Only the first SOS
The finances of the Uttar Pradesh government are in a shambles. According to a report in The Financial Express, the state is finding it difficult to pay even the wages and salaries of its employees.

FIs role in bail-outs
After putting the screws on financial institutions to carry on funding the Essar group, the finance ministry appears to be working out similar packages for steel majors like Ispat and Mukand.

Breaking the insurance monopolies
The great insurance debate needs to be given a wider dimension and the dimension in this case is the right of the individual as against the power of faceless corporations. All monopolies inevitably work against the interest of the consumer. This is equally true for private and government monopolies.

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