NEW DELHI: Government is all set to allow 100% foreign direct investment in insurance business, paving the way for large companies to enter the market on their own, while allowing individual insurance agents to hawk policies of multiple companies, lifting the cap on being associated with only one life and general insurer.The twin measures are

NEW DELHI: Brazil’s proposal to tax the super-rich is unlikely to be carried through when leaders of the G20 meet in Rio De Janeiro later this week as the original plan has been “significantly diluted” due to the stiff resistance from developed countries.Under its G20 Presidency, Brazil had proposed a 2% minimum tax on the

NEW DELHI: Tata group will buy into the India operations of Apple’s manufacturing partner Pegatron almost a year after acquiring the business of another supplier Wistron. The deal will make the company one of the biggest contract suppliers to the American electronics giant, along with Taiwanese giant Foxconn.Tata group, which has been making inroads into

India voiced strong concerns regarding developed nations’ reluctance to engage meaningfully in discussions about supporting climate initiatives in developing countries at the COP29 conference in Baku while highlighting that addressing climate change requires substantial financial and technological assistance.India, during the Mitigation Work Programme’s closing plenary on Saturday, highlighted how developed nations, despite their historical responsibility

NEW DELHI: Tata group will buy into the India operations of Apple’s manufacturing partner Pegatron – almost a year after acquiring the business of another supplier Wistron – making it one of the biggest contract supplier to the American electronics giant along with Taiwanese giant Foxconn.Tata group, which has been making swift inroads into the

I’m working with the Indian Army. Until last year, we received Form 16 under the old tax regime, which included all allowances such as house rent allowance, travel, uniform, etc. However, from AY 2024-25, we are receiving Form 16 under the default new tax regime, which does not mention non-taxable allowances. My salary income exceeds

India FD interest rates comparison: Public and private banks in India offer a varied range of fixed deposit (FD) interest rates, and it is thus recommended that you compare most options available before making an investment. At present, most banks offer a higher interest rate for term deposits with longer tenures, compared to a relatively

Assume Mr A is an NRI based in the US and his father wants to send him ₹10 lakh from India. A resident Indian can only send money to an NRI’s NRO account. It cannot go in the NRE account because even though NRE is a rupee-denominated account, funds deposited in it must originate from

A recent Sebi report highlighted the significant losses individual traders incurred in the equity futures and options (F&O) segment between FY22 and FY24. A whopping 91.1% of these traders lost money in FY24, and the average loss per head was ₹1.20 lakh. During FY22-FY24, 11.3 million traders incurred a combined net loss of ₹1.81 trillion.

Over 10 lakh senior citizens aged 70 and above have enrolled for the newly launched Ayushman Vay Vandana Card, under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) health scheme, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare declared on Saturday. Of the 10 lakh people who have enrolled for the card, around 60