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Letters to the editor dated April 7, 2021 | Updated on Covid’s second wave With reference to news report ‘Next 4 weeks critical to battle 2nd Covid wave: NITI Aayog’s Paul’ (April 7), it is really an alarming situation where the Covid pandemic is once again reappearing in the country with greater intensity and mutants. Social distancing and other safety norms are not being enforced properly, which is a cause of major worry for the country. All the financial efforts put up by both the Ce...

Letters to the Editor — April 2, 2021 April 02, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: April 02, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article Rate reversal The Central government’s flip flop on the interest rates of small savings schemes such as the PPF has confirmed the worst fears of the public. That the order was then taken back in less than half a day only suggests that the government has no idea how to steer the economy, leave alone manage its borrowings in this crucial time. The Finance Ministry, by sheer ...

Letters to the editor dated March 17, 2021 | Updated on Bad Bank essential This refers to ‘How to make good assets with a Bad Bank’(March 17). While among others, the health of financial intermediaries is crucial in driving economic growth and social development, it is also imperative to sustain the quality and value of the assets created by the lenders. However, in the course of the banking business, particularly pertaining to the deployment of funds, the transformation of good money or as...

Letters to the editor dated March 12, 2021 | Updated on GST on petroleum products This refers to the editorial ‘Fuelling GST’ (March 12). In 2017, when the APM (Administrative Price Mechanism) was dismantled to move to daily revision of petrol and diesel prices, it was hailed as a significant economic reform process. Political parties were vying with one another to claim credit for this transition since it was widely perceived that government would not have any role in deciding the retail p...

Women and WFHThis refers to ‘Not all women benefit from WFH’ (March 8). While it was expected that more women would take up jobs during the pandemic and lockdown through the WFH mode, in reality it ha

Spectrum fiascoApropos the Editorial ‘Low bandwidth’ (March 4), the very poor bidding of the spectrum sale will hit the ultimate beneficiary in getting the benefits of 5G. The present auction model wh

Letters to the Editor — March 3, 2021 March 03, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: March 03, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article Expanded rollout Prime Minister Narendra Modi being administered a COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, on the first day of the second phase of the vaccination programme, will greatly reassure people and reduce vaccine hesitancy. With a rise in COVID-19 cases in some States, the visual of the Prime Minister being inoculated was much needed to inculcate confidence among the general pub...

Letters to the Editor — February 25, 2021 February 25, 2021 00:15 IST Updated: February 25, 2021 00:15 IST Updated: Share Article Vaccination: next phase The news that vaccination for senior citizens, and for those aged 45 and above with co-morbidities, will begin soon assumes extra significance in view of the surge in new COVID-19 cases (“Vaccine rollout for older people soon: Health Ministry,” Feb. 24). But the vaccination coverage achieved in the first phase does not inspire much conf...

Letters to the Editor — February 22, 2021 February 22, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: February 22, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article Government speak The sagacious advice by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team to States to work in synergy and in a concerted manner sounds sanctimonious and disingenuous (Page 1, “Ease path for businesses”, February 21). As the Bharatiya Janata Party is in power in a number of States, what is stopping them from becoming a trail blazer and also a role mode...

Rerailing the RailwaysWith reference to the editorial ‘Rerailing the Railways’ (February 15), with a massive allocation of ₹1.10 lakh crore, this year’s Budget has focussed mainly on infra creation. C