In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.
What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.
Giving ATF on credit or cutting some slack by AAI is a very temporary, partial relief. That is also how KFA started slithering to the bottom. Most costs – barring staff salaries and airport charges – are in USD, the revenues almost all in INR, so currency depreciation is a savage blow. 2. Perhaps Minister for Civil Aviation – who also “ owns “ Air India in a sense – could convene emergency meetings with major domestic airlines and try to work out how best the government can support and aid the industry at a time of distress. First on the agenda should be a gentlemen’s agreement – with the full knowledge of the CCI – that airlines will stop playing games with pricing of tickets. Never mind what it does to one player’s market share or the rate of growth of the industry, passengers must pay the true cost of air travel. That includes a recent initiative by the government to boost regional air connectivity by capping fares and creating another maze of cross subsidies. Let the industry grow at a pace where profitability and affordability can be harmonised. 3. There are similar problems in other industries, telecom for example. Agreed it is not the government’s job to tell businessmen how to run their companies profitably, but if an entire industry is tottering, placing at risk jobs, taxes and amounts borrowed from banks, the government can and should play the role of a mentor.
Giving ATF on credit or cutting some slack by AAI is a very temporary, partial relief. That is also how KFA started slithering to the bottom. Most costs – barring staff salaries and airport charges – are in USD, the revenues almost all in INR, so currency depreciation is a savage blow. 2. Perhaps Minister for Civil Aviation – who also “ owns “ Air India in a sense – could convene emergency meetings with major domestic airlines and try to work out how best the government can support and aid the industry at a time of distress. First on the agenda should be a gentlemen’s agreement – with the full knowledge of the CCI – that airlines will stop playing games with pricing of tickets. Never mind what it does to one player’s market share or the rate of growth of the industry, passengers must pay the true cost of air travel. That includes a recent initiative by the government to boost regional air connectivity by capping fares and creating another maze of cross subsidies. Let the industry grow at a pace where profitability and affordability can be harmonised. 3. There are similar problems in other industries, telecom for example. Agreed it is not the government’s job to tell businessmen how to run their companies profitably, but if an entire industry is tottering, placing at risk jobs, taxes and amounts borrowed from banks, the government can and should play the role of a mentor.