'I would count my rotis and eat.' 'I broke my sister and brother's insurance policies.' 'Whatever savings I had got over.' 'I was struggling for work.' 'I used to struggle for Rs 500, Rs 1,000.'
To say capital gains from stocks are effortless shows little understanding of the treacherous investing terrain, says Debashis Basu.
Tata Group shares were among the top losers while Adani Ports emerged as the top gainer
Though not a blockbuster budget it does not undermine the fact that key issues were addressed and the finance minister certainly did not under-deliver, says Vatsal Srivastava.
Universal basic income or social security? Economist Nitin Desai feels we need a blueprint for universal health care and pensions to help the vulnerable section.
RBI awaits fiscal stance, inflation to cool off to decide on rates.
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Customs and excise duty rates have been amended mainly to promote Make in India.
Investors are already factoring in the impact. The IT Index on the BSE exchange dipped 2.5 per cent, with Infosys, Wipro and TCS showing a decline.
'Both Nehru and Patel were thorough gentlemen and whatever their differences never disrespected each other.' 'Neither Modi nor Rahul Gandhi has much in them to claim such legacies.' 'They are symptomatic of the sad days that have befallen the nation midwifed and contemplated by Nehru and Patel,' says Mohan Guruswamy.
The RBI is expected to cut rates in next policy.
Unprecedented pay and perks like free healthcare for in-laws helping the likes of Flipkart, Snapdeal tap talent
Inflation is down, growth is headed for recovery. RIL and subsidiary Jio are on an upswing. However, stressed loans and impending job losses are the dark clouds, says Devangshu Datta.
'What we are going to see is a large number of white collar jobs getting lost.' 'Job loss can drive people to depression, drugs, alcoholism and even suicide as there is no one to turn to when they are down.' 'There is no in-between now -- things go from a luxurious lifestyle to no lifestyle.'
On maturity, 40 per cent of the accumulated corpus can be withdrawn tax-free.
Ad rates on regular days are less than half, media planners said.
The price of gold in India seems to have bottomed out.
The company's profit stood at Rs 292.79 crore (Rs 2.92 billion) in the year-ago period.
The World Bank report said India has done well in terms of mobility in adulthood, as greater levels of urbanisation have provided more employment opportunities.
The IMD has fancy weather-monitoring radars in the name of providing better forecasts.
In the first part of an exclusive interview with Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com on the eve of the first year of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, BJP President Amit Shah talks about the government's achievements and the controversy over the land ordinance.
When an NRI returns to India, he should be aware of his tax residency status.
The Food Security Bill, the Land Acquisition Bill and the Aadhar card could bring electoral dividends to the government as it tries to hard to woo the poor, reports Renu Mittal
Payments banks are niche banks set up by the Reserve Bank of India to further the agenda of financial inclusion.
A lot of people are hesitant to use this route because of the heavy turnover of these assistants.
Improved performance of manufacturing, services and trade sectors helped boost GDP
'When we say we want to increase pension participation, do we want to increase participation through the savings route?' 'Or do we want people to save in specific pension products?' asks Renuka Sane.
Had the slain Indian-American engineer stayed in India, he would have earned less but his life might have been spared, Sunanda K Datta-Ray says, pondering the question of where one belongs.
The government has also announced a slew of measures to ease cash flow for the rural sector.
From coming up with the correct list of beneficiaries to finding enough people to work as Ayushman Mitras to generating awareness about the scheme - many things need to fall in place before it can be successfully launched in a few days.
The well-irrigated states of Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, western Uttar Pradesh and coastal states such as Odisha are, for the first time, feeling the effects of a poor monsoon.
Retail investors have matured and have moved away from investing in only in-vogue products, says the managing director and chief executive officer of ICICI Prudential AMC.
The Congress feels there was no articulation of a bold vision of a statement of intent in the Budget, no articulation of a direction in which the economy has to go, and it lacks imagination. Renu Mittal reports.
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Buffett gave no hints about who would succeed him and defended ties with Brazil's 3G Capital during the annual meeting
'Jobs will exist at very high levels or low levels of skill sets.' 'People, who are in middle level jobs, are the ones who are facing the problem as such jobs are fast disappearing because of technological advancement.'
Banning meat is cruel demonetisation. It is stealing from the poor, nothing less, writes Sunita Narain.
The longest immersion process is that of Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja which lasts for 24 hours.
What is it about Arohan that puts it in the top league of microfinance institutions in the country?
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
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