Page 4 - Letter To Bs

Letter to BS: Permanent commission for women in Army is a great decision

Time and again, women in all spheres of our society have proven beyond doubt that they are not inferior to their male counterparts

Letter to BS: China can defeat coronavirus, it has enough capabilities

The Chinese government puts people's life and health as its top priority

Letter to BS: PM must rope in accomplished people in matters of economy

Alongside the tried-and-trusted Shah, the new troika can reestablish his popularity

Letter to BS: First apologise to Voda and then withdraw tax-related demands

By doing this, we will not only be saving lakhs of jobs and billions of public money

Letter to BS: Govt should pause on decisions of PSB mergers at the moment

Consolidating the PSBs with huge non-performing assets means the consolidated bank's balance sheet will appear more stressed

Letter to BS: All citizens should participate in nation building

Even if 10 per cent don't pay, the collection works out to nearly Rs 1 billion per day translating to almost Rs 360 billion a year

Letter to BS: States should resist temptation to hand out free electricity

The much-touted UDAY scheme has only managed to shift the burden to the state governments instead of reducing power theft and achieving efficiency in operations

Letter to BS: Every type of subsidy is harmful for Indian economy

Tamil Nadu holds the dubious distinction when it comes to introducing novel freebies and subsidies

Letter to BS: It's high time the leaders stop delivering hate speeches

Spreading hate through words or action would only lead to more hate resulting in killings and anarchy

Letter to BS: PM should desist from distorting facts for political gains

By omitting the words "irrespective of religion", the Prime Minister was being selective

Letter to BS: Budget speech lasting 160 mins bound to fatigue the listener

One way to curtail the duration could be by changing the structure of the speech.

Letter to BS: Taxing dividends not a prudent decision, benefits FPIs only

With the inclusion of the dividend income, the total taxable income of many taxpayers will get pushed to higher slabs

Letter to BS: Other states must take lessons from Kerala's health dept

A tracking system monitors everyone coming to the state from high-risk destinations and also those who have come in contact with suspected cases

Letter to BS: Dual taxation regime has complicated matters further

The claim that "eventually this should lead to a system where people are taxed at the lowest possible rate and are given a simple system", may turn out to be a mirage.

Letter to BS: New tax regime sans exemptions may encourage saving habits

Instances of people availing of short-term loans to put money in tax saving schemes, especially towards the end of the financial year, abound

Letter to BS: Removal of direct tax exemptions is adding to the burden

The finance minister has provided an alternative route of adhering to the existing tax rates to retain the benefit of tax deductions and exemptions.

Letter to BS: People await Supreme Court's final decision on CAA

How much time the Centre needs to provide for the information required by the court?

Letter to BS: One of the reasons for slowdown is problems in NBFC sector

The problems of these institutions won't go away immediately, but timely proactive steps will limit the damage they cause to financial system.

Letter to BS: RBI won't be required if generalists could manage finance

It could have been a department of the Union Ministry of Finance.

Letter to BS: Examining India's decision to pull out of the RCEP

In ratifying the RCEP, the barriers would have been lowered with only China, Australia and New Zealand.