The Financial Express -- Expressions

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Monday, August 25 1997

Letters to the Editor

Why a fresh inquiry?

Four years after the sugar import scandal if the government now proposes to declare that there was no ministerial involvement in how large imports of sugar were handled, then where is the nation heading for?

Two visions of PSU freedom

Autonomy, it would appear, suffers from automorphism. For, in the next few weeks, when the union industry ministry unveils a package of graded autonomy for "midi" and "mini" Navratnas, it will once again not just underscore the widening chasm between the industry ministry and the Disinvestment Commission's approach to PSU autonomy.

Pune SE case shows need for depth needed now

First there was the SEBI investigation of the Pune Stock Exchange (PSE) which resulted in 24 brokers being issued show cause notices of suspension for illegal badla. This was a follow up to the unprecedented step of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) superceding the elected broker members of the governing council.

Why your wife's brother is not a brother-in-law

A lesson from globalisation

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