The Hindu : Saturday, December 21, 2002

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Big relief for oil PSUs
NEW DELHI, DEC. 20. With the Supreme Court decision to set aside the Government's cancellation of 3760 petroleum retail outlet allotments, the oil companies can finally begin their plans to expand marketing networks. The plans had been kept in ...

Cancellation of allotments a gimmick, says Cong.
NEW DELHI, DEC. 20. The Supreme Court's order quashing the Government decision — taken at the Prime Ministerial level — to cancel all petrol pump allotments made in the last two years has come as a shock for the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

Free small sector from `inspector raj': PM
NEW DELHI, DEC. 20. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, today called for the "liberation" of the small industry from the `inspector raj' which continued to stifle them. "All enterprises, especially the small and medium (SME) ones, must be ...

`Ministers not responsible for wrong acts of subordinates'
NEW DELHI, DEC. 20. Can a Minister be held responsible for any wrongdoing in his Ministry? The Bharatiya Janata Party is not at all sure; In fact, it seems to think that even if corruption in the Ministry were to be proved, the Minister cannot be ...