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A Senior Traveller’s Guide to Handling Medical Emergencies with Travel Insurance

Finance : This guide explains why senior travellers should review travel insurance coverage, organise medical records, and plan ahead before...

June 9, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

Establishing an Indian Business Presence Without a Local Office

Finance : The article explains how local Indian phone numbers enhance credibility and accessibility for international businesses. It highlig...

June 9, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

How to manage your personal loans efficiently and stay stress-free

Finance : The article explains how borrowing within your affordability and understanding total loan costs can make loan management easier. I...

June 8, 2026 126 Views 0 comment Print

Cash Crunch Crisis in India: The Balance Sheet of National Economy

Finance : The article examines how ATMs are facing cash shortages even though currency circulation is at an all-time high. It argues that ba...

June 8, 2026 456 Views 0 comment Print

Transfer of Funds from a Superannuation Trust to NPS

Finance : mployers are increasingly migrating retirement savings from superannuation trusts to NPS due to lower costs, greater flexibility, ...

June 4, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Govt Announces Measures to Deepen G-Sec Market & Boost FPI in Equities

Finance : The Government has exempted interest and capital gains earned by FPIs on Government securities from income tax with effect from 1 ...

June 6, 2026 240 Views 0 comment Print

DFS Launches Common Landing Portal for Unclaimed Financial Assets

Finance : The Ministry of Finance has introduced a unified portal to help individuals search for unclaimed bank deposits, insurance claims, ...

June 1, 2026 1251 Views 0 comment Print

IFSC Insurance Offices Must Follow Retrocession Limits on Global Reinsurance Business: IFSCA

Finance : The IFSCA clarified that retrocession and retention requirements apply to the entire gross reinsurance premium of IFSC Insurance O...

May 21, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print

Re-Insurance of General Insurance Business Falls Within General Insurance Framework: IFSCa

Finance : The authority observed that except life insurance, other insurance segments under IFSCA regulations align with the statutory defin...

May 21, 2026 177 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Clarifies on false claims on monetisation of temple gold holdings

Finance : The Ministry of Finance clarified that claims regarding monetisation of temple gold holdings or issuance of gold bonds to temples ...

May 21, 2026 489 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SC Upholds NI Act Prosecution of Office Bearers Who Signed Loan Documents Despite Not Signing Dishonoured Cheque

Finance : The Supreme Court ruled that vicarious liability under the NI Act cannot arise solely from holding an office in a society or compa...

May 29, 2026 7683 Views 0 comment Print

SC Slams Casual Sanction of ₹8 Cr Loan After Borrower Defaults From Day One

Finance : The Supreme Court refused relief to borrowers who defaulted from the very first instalment after availing an ₹8.09 crore loan. T...

May 22, 2026 396 Views 0 comment Print

Inheritance Isn’t a Birthright When a Valid Will Exists: SC

Finance : The Supreme Court upheld a Will executed in favour of the testator’s sister despite objections from his wife and children. The C...

May 22, 2026 1335 Views 0 comment Print

IBC Is Not a Recovery Shortcut: SC Rejects CIRP in Builder-Bank-Borrower Dispute

Finance : The Supreme Court held that insolvency proceedings under the IBC cannot be invoked merely to recover disputed dues arising from co...

May 9, 2026 408 Views 0 comment Print

Pay Now, Not After Appeals – SC Enforces Immediate Indemnity

Finance : The issue was whether indemnity obligations arise only after final appellate confirmation. The Supreme Court held that liability a...

April 14, 2026 936 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Common Brand Name Alone Creates Group Entity Status Under IFSCA Ship Leasing Framework

Finance : IFSCA clarified that a common brand name by itself is sufficient to establish a Group Entity relationship under the ship leasing f...

June 9, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

IFSCA Master Circular for Recognised Stock Exchanges & Clearing Corporations

Finance : IFSCA has consolidated multiple regulations and circulars into a single Master Circular for Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporati...

June 6, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

Reporting format and norms for Annual Compliance Audit for CMIs in IFSC

Finance : IFSCA has introduced a standardized ACAR and ACAC reporting framework for Capital Market Intermediaries in IFSCs. The circular aim...

June 6, 2026 165 Views 0 comment Print

Advisory on Heightened Cyber Security Risks arising from Frontier AI Models

Finance : IFSCA has warned regulated entities that advanced AI models can accelerate cyberattacks by rapidly identifying and exploiting vuln...

June 4, 2026 231 Views 0 comment Print

IFSCA Clarifies fee structure applicable to existing Ancillary Service Providers & TechFin entity

Finance : The International Financial Services Centres Authority clarified that existing ASPs and TechFin entities continuing operations und...

May 21, 2026 267 Views 0 comment Print


Motor Vehicle Tax and base of tax structure

March 23, 2012 3995 Views 0 comment Print

Motor Vehicle Tax (MVT) is being levied in all States and Union Territories (UT) except in the UT of Lakshadweep. There are different bases for computation and different rates, leading to differing incidence of taxes for different categories of vehicles in different States/UTs. Existing tax structures show wide variations among States/UTs due to:

Govt approves 7% additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees

March 23, 2012 1138 Views 0 comment Print

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 1.1.2012 representing an increase of 7% over the existing rate of 58% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise. The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both dearness allowance and dearness relief would be of the order of Rs.7474.53 crore per annum and Rs.8720.32 crore in the financial year 2012-13 (i.e. for a period of 14 months from January, 2012 to February, 2013).

Impact of Budget on Common Public

March 23, 2012 2257 Views 0 comment Print

The union budget has increased in Tax exemption limit of Rs.20000 for general category male giving Tax Relief of Rs. 2000 & Rs.10000 for female giving Rs.1000 tax Relief for the individuals having an income upto Rs. 8lacs. Rs. 5000 deduction will be allowed for preventive Health check up u/s 80D but the same is within the total limit of Rs. 15000 only & threshold limit of 80D now will be used for Mediclaim policy as well as for preventive health check up. So the individual having a mediclaim policy equal to or above Rs. 15000 is not going to have any benefit from this.

Excel Tips – How to insert comment in a cell and how to change the user name in cell comment

March 22, 2012 2449 Views 0 comment Print

Suggest what is to be entered in a cell? (Cell Comment) Cell Comment Suggest the user as regards what is to be entered in the cell 1. Select the cell wherein you wish to see the message, 2. Right click and select . 3. Type the instruction in the comment box.

SBI offers new, lower rates to old home loan borrowers

March 22, 2012 1748 Views 0 comment Print

State Bank of India has decided to allow its old home loan borrowers, paying high interests, to move to the new lower rates, which were offered to other borrowers later, by paying 1% of the outstanding amount as conversion fee.

How to Apply Passport online

March 21, 2012 4688 Views 0 comment Print

For filling and submitting your application online,you need to be a registered user on the Passport Seva website. To create your user account for online form submission, Register now. Once you register,follow the steps mentioned here- Step 1: Log into your Passport Seva user account. Step 2:Select the Apply Passport Online menu option in the left navigation menu. Step 3: Fill in the required details in the form and submit the form online.

IPL kingpin Lalit Modi declared bankrupt

March 21, 2012 1487 Views 0 comment Print

Former Indian Premier League cricket boss Lalit Modi is back in the English courts, this time having been declared bankrupt. Modi, who is awaiting the judgment from a libel trial in the High Court of London with former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns, has been declared bankrupt in a London court over unpaid bills of 65,000 pounds ($126,000) owed to a private security firm.

INDIA’S neighbours must be alarmed by yet another, sizeable rise in its defence budget

March 20, 2012 549 Views 0 comment Print

Presenting the budget in parliament on Friday, Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the allocation was based “on the present needs” and that the government would meet any “further needs for the security of the nation”. The 17 per cent increase seeks to add to the nuclear and conventional military muscles of a country that already has one of the world’s largest armed forces.

Mukul Roy is New Union Railway Minister

March 20, 2012 744 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Mukul Roy has been sworn in as the new Union Railway Minister here today. Prior to this, Shri Roy was the Minister of State for the Ministry of Shipping since 28th May 2009 onwards. He also served earlier as Minister of State for Railways.

IRDA mandates prior approval before launch of new Insurance product

March 20, 2012 1128 Views 0 comment Print

As per File and Use Guidelines, the insurance companies are required to launch products after allowing for 60 days for non-life and 30 days for life for clearance by the IRDA. Several times, however, the full details of the product, which are required in order to assess the product, are not furnished and consequently there is delay.

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