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Starting SIP 5 years later can reduce corpus by nearly Rs.5cr-Here's how much you can get over 30 years with Rs.5,000/month

New Delhi, May 14 -- A Systematic investment plan (SIP) is a realistic and long-term option for most retail investors to build a significant corpus in mutual funds. An SIP allows investors to deduct a... Read More


Starting SIP 5 years later can reduce corpus by Rs.81 lakh-Here's how much you can get over 30 years with Rs.5,000/month

New Delhi, May 14 -- A Systematic investment plan (SIP) is a realistic and long-term option for most retail investors to build a significant corpus in mutual funds. An SIP allows investors to deduct a... Read More


Public Provident Fund vs Fixed Deposits vs SIPs: Which one should a first-time investor start?

New Delhi, May 14 -- Financial planning includes the measured assessment of an investor's finances, risk tolerance, and future goals to calculate savings and investments over the short-, medium- and l... Read More


Dearness allowance hike: Tamil Nadu increases DA for state government employees, teachers by 2% - Check details

New Delhi, May 14 -- Tamil Nadu has hiked Dearness Allowance (DA) for state government employees and teachers by 2%, effective from 1 January 2026, Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay said today. This takes... Read More


8th central pay commission: Hike in minimum pay, increment and DA - Here's how employee groups want salaries to change

New Delhi, May 14 -- The 8th central pay commission (CPC) is holding its second day of consultations with unions from the Ministries of Defence and Railways today, as it seeks to gather views and inpu... Read More


Locked EPFO account? Here's why it happened and how you can recover it

New Delhi, May 13 -- It is not uncommon for thousands of employees' provident fund (EPF) members to encounter the "EPF account locked" message when trying to log into their provident fund account. Thi... Read More


Why is the EPFO launching a new website? Here's all you need to know about E-PRAAPTI portal

New Delhi, May 13 -- The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is set to launch a new web portal, called E-PRAAPTI, with aim to streamline recovery mechanism for members who have old and inoper... Read More


Income-tax rules: Capital gains taxation on digital, paper, physical and inherited gold for Indians and NRIs, explained

Income-tax rules, May 13 -- Profits or capital gains generated from sale of your digital gold, paper gold (which includes gold ETFs, gold mutual funds and sovereign gold bonds) and physical gold asset... Read More


Canara Bank hikes MCLR rate by 5 bps - Here's a look at how this impacts your auto, home and personal loan repayments

New Delhi, May 13 -- Canara Bank on Tuesday hiked its Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Rate (MCLR) rate by 5 basis points (bps), effective from 12 May, according to the public sector lender's fili... Read More


8th central pay commission: Why are staff representatives demanding expansion of family units from 3 to 5, explained

New Delhi, May 13 -- The National Council-Joint Consultative Machinery (NC-JCM) led by Secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra, met with the 8th central pay commission (CPC) chaired by former Supreme Court Justic... Read More