Beef ban and the challenges before Maharashtra govt

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis faces the challenge of ensuring that Dalits and Muslims -- who are likely to be most affected by the beef ban -- do not drift away towards the opposition. The......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Need to control rude recovery agents

Some incidents make one wonder whether banks deliberately flout RBI guidelines on recovery, says S Saroja. The Supreme Court, in its various rulings in the past, has reiterated its stand that banks......

How customers are exploited; what's the remedy?

We buy a variety of goods and services in our day to day life and derive satisfaction from its consumption and use. Thus we all are consumers, and as a consumer, we expect a certain value for......

Consumer is king, sellers beware!

It's high time that the government identified and took necessary steps to bridge the gap in implementation of an otherwise friendly Consumer Protection Act because only then will the very purpose......

How to deal with recovery agents & debt

Once upon a time, Anil Chawla of Bhopal was a bright young engineer just out of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Unlike most of his classmates, he did not go to the US for......