Managing a financial windfall

Receiving a financial windfall is often a life-changing event. However, successfully managing windfall gain is tough for most people as they might be in a state of happiness or extreme grief. In both cases it is quite easy to fall prey to financial evangelists,...

RBI Monetary Policy Review

The RBI policy announcement on 5th April, 2016 was actually a very progressive one. However it is quite unfortunate that the stock market reacted quite adversely. Let’s understand the central bank’s monetary tools from an economic perspective. So...

Expectations from Budget 2016

Hereโ€™s a short summary of what we expect from budget 2016 and we hope that the Finance Ministry obliges. 1. Direct and Indirect Taxes At present, for individuals the non taxable income limit is Rs. 2.5 lakhs and for senior citizens, the limit is Rs. 3 lakhs. For very...