The Financial Express -- Expressions

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Thursday, June 26 1997

Letters to the Editor

Official aid is still vital

With liberalisation, one might be tempted to treat official development assistance lightly since the stress in recent years has shifted to private resource flows by way of direct foreign investment and portfolio investment by FIIs.

At last, a broad-based surge

The story in the markets today is the return of the bull. Since the beginning of this month, the widely followed BSE 30-sensitive share index has gained an impressive 9%.

Why VDIS? Why not donations?

What happens when a finance minister starts thinking like a bureaucrat? For one thing, he is on his way to becoming house-trained as defined by Sir Humphry Appleby. For another, he introduces a scheme for voluntary disclosure of income.

Cost of short term funds is negative now

Import limits must go soon

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