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Friday, August 8 1997

Letters to the Editor

Powergrid retains power

For the Power Grid Corporation of India (Powergrid), it was a surge of power: there were no unpleasant shocks or electric jolts for the company in the report of the Disinvestment Commission.

The bureaucracy is fair game

The previous instalment of this column could well have been headlined "CBI in Blunderland". I called the CBI all sorts of names. I compared the CBI sleuths to bumbling buffoons like Inspector Clouseau and Stephen Leacock's Great Detective.

The shackles must go

The International insurance industry did not get a particularly warm message from the Indian Parliament when it chose not to accept the draft bill introduced by the Government.

DoS: yet to set its own house in order

A progressive judgement

A new holding structure for PSU shares