Finance minister attempts a clean-up job, keeps projected expenditure growth low.
Reduce frill expenses, monetise your assets and invest in professional development to negotiate the choppy phase.
The concept of gold as an asset capable of getting anytime money is evaporating.
The new tax regime proposed by the Modi government may not have acceptance from all corners.
There will be a review of employee compensation arrangement in the light of the new rules.
As for structural reform, there are signs if one looks hard enough.
Ministry considering tax sops for India's first global financial centre, steps to liberalise futures and options markets.
Can't believe you can file your income tax return without Form 16? Read this...
Unless they have capital gains or assets abroad, most individuals will need to file ITR-1 or ITR-2A.
Debt returns are always negative for investors in India, unless they are willing to take huge risk
There is no clearly defined right or wrong answer since both target different needs of a portfolio.
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Indian households put bulk of savings in bank deposits and insurance; the returns are minimal. If you're part of this, change.
The Budget touches a few highs and lows as far as personal finance is concerned, and one needs to be aware of them in order to optimise on one's investment plans.
Salil Dhawan reveals the MFs that have not only performed well in the past but have a promising outlook for the future too.
The Modi PMO is like none other: It is staffed by people who are so low profile that the only dominant personality is the Prime Minister's.
There have been two changes announced so far as MF taxation is concerned.
Encouraging domestic financial savings through focused measures would help mobilise long term resources for funding infrastructure and economic development.
'In the final analysis, all Budgets everywhere are like the schemes hatched by A A Milne's lovable Winnie-the-Pooh.' 'They may be well-intended, but often go awry.' 'Although Pooh and his friends agree that he 'has very little brain', he is occasionally acknowledged to have a clever idea, usually driven by common sense.' 'This Budget at a first glance does not appear to belong to that latter category,' says economist Shreekant Sambrani.
The 35-year-old fails to understand how to decide whether a particular scheme should be kept in one's portfolio or not.
In a live chat on rediff.com held on Friday, July 11, well-known equity specialist Devang Mehta discussed what effect the Budget will have on the stock markets -- from how NOT to lose money in the markets to which are the safest stocks.
When you sell your property, you would be liable to pay capital gains tax.
In his massive election rallies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi often caught voters fancy promising that each individual would get Rs 15-20 lakh in his bank account if he came to power.
In an online chat with readers on August 10, Vidya Bala, Vidya Bala, head of mutual fund research at FundsIndia, answered their queries. For hose who missed the chat, here is the transcript.
The industry's reactions to the Budget have been mixed.
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