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Claiming HRA on rent paid to parents and relatives will be harder from 1 April

New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- The new Income Tax rules have proposed a change for claiming house rent allowance (HRA) that may affect claims where the rent is paid to parents, siblings or any other relative. ... Read More


Why mutual funds are emerging as the default investment choice

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Mutual funds are fast becoming the first port of call for Indian savers. What was once viewed as a sophisticated market product is now edging closer to a mainstream savings vehic... Read More


Are Reits the right way to own top commercial real estate?

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Real estate has long been a favoured asset for Indian investors, but owning commercial property comes with high entry barriers. Large upfront capital, long-tenure loans, tenant m... Read More


Next trillion dollars of India's mcap could create more wealth than the last: Raamdeo Agrawal

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Raamdeo Agrawal, co-founder of Motilal Oswal Financial Services, says the next trillion dollars of India's market capitalization could create more wealth than the last. Drawing ... Read More


GIFT City allows Indians to build global portfolios: Sandeep Batra

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- As cross-border capital flows gather pace, Indian investors are increasingly looking beyond domestic markets. At the Mint Money Festival, Sandeep Batra, head of international we... Read More


Rs.20 crore and still not enough? Rethinking retirement planning

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Retirement planning has always been about one deceptively simple question: how much is enough? Yet in today's world of rising lifestyles, volatile markets and longer life spans,... Read More


Beyond FDs: How to build a diversified fixed-income portfolio

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Fixed income rarely grabs headlines, though it anchors most Indian portfolios. Fixed deposits (FDs), corporate bonds and certificates of deposit (CDs) may seem dull compared to e... Read More


Why you shouldn't make investment decisions based on tax incentives

New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- At the Mint Money Festival in Mumbai on 14 February, an audience poll revealed that people are more concerned with the Union Budget creating jobs and improving the government's f... Read More


New income-tax rules may revive interest in old regime for high-income salaried taxpayers

New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- As part of the Income Tax Rules, 2026, notified last week, the government has proposed three key changes that may tilt the needle towards the old tax regime again. First, the ch... Read More


Why this NRI couple in Norway doesn't mind paying half their income in taxes

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- When Sutirtha Chakraborty and Jayita Chatterjee moved to Norway in 2017, the decision wasn't driven by money, it was driven by time. A senior doctor in India, Chakraborty was offe... Read More