Start Financial Planning for Retirement

Those who have crossed 50 must show the greatest urgency.They need to achieve a corpus that can sustain them and their spouses for at least 25-30 years after retirement, advises Bindisha Sarang.......

Alert! Cheque Bounce May Land You In Jail

Keep sufficient funds in your bank account until the cheque is cleared. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Cheque bounce is back in the news with three cases making the headlines. A court......

How KV Kamath built a financial powerhouse

At an age when most are content with non-executive assignments, Kamath is taking up an executive role as the first head of the Shanghai-based New Development Bank the BRICS group of emerging market......

Taxes, incentives, reforms: How to read this year's Budget document

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2023-24 in Parliament on February 1. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Budget is a statement of the......