<p>Speaking here on the last day of campaigning for the Maharashtra assembly elections, Manmohan Singh said a good October-February rabi crop would positively influence the inflation scenario.<br /><br />"Prices of some things have risen... The rabi crop will be normal, I am hopeful, and it will have an affect on inflation. The worst is over it seems," he told reporters. On the issue of inter-linking rivers, Manmohan Singh said that work on the proposal was in progress and added that "environmental concerns" were slowing it down.<br /><br />He made it clear that the government did not want to interfere in deciding the salaries of CEOs of companies. "I had raised the issue in a general way. The government has no such intention in imposing salary restrictions on CEOs."<br /><br /></p>
<p>Speaking here on the last day of campaigning for the Maharashtra assembly elections, Manmohan Singh said a good October-February rabi crop would positively influence the inflation scenario.<br /><br />"Prices of some things have risen... The rabi crop will be normal, I am hopeful, and it will have an affect on inflation. The worst is over it seems," he told reporters. On the issue of inter-linking rivers, Manmohan Singh said that work on the proposal was in progress and added that "environmental concerns" were slowing it down.<br /><br />He made it clear that the government did not want to interfere in deciding the salaries of CEOs of companies. "I had raised the issue in a general way. The government has no such intention in imposing salary restrictions on CEOs."<br /><br /></p>