Personal Finance

Budget 2026: SHE Marts aim to turn SHG women into enterprise owners

Union Budget 2026 plan links SHG products, retail markets and easier finance for women-led businesses

Budget 2026: Accident victims to get full claim amt without tax deductions

Union Budget 2026 on compensation: The change, once enacted, will ensure accident victims receive the full interest awarded on compensation without tax deductions

Budget makes tax compliance easier, gives relief in penalties and timelines

Budget signals a shift toward a less adversarial tax regime by extending return-filing deadlines to March, halving the mandatory litigation deposit to 10%, and decriminalising minor procedural lapses

Budget 2026 brings tax relief, investment flexibility for overseas Indians

From lower TCS on foreign travel to easier equity access and property sale relief, Budget 2026 brings a clutch of changes for NRIs and overseas Indians

Budget 2026 relief: Lower TCS on foreign education, medical travel

Union Budgeet 2026: Lower TCS rates under LRS aim to ease upfront tax costs for overseas education, medical treatment and travel spending

Financial rule changes on Feb 1, from credit cards to FASTag & banks

From revised banking fees and hiked tobacco duties, here is how the new financial regulations taking effect this February will impact your monthly budget

Dividend yield funds suit moderate-risk investors seeking lower volatility

These schemes invest in high-dividend stocks to cushion downside volatility, but they can underperform growth-oriented equity funds during strong bull market phases

Budget must give tax relief in household medical costs: Insurance industry

'Biggest health care burden is not hospitalisation but diagnostics and medicines,' they say

Does remarriage change family pension rights? Delhi High Court clears rules

Remarriage does not end a widow's entitlement, says court in interpretation of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules

Got a phone call about unclaimed insurance money? How to deal with scam

Experts warn against scammers impersonating companies and industry regulator to trick policyholders into paying fake processing fees

HDFC Bank changes terms for Infinia card customers: What to expect

Company introduces new monthly redemption caps and category limits for its premium card, effective Feb 1

Silver's volatility now doubles gold's. Motilal Oswal explains the risk

Silver has done the heavy lifting already. Gold now offers better risk-adjusted returns.

Wrong UPI payment? Here's what you can recover and what you can't

While the RBI mandates compensation for technical failures, recovering funds sent to a wrong UPI ID remains a manual process dependent on the recipient's consent and swift bank intervention

Indian households add Rs 53 trillion to equity wealth in five years

Economic Survey data show rising retail ownership and a steady shift towards equity-linked savings

Gold bars and coins hit 12-year high as bullion demand crosses 5,000 tonnes

Tense geopolitics look set to be a major contributor to gold's fortunes again in 2026, supporting a continuation of elevated central bank demand, strong gold ETF inflows,robust bar and coin demand.

Economic Survey 2026: Why India's FDI lags Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam

Economic Survey 2026 points to Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines to show how speed, certainty and coordination attract capital

Loans against gold surge 125% in 2025 as bullion prices soar 60% in a year

As Gold Prices Rise, Borrowers Pledge Jewellery Instead of Selling

Home loans triple in 10 years, rising to ₹37 lakh cr or 11% of India's GDP

Housing finance also expanded steadily, with outstanding individual housing loans more than tripling from about ₹10 lakh crore as at the end of March 2015 to over ₹37 lakh crore at end March 2025

Silver screaming but history says be careful: What investors should do now

At 46:1, Gold-Silver Ratio Enters Zone Linked to Past Silver Corrections

Home affordability: Consider peripheral localities, smaller house sizes

If going from a 2-BHK to a 3-BHK pushes the EMI beyond comfort, the bigger house becomes a risk rather than a solution