The Trinamool government, which cashed in on the Nandigram protests in West Bengal politics, has not yet given the Central Bureau of Investigation the sanction to prosecute five police officers involved in the 2007 police firing which killed 14 villagers.
This mindless medley of products does not create choice.
Each scam that comes out in the open shows the regulators to be miles behind.
The single most important issue in Public Sector Banks is corruption.
Former Under-14 world champion and Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi won the bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship after settling for a quick draw with winner Yu Yangyi of China in the 13th and final round that concluded in Kocaeli, Turkey.
Indian Grandmaster S P Sethuraman came back into the reckoning for top honours after defeating Duda Jan-Krzysztof of Poland in the seventh round of the World Junior Chess Championship in Kocaeli.
Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujarathi and Sahaj Grover maintained a clean slate, defeating Tomas Laurusas of Lithuania and Vyacheslav Lozhnikov of Kazakhstan respectively in the second round of the World Junior Chess Championship in Kocaeli, Turkey.
If the government seriously keeps out of business, the business world will know about it at a lightning speed; there would be no need for rock show-like events.
The completely avoidable mess that the finance ministry found itself in was rather surprising, says Debashis Basu.
Today, the single most popular route of laundering is the stock market platform, notes Debashis Basu.
Traditional plans are the biggest area of concern for consumers.
Grandmaster Sahaj Grover failed to capitalise on his chances and played out a draw with Iranian Pouya Idani, while Vidit Gujrathi defeated Polish Marcel Kanarek to be jointly third after the eighth round of the World Junior Chess Championship in Kocaeli, Turkey.
My sense is that we are in a situation similar to 2011-13, notes Debashis Basu.
Private-equity funds made an average annual return of just 7 per cent between January 2007 and December 2013 while the Sensex was up 11 per cent.
Over 26 people have lost their lives country in the aftermath of the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal.
The new tax regime proposed by the Modi government may not have acceptance from all corners.
The best investment schemes fail if they don't offer incentives to intermediaries to push investors.
Even if Mudra steps in to play its main role of refinancing at some stage, the responsibility for the bad loans remains with the banks.
'Mr Modi has inherited a system that taxes businessmen and fritters the money away over ministries.'
Like Indira Gandhi, even Narendra Modi seems to be relying on directing public-sector banks through ministry of finance supported by party cadres, says Debashis Basu.
Public sector banks are inefficient, poorly governed and beset by largescale corruption.
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The three main regulators have different approaches to grievance redressal and different standards to stop harmful from coming pitched at the consumer.
There are millions of taxpayers, all of whom are susceptible to this frustrating situation.
Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and S P Sethuraman placed themselves for a medal contention as they defeated Jorge Cori of Peru and Vladislav Kovalev of Belarus respectively in the 12th and penultimate round of World Juniors Chess Championship.
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