This year there are high expectations for lowering home loan interest rates, over the next 12 months and increased interest rate subsidy for loans up to Rs 50 lakh.
The last fiscal has been quite harsh on the businessmen due to several factors ranging from a slump in the economy coupled with a slowdown in the European Union.
Health sector in India has seen some of the most dramatic growth stories in past decade. Ranging from improved health care facilities to low cost treatment, the success of the health sector has been primarily driven by private enterprise.
There have been many innovative and helpful developments in the Indian education sector in the last 4-5 years.
Union Budget 2012 will be unveiled soon and as is the case with every Budget season there are a lot of expectations, aspirations as well as doubts.
Home loan insurance covers the loan liability of the borrower.
It is therefore important that precautions are taken so that you do not have to pay financially for the misdeeds of others.
How well a mutual fund does largely depends upon the performance of companies in which its funds have been invested.
NEFT is a nation-wide system, which helps individuals, firms and corporate to electronically transfer funds from any bank branch to any individual, firm or corporate having an account with any other bank branch in the country.
When we do not write our daily expenses, we will tend to miss out on many small bits, the Re 2 parking ticket, the 5 rupee beeda, the ten rupee toll fees, the 3.50 afternoon news paper and so on and so forth.
There have not been any significant changes either in the personal income tax slabs or in tax saving avenues.
India is crazy about gold jewellery. With the World Gold Council aggressively marketing social and religious functions as gold buying events, the demand has shot up in the recent years to record levels.
Experts say the worst is over for the global economic markets but the markets don't seem to fully agree as they still fluctuate and remain unpredictable.
Knowledge of the income tax laws is indispensable. There may be tax deductions available that you may not be aware of.
Let's take a quick look at how the salaried class will be affected post the implementation of the New Direct Taxes Code in its latest avatar.
Tax evasion is an illegal activity which entails not filing income tax returns altogether or misrepresenting the tax payable amount.
It's that time of the year when the taxman is remembered the most. With just two days left to file tax returns, taxpayers have now awoken to the reality that the due date is at hand.
The revised DTC which will introduce several changes if implemented has brought New Pension Scheme under the tax exempt net. This new change will make NPS an attractive investment opportunity.
Credit card companies come up with tempting card offers for investors albeit now more cautiously after the financial markets turmoil, by offering freebies such as life time free credit among other things.
It's not the investment that's going to determine success or failure. It's the discipline of the investor.
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