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Letter to BS: Discount on digital payments on petrol pumps cut to 0.25%
The finance ministry must rethink the cut, if curbing black money is a priority
Letter to BS: RBI hikes repo rate to pre-empt inflationary build-up
The banks have their own way of raising lending rates, irrespective of the real cost of resources or the guidance from the regulator
Letter to BS: Increasing number of internal ombudsmen, their independence
The number of complaints being made to the RBI appointed banking ombudsmen is fast increasing
Letter to BS: Raising repo rate for second time seems a welcome move by RBI
Raising the repo rate for the second time in succession to keep inflation under check seems a welcome move by the RBI
Letter to BS: RBI displaying cautious optimism by keeping all options open
The pain and the anguish in terms of confronting the enormous uncertainties were felt in the RBI's monetary policy review on August 1
Letter to BS: Govt should avoid short-sighted NRC policy to avoid disaster
Those eventually left out would be staring at an uncertain future in a country they lived for generations
Letter to BS: Safe handling of Aadhaar, PAN is responsibility of owner
As regards the NRC list, the issue is sensitive and touches emotions
Letter to BS: Amid Assam NRC debate, should it be extended to other states?
It is unbelievable that only 4 million have in the first instance been found to be without documents
Letter to BS: India continues to be largest arms importer in the world
Had this happened in the US, Donald Trump would have straightaway downsized half of the defence's bloated civilian bureaucracy
Letter to BS: The challenges of higher education system in India
It is necessary to reflect on the nature of education that over a period of time has been diluted in general
Letter to BS: When Rahul Gandhi says happy birthday Uddhavji
Shiv Sena suffers from visible hatred for Modi because of an existential threat - he has reduced them to second position in the Maharashtra Assembly
Letter to BS: No fear in being seen with industrialists, says Narendra Modi
But it is unlikely to go down well with people at a time when the government is unable to prove that it did not favour anyone in the Rafale deal
Letter to BS: Let RBI take final call on rate hike in MPC's policy review
It may be significant to observe that 11 policy announcements have taken place since October 2016 when the rejuvenated MPC came into existence at the instance of the Centre
Letter to BS: Big task ahead for Imran Khan as economy is in shambles
It is also to be noted that Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Hafiz Saeed all failed miserably there
Letter to BS: Pak's biggest problem is lack of social, economic stability
Pakistan's biggest problem right now - as you have mentioned - is its "social and economic stability"
Letter to BS: Merger is not panacea to remove all economic ills of the PSBs
Even the merger of weak entity with a strong one has to be such that the merged entity is able to absorb the shock within a reasonable period of time
Letter to BS: An appropriate tribute to the outgoing CEA Arvind Subramanian
Every economic survey and his other interventions showed him to be full of innovative ideas, sharpened by a good grasp of the domestic scenario
Letter to BS: LIC propensity to 'bail out' debt-laden PSUs makes no sense
LIC has to work only for the benefit of millions of policy-holders
Letter to BS: Mamata to launch 'remove BJP, save country' campaign
Rahul Gandhi, another PM in waiting, does not fit in in Mamata's scheme of things
Letter to BS: GST Council decisions are sound, but don't follow norms
The GST Council has been more than accommodating about the emerging needs and concerns of both individuals and companies