comes in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack where over 40 CRPF personnel were martyred

Letter to BS: Amendment of IBC on cards to ensure NCLT is obeyed

All efforts should be made to make the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code a success

Letter to BS: Employment rate is not keeping pace with rising population

The Indian society gets carried away by periodical social preferences for careers

Letter to BS: Credit linked capital scheme to provide benefits to MSMEs

The most welcome feature of this scheme is the special provisions that have been made to promote entrepreneurship among SC/STs, women, the hill states

Letter to BS: Can't detach Bharat Ratna from political considerations

There must have been some motive other than wrong-footing the Congress for the government to eulogise an out-and-out Congressman and a Nehruvian secularist