AEPC on-line export allocation in trouble
An on-line system, being launched by Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) to electronically allocate garment export quotas has run into rough weather with a group of exporters questioning the rules for "mutual transfer" of the quotas.

Congress pussyfoots on insurance, wants bill referred to house panel
The fate of the controversial Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill now hangs in balance with the Congress party formally deciding in favour of referring the bill to the parliamentary standing committee on finance for further scrutiny.

Legal, core expertise key to financial reforms, says Venkitaramanan
Financial sector reforms in India cannot be successful unless they are accompanied by matching reforms in legal and other infrastructure facilities, former Reserve Bank of India governor S Venkitaramanan said.

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