The Supreme Court has introduced the Middle Income Group Legal Aid Society, where the lawyer's fees are capped. But there are certain conditions, reports Tinesh Bhasin.
Demands include 5-day banking, PF to be calculated on total salary and allowances, not only on basic
Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India and Canara Bank already charge their customers a levy for failing to maintain a minimum balance for a quarter or a month.
At face value of Rs 2,893 and interest payout of 2.5 per cent, sovereign gold bonds offer best route to invest in yellow metal, says Tinesh Bhasin
In the Budget, the government has banned cash transactions above Rs 300,000. This means that people will have to pay stamp duty and registration charges on the actual cost of transaction.
Balanced funds are suitable for investors who have low-risk appetite or are new to equities.Those with more than seven-year investment horizon should look at funds that have higher equity exposure.
Deficits could come under more pressure in coming years as states implement their own Pay Commissions.
SBI might present the first result for the combined entity at the end of the first quarter of 2017-18
Rather, the existing ones should be implemented speedily to clean up the mess.
The Essar group, Jindal Steel and Power, Monnet Ispat, Bhushan Steel and the Avantha group have been asked to close deals by March-end.
With big data analyses, your investments, spends and big purchases are being tracked more closely now by the income tax department.
'To ensure you remain with the better performers, you need to consistently monitor your MF portfolios and weed out the non-performers, even if they are from a star fund manager or a fund house with a sound record.'
An investor would pay much less when he invests through a registered investment advisor than a distributor.
Collection dived to 75-80% in November-December from 99% after demonetisation.
Taxation has played spoilsport despite double digit returns.
The government has made employers responsible for verifying whether the claims filed are according to the law. Earlier, companies went only by self-declaration of employees.
Axis Bank's loan portfolio quality deteriorated, with gross NPAs rising to 5.22% of gross advances.
Banks lend 60,000 cr in 8 weeks since Nov 8; Y-o-Y credit expansion slows further.
Going by the pace, almost 80 per cent of the demonetised currency is expected to be replaced by end-February.
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