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Hemant G Contractor, Chairman, PFRDA (Photo: Vivan Mehra)

Updated : Feb 27, 2015

Popularising NPS is bit of a challenge, says PFRDA Chairman Hemant G Contractor

Wide-ranging changes are in the offing in the National Pension System, says Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Chairman Hemant G Contractor.

Updated : Jan 30, 2015

Top tips to keep your car out of trouble in winters

The following winter maintenance jobs will keep you and your car out of trouble.

Updated : Jan 2, 2015

Top tips for driving etiquette, rules abroad

Here are our tips on driving abroad that will keep you from trouble.

RV Verma, member, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

Updated : Nov 25, 2014

Mandate of PFRDA Act is to ensure minimum cost, says NPS member RV Verma

RV Verma, member, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on the rationale behind recent changes in National Pension System.

The biggest challenge is the acquisition of land for creating smart cities.

Updated : Nov 1, 2014

Smart cities will offer more than jobs, economic development

The success of smart cities would be replicated to other backward regions and states too that need development. However, several challenges lie ahead.

We tell you what these telltale lights on the instrument console mean

Updated : Sep 3, 2014

What telltale lamps on consoles of cars mean

Your car's computer keeps a watch over its systems, and when something goes wrong, they warn you. We tell you what these lights mean.

Updated : Jul 12, 2014

Why you should keep your tax-related documents handy

You no longer need to attach related documents with your tax return. However, retain them in case any audit of the tax return filed is conducted by the revenue authorities.

ICICI Prudential AMC MD and CEO Nimesh Shah

Updated : Mar 15, 2014

Nimesh Shah on how investors can assess mutual funds holistically

Over the years, Indian investors' perception about mutual funds has evolved. Unfortunately, investors are unable to assess mutual funds holistically, writes ICICI Prudential AMC MD and CEO Nimesh Shah.

Samir Shah, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NCDEX. Photograph: NISHIKANT GAMRE

Updated : Mar 11, 2014

NCDEX would like to demystify commodities for investors: Samir Shah

Samir Shah, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NCDEX, tells Money Today that the exchange will encourage physical traders, farmers and retail investors to actively participate in the market and become stakeholders in its growth.

Nitin Jain, CEO, Retail Capital Markets, Edelweiss Financial Services

Updated : Dec 16, 2013

'IT, auto and select NBFCs look attractive'

Nitin Jain, CEO, Retail Capital Markets, Edelweiss Financial Services, talks to Money Today about the current stock market scenario and the sectors investors can consider.

Updated : Dec 10, 2013

All you need to know about wealth tax

When compared with an individual's income tax obligations, awareness of wealth tax is minimal. Broadly, wealth tax is determined by your nationality, residential status and location of the asset.

Updated : Dec 5, 2013

Tips for NRIs to invest in equity markets

Sujata Sudarshan, CEO, Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre says NRIs can invest in equity either through the primary or the secondary market. You can invest in the primary market through IPOs, FPO, and the secondary market through a Portfolio Investment Scheme.

Updated : Dec 3, 2013

Indian equities market seems to be on an upturn: Sandesh Kirkire

Kotak Mutual Fund CEO Sandesh Kirkire says improved agriculture output and the onsetting lag of reduced crude oil prices may help bring down inflation in coming months. This should pave way for monetary easing and may provide equities and debt market a sizeable sentiment shift going ahead.

Updated : Nov 11, 2013

Swings in equities market suggest uncertainty: Sandesh Kirkire

Kotak Mutual Fund CEO Sandesh Kirkire says the swings in the equities market continue to suggest uncertainty about the future outlook and expectation.

Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre CEO Sujata Sudarshan

Updated : Nov 5, 2013

Top sectors NRIs can invest in for best returns

Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre CEO Sujata Sudarshan says the falling rupee means that an NRI will get more from investment in India. The govt has also undertaken steps to boost the economy, the effects of which will be visible in the second half of the current fiscal.

Updated : Sep 3, 2013

Stock markets dependent on liquidity outlook in near future

Sandesh Kirkire, CEO, Kotak Mutual Fund says in the classic growth-inflation trade-off, the third angle of sharply depreciating rupee, has made currency management an imperative.

Updated : May 21, 2013

Does India really need a bank exclusively for women?

A bank exclusively for women, as announced in the Budget, is a good idea. But will it find enough custom?

BDO India National Head (Tax and Regulatory Services) Anish Mehta

Updated : May 21, 2013

Has Budget 2013 met the expectations of FIIs?

Budget 2013 has clarified that investors with a stake of 10 per cent or less in a company will be treated as Foreign Institutional Investors and a stake of over 10 per cent will be Foreign Direct Investment.

Tapati Ghose, Senior Director, Deloitte Haskins and Sells

Updated : May 21, 2013

Tax Residency Certificate could strangle global mobility, services sector

Not being able to meet a procedural requirement should not prevent an Indian employee paying tax overseas from getting relief from double taxation.

Updated : May 21, 2013

Core takeaways of Budget 2013 were fiscal prudence and growth orientation

The core takeaways from the Union Budget were fiscal prudence and orientation towards growth, says Kotak Mutual Fund CEO Sandesh Kirkire.

Updated : Apr 23, 2013

Non-equity funds to yield less as Budget 2013 proposes higher dividend distribution tax

The Union Budget has doubled the tax on dividend distributed by non-equity funds from 12.5 per cent to 25 per cent. This will impact returns from such funds. The change will hit all debt funds (except liquid funds), gold exchangetraded funds, or ETFs, and global funds of funds.