Here is a snapshot of some of the expected decisions in the forthcoming Budget.
From Rafale relief to heat on realtors, 10 landmark Supreme Court judgments in 2018.
An increasing number of companies are outsourcing superannuation, gratuity and leave encashment programmes of their employees to insurance companies.The trend that emerged two years ago has got a shot in the arm with SAIL, Nicholas Piramal, Vishakhapatnam Port asking insurers to manage their employees' retirement programmes.
As a major contributor to exports, the IT industry has greater responsibility to perform better in view of the huge Current Account Deficit facing India, said N R Narayana Murthy, whose appointment as Infosys Executive Chairman was ratified by shareholders on Saturday.
'If approved it will be a voluntary engagement and there will be no dilution in selection criteria'
Under the New Code on Wages Bill 2019, employers will be required to give the minimum wages, notified by either the state or the Centre, to the unorganised sector, too.
The regulator said if the variable pay is up to 200 per cent of the fixed pay, at least 50 per cent of it should be in non-cash, and if the variable pay is above 200 per cent, 67 per cent of it should be paid via non-cash instruments.
The rider could be attached to any of the existing group insurance polices under employer-employee groups -- group insurance, employees deposit link insurance, group gratuity and group leave encashment scheme -- on their scheme renewal date, LIC of India Chairman T S Vijayan told reporters at the launch function in Chennai.
In a liberal proposal, the Sixth Central Pay Commission has recommended full pension benefit to government employees after 20 years of service, as against the existing 33 years. The hike in gratuity limit to Rs 10 lakh, exclusion of the earned leave encashed while in service from the overall limit, clubbing of earned leave and half-day pay leave for encashment and higher pension to octogenarians are the other liberal steps suggested by the commission.
Get Ahead tax expert Mahesh Padmanabhan answers queries on tax exemptions and how to invest for the long term.
The government may double to ten per cent the ceiling of retirement funds managed by private organisations for investing in listed companies, a move that could further boost the already bullish stock markets. The finance ministry is likely to take a final decision next week on allowing private provident funds, superannuation funds and gratuity funds to invest up to 10 per cent of their funds in listed shares.
Somebody should ask Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump their views on tipping, says Kishore Singh.
Kumar's son Nishant possess both movable and immovable assets of Rs 2.36 crore which is a little more than four times than what his father owns.
The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill and The Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill passed amid din.
The Indian Consulate in Dubai has blacklisted 27 Dubai-based companies after complaints of exploitation of workers.
The state has allowed industrial units in special economic zones (SEZs) to lay off workers without government's sanction, regardless of the number of workers
They said that massive public investment in infrastructure, social sectors and agriculture would generate employment and the Union Budget should give it a priority and allocate necessary funds for this.
According to draft Code on Social Security, 2019, gig and platform workers will be entitled to life and disability cover, health and maternity benefits, among others.
Did you know that the Government of India has granted certain tax exemptions to start-ups for a prescribed period?
Around 625 workers have been fasting since Monday; no disruption of production at the plant
While Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu asked the protestors not to make the House a "clog in the wheel" of progress, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said they should keep in mind the larger interests of the nation.
Non-government provident funds have been allowed to invest five per cent of their assets in blue-chip shares and 10 per cent in corporate debts and equity-oriented mutual funds from April 2005.
The guidelines, which have made service charge "totally voluntary and not mandatory", will be sent to states for necessary action
Back of the envelope calculations put government expense on each of the new schemes promised by the DMK and the AIADMK at tens of thousands of crores. But then, neither party has said how they are going to also address the mounting debt burden either, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The message was scrawled at the bottom of the bill at Anita's New Mexico Style Cafe in Ashburn, Virginia.
While Chanda Kochhar got a pay of Rs 2.66 crore, Arundhati Bhattacharya took home only Rs 28.96 lakh
'Since CBI directly reports to PM CBI couldn't have allowed without approval from top,' Kejriwal tweeted
However, the remuneration of Puri and Kochhar are not strictly comparable as the two banks follow different accounting practices.
Parliament proceedings were adjourned for a second day on Monday over the insinuations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against his predecessor Manmohan Singh.
Senior lawyer M V Kini agrees to fight their case for free, given their financial condition
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