Regarding ‘Calender concerns’by Mohan R Lavi (August 25), while the changing the financial year, the government should consider the estimates of receipts and expenditure of the Centre and States. The system chosen should integrate corporate business processes to minimise data entry errors. Software-based accounting systems make sure the database that contains the company’s confidential financial information is encrypted. The government should modify the accounting system to a robust one.

S Muthulakshmi

Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu

Unwelcome ruling

This refers to the ruling of the Madras High Court that Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) cannot be made applicable to minority institutions. To provide quality education, there should be a uniform policy for all institutions. All students, whether from minority or majority communities, are potential human resource. Also, the TET should be of a good standard emphasising creative thinking of teacher aspirants. It should be followed by a rigorous interview.

S Ramakrishnasayee

Ranipet, Tamil Nadu

More investments is better

This refers to your editorial, ‘Blend with care’ (August 25). The downsides to pushing up ethanol blending in petrol are many. They range from the high price of ethanol when compared to the prevailing crude oil price leading to increase in retail price of petrol – to decrease in fuel efficiency.

Further, using blended fuel would call for change in fuel systems in both, the two-wheeler and four-wheeler segments. Such a change is also expected to pose logistical problems. Instead, the Government should encourage more investments into the exploration and production of oil leading to self-sufficiency and manage the rising import bill in the long run.

Srinivasan Velamur

Chennai

We can speak

It is strange that actor Ramya is charged for sedition for refuting a minister’s claim that “going to Pakistan is the same as going to hell”. Whether any country, State or town is hell or heaven is a personal matter. Booking someone on such a frivolous charge is questionable. How can expressing opinions be anti-national, especially in a democracy?

M Kumar

New Delhi

Encashing need and greed

The RBI governor, Raghuram Rajan, made the following opening statement at his post-policy press conference on August 9, 2016: “If you get an email from me or any future governor promising to transfer a large sum of say ₹50 lakh to you if only you send a small transaction fee of ₹20,000 to a specific bank account, delete the email. The reality is such emails are not from me and the RBI does not give out money directly to ordinary citizens, even though we print plenty of it. While the emails usually contain very convincing reasons why you have been chosen to receive money, ask yourself why I cannot simply deduct ₹20,000 and send you ₹49.8 lakh. If you think for a moment, you should not fall prey to such emails.”

Recall this in the context of a report relating to an FIR filed by the police after a duped kidney ‘donor’ tried to end her life The report says: “The Borivili police on Wednesday registered an FIR in connection with the case of a 23-year-old woman being defrauded by a kidney agent, driving her to attempt suicide. The agent had offered ₹35 lakh to the woman if she agreed to donate her kidney. The catch was that she would first have to pay up ₹80,000 as fees for registration and medical examination.”

The media should give wide publicity to the parting message given by Rajan: if someone is going to give you something free or intends to make a huge payment for whatever reason, one needs to remember that it is ridiculous for the giver to collect in advance a relatively small sum towards expenses such as registration fee, medical examination, handling and forwarding charges.

The person may as well give a gift of smaller value or make the payment after deducting costs. Let’s not encash our need or greed.

MG Warrier

Mumbai

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