This was the one Budget that required radical departures on all these fronts, when it had none, asserts, Shreekant Sambrani.
Mahindra is the latest among a clutch of other manufacturers that have been using services, fuel efficiency and packages as unique selling proposition. Sales of Mahindra's heavy trucks dropped to 3,427 units in the eight months from April to September.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
India's upbeat outlook contrasts with neighbouring China, where growth slipped to 6.7 in the first quarter
Questions market regulator's showcause to insurers on conceptual, legal, structural grounds.
Seeking to further strengthen bilateral economic relations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India and the US will "restart" discussions on the Social Security Agreement and resume talks on Bilateral Investment Treaty.
'Is baar vote jati par nahi, kaam par milega.'
While regulators are trying to do their bit, the onus is on you to prove it.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Aviva tries a new tool with Sachin Tendulkar to grab a bigger share of the life insurance market.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The Centre has announced an extension for two more weeks in the nationwide lockdown. However, several relaxations will be allowed as per zones.
Investors must, however, be prepared for volatility in ELSS, cautions Sanjay Kumar Singh.
From its March 2020 low, Bitcoin has gained a massive 474 per cent and has surged 214 per cent year-to-date.
Aviva CEO talks about talks about some of key issues on insurance.
Lenders to DHFL will meet early July to hammer out a rescue package, which will include the reworking of loan payments, fresh working capital support, roping in a financial investor, and the promoters ceding control.
Around 81 per cent of the workers constitute the unorganised sector - devoid of any social security cover and outside the purview of a complex set of labour laws.
The guidelines listed several services including government and private offices that will be out of bounds during the period, while exempting establishments such as hospitals, ration shops, dairies, banks, insurance offices, and print and electronic media. Delivery of all essential goods including food, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment through e-commerce has also been exempted from the purview of the lockdown.
'If there were no Ahmedabad programme -- no flashy town hall event in a huge cricket stadium with thousands cheering him on -- then Trump may well have decided not to go to India.'
Pharma, insurance and consumer goods companies try to tap the business opportunity
The GIFT City management is in talks with Hong Kong, London, and Singapore arbitration centres
Company launches claim guarantee scheme for customers.
The liquidity-fuelled rally will continue for some time, however, fundamentals are getting stretched.
Endowment Plus is a unit-linked product that offers investment-cum-insurance during the term of the policy.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
With clients increasingly looking at cost optimisation by passing on the risks to the IT vendors and IT services players demanding longer tenure deals to hedge their risks, a mix of these two factors are giving rise to large deals coming up in the market with a lot of strings attached.
US trade body says, India's business climate is improving due to economic reforms.
The Sebi-Irda tussle will change Ulips forever. What it means for millions of investors.
Development officers and agents of LIC are promoting Money Plus claiming to offer astronomical returns
Here's a quick look at the likely changes proposed for selling unit linked insurance plans from September 1, 2010 and how they will impact investors.
Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022.
'If I close my housing loan, are there any investment avenues (the investment should provide liquidity) to save tax?'
Referred to as 'Badlav Patr (document of change)', Congress leader Randeep Surjewala and All India Congress Committee's Bihar in-charge Shakti Sinh Gohil presented the manifesto that promises farm loan waiver and 50 percent subsidy in electricity bills to farmers up to 100 units of consumption. The manifesto also promised that it will reject the Centre's farm laws if voted to power.
Insurance and investment are two different needs. Then, there are Ulip pension plans with no sum assured. No wonder, there is confusion.
The government on Monday said that the two regulators, the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, have agreed to maintain the status quo that existed before market regulator's ban on 14 life insurers from raising funds for unit-linked schemes.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay offers some unsolicited advice for a government wh,ich came to power, with brute majority and the nation's pragmatic chief money man.
Employees of public sector undertakings, banks, insurance companies and the central and state government have decided to participate in the Left Front sponsored strike on September 29.
India isn't just a testbed for SHAREit to find and perfect a new business model, but also the start of the company's globalisation dreams.
PV registrations in this year's festive period stood at 287,717 units as against 333,456 units in the corresponding period last year, down 14 per cent. Two-wheeler registrations also fell by 13 per cent to 15,83,276 units as against 18,11,703 units in the year-ago period.
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