Budget expectations: When it comes to yearly tax savings, Section 80C is one of the widely used tools for salaried individuals and Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs). Under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, salaried individuals and Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) are entitled to income tax benefits of up to Rs 1.5 lakh by investing in … Read more
When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union budget later this month, one thing investors, taxpayers, corporates, and mutual fund houses will be keen to know will be changes in the capital gains tax structure. Currently, the capital gains tax system lacks uniformity, leading to varying tax burdens for investors based on the type of … Read more
By now, most taxpayers should have received their Form 16. Employers deduct House Rent Allowance (HRA) from salaries, and this deduction can be seen in part B of Form 16 when filing an Income Tax Return (ITR). It is crucial to understand that HRA exemption under Section 10(13A) can only be claimed if one lives … Read more
Shares of housing finance and infrastructure project firms surged up to 9% in Tuesday’s trade on the BSE after the newly formed NDA government, in its first cabinet meeting on Monday, decided to provide assistance to 3 crore additional rural and urban households for the construction of houses, to meet the housing requirements arising out … Read more
Fear index India VIX witnessed its highest single-day gain in 9 years, jumping nearly 40% on intraday basis to the day’s high of 28.62. The gains were seen after counting trends showed a strong fight back by the India Alliance though BJP-led NDA still managed to cross the majority mark. India VIX had settled at … Read more
D-Street fear index India VIX fell 22% to the day’s low of 19.12 on Monday after a screaming call by exit polls suggesting the return of the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led NDA government. At 1:20 pm India Vix stood at 20.21, down by 17.85% from 24.60 on Friday. According to the average of … Read more
Top government officials are already getting a policy blueprint ready for different sectors much ahead the upcoming term of the NDA government, led by PM Narendra Modi. If the NDA government gets elected in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, it would be its third term in a row. The detailed plan for the next term … Read more
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday dubbed the NDA dispensation at the Centre as a “No Dissonance Allowed” government after it rejected the Environmental Performance Index. He said the Modi government should realise that the world will not dance to the tunes of the BJP and the RSS. “NDA Government is well known as … Read more
PATNA: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who has not been retained in the new Bihar dispensation after serving as the deputy chief minister for close to 15 years, attended the swearing-in ceremony of new NDA government on Monday but looked aloof in the crowd of new MLAs. A 14-member council of ministers headed by … Read more
A special CBI Court today convicted Dilip Ray, the then Union Minister of State for Coal in the erstwhile National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for his alleged involvement in the coal block allocation scandal. Ray was then a minister of State in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1999. The Court will decide the quantum of … Read more