Page 9 - Letter To Bs

Letter to BS: Keeping PMC Bank crisis in mind, don't let Kerala Bank fail

In all probability, it will be the biggest cooperative bank in India and soon get categorised under the "too big to fail" category

No place for the old in UP Congress: Veteran leader complains to top brass

He lamented that the new UPCC gave no representation to the Shia community while the Bharatiya Janata Party governments at the Centre and in UP had nominated Shias in key positions

Letter to BS: Germany's use of renewable energy a role model for India

It is fortuitous that GTZ of Germany is funding these REMCs

Letter to BS: Govt squandered the opportunity to cash in on onions surge

It is not a one-off case. Every year, tonnes of food grain goes into the drain due to shoddy facilities at the godowns across the country

Letter to BS: NBFCs' financial indiscipline led to credibility crisis

It is important to tighten the oversight by the banking regulator, besides making the various audits and inspections purposeful

Letter to BS: Controversy remains after CBIC removes circular on GST

What else could explain the fact that notwithstanding the withdrawal thereof by the CBIC, its over-enthusiastic field officers continue to harass the dealers

Letter to BS: Procedure for legislation, cabinet notes should be respected

While a draft law undergoes many checks in the government departments, the check exercised by a Member of Parliament during the legislation is most crucial as it is the last stage of scrutiny

Letter to BS: Highly naive to assume rate cuts will help arrest slowdown

Ironically, all that the RBI proposes, the government eventually disposes with some other obligations ranking high on its mind

Letter to BS: Rules curbing airline stakes in airports should be reviewed

Let the 2006 agreement between AAI and GMR be amended soon

Letter to BS: Iran's willingness to talk with US is a good diplomatic start

The two countries should not squander this opportunity

Letter to BS: Govt must take corrective actions to save public sector banks

It is imperative for the government to keep itself away from decisions of bank functionaries

Letter to BS: Swachh Bharat could have been more than building toilets

The government may also consider introducing bio-toilets on long-distance trains

Letter to BS: Govt deserves applause for sustaining 'Swachh Bharat'

The slogan for the scheme 'one step towards cleanliness' gives us confidence that the government will now set more measurable targets for other aspects of cleanliness

Letter to BS: CBSE's Khadi proposal is laudable, can be emulated by others

Khadi, being the heritage fabric of our nation and institutions, pushing forward the idea of using it can truly provide employment opportunities to lakhs of rural artisans

Letter to BS: India has the right to have a selective admission policy

Apart from the Citizenship Amendment Bill, I request the home minister to also pass a Natural Indian Citizen Bill, defining a natural Indian

Letter to BS: Govt's initiatives for Clean India programme are impressive

A lot remains to be done but it's been a tremendous start and the going has been great

Letter to BS: Reserve Bank of India needs to upgrade oversight capacity

It is high time the RBI tightened its audit and information gathering processes to ensure that its officers do a thorough job of supervising banks

Letter to BS: Afforestation is not an immediate measure to reduce emission

Official commitments before international forums have to be made with caution as the European Union and the United States have a hidden economic and political agenda

Letter to BS: Govt should consider reducing GST rate on mediclaim premium

The mediclaim premium amount is also going up steeply and considering that life expectancy is increasing, the increasing premium becomes a big burden

Letter to BS: Merger process at BoB may serve as a template for other PSBs

Undoubtedly, this merger is going to create a case study for the students of management and banking professionals, this merger was of a different kind and of a larger scale also