The Financial Express -- Expressions

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Thursday, August 14 1997

Letters to the Editor

SEBI versus ministry

The official word about the SEBI board meeting on Tuesday is that badla could not be discussed for lack of time. But several press reports have suggested the opposite: the only reason why the board found no time for badla was the finance ministry's ongoing tiff with the current SEBI chief.

Ownership not the issue

The chairman of ICICI, N Vaghul should have known better than make an observation that "public sector ownership of banks was the root cause of inefficiency". It is true that political and bureaucratic interference in the functioning of banks has caused havoc with the banking system.

Montreal Protocol and after

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Montreal Protocol. But thanks to illegal trade and dampened spirit in curbing the use of ozone depleting substances, the success of the Protocol is at stake, threatening us all.

Stop the abuse

Job protection is too costly to continue

Mindsets must change to help the navratna