'As a donor, you may think you are saving one life. But you touch the lives of the entire family and community associated with the person. And it only cost you a few hours of your life.'
'Imagine the message it sends to people. They will think tobacco cannot be a killer because LIC is investing in it.' 'The so-called rakshak (protector) has become a bhakshak (destroyer).'
Why are family floater plans so very important? Anil Rego answered readers' queries in an online chat on October 7
Experts have been talking about the perils of being uninsured or underinsured.
An Aadhaar card can fast-track the KYC procedure for some instruments.
Evaluate recurring investment products and do the numbers before making any investments.
Gujarat govt will set up a Tribal university in the Narmada district, over 100 smart Ashram shalas, 10 new hostels for tribal girl students
Equity-linked savings scheme, PPF and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana are recommended instruments.
Taxpayers can claim a deduction on tuition fees for a maximum of two children.
'We aren't so unreasonable as to demand that he should have fully reversed Indira Gandhi's worst economic legacy, bank nationalisation.' 'But he could have made a beginning by selling off the two most stressed small public sector banks, and then announced that each year for the next 10, one government bank with the most messed-up balance sheet will be sold.' 'It would have electrified the markets, shocked his other banks into better behaviour, and marked his name among the great reformers,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
There are some advantages of a falling rupee.
Sandeep Shanbhag offers tips on post Budget taxation rates.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 162 points at 28,338 and the 50-share Nifty was down 67 points at 8,463.
Every financial plan needs to be tweaked periodically.
Read the full transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington.
