Moneymatters

In the blizzard-hit apple orchards of Kashmir, farmers are anguished at inadequate government compensation

Government records reveal the average annual apple production in Kashmir is 17 lakh metric tons.

Black money chase: Cap on Cash-in hand at Rs 10 lakh, buys over Rs 1 lakh needs PAN

In a bid to check unaccounted wealth in the economy, the Income Tax Department is working out a number of measures which include capping the amount of money one can keep it home as well as making it mandatory to furnish PAN cards in case of high-value purchases.

Four things to remember while making financial resolutions in 2014

Many begin the new year with a list of resolutions, but when it comes to your money, make just one and stick to.

With 9% returns, you can't ignore NHB's tax-free bonds

The National Housing Bank, an entity wholly owned by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), opens its tax-free bond issue on 30 December and closes on 31 January, 2014. Here's why you can't ignore it.

How to focus on risks to achieve long-term financial goals

It is the level of risk exposure in an investment proposition that investors do not fully understand. What investors are led to understand as risk is rather a vague labeling of investments mostly on their potentiality to deliver returns based on their past experience.

Money Matters: For your kids' sake, let them take this test

When it comes to kids today, just imparting regular education is not enough. They have to be made financially literate as well.

Checklist: 10 ways to help you manage your finances better

The following are at the genesis of financial freedom and are necessary to inculcate the requisite rigor for optimising the available financial resources to achieve the ultimate goal of financial independence:<br /><br />

Ways to handle a friend who wants to borrow money from you

Lending money to a friend is not a very good idea. This is because we tend to remember the loans we give, but forget the loans we take. And this phenomenon, where borrowers conveniently forget that they owe money to a friend, is called 'blind spot'.

SBI raises fixed deposit rate by token 0.2% on select maturity

With the revision, term deposit between 180-210 days less than Rs 1 crore would now earn 7 percent against existing 6.80 percent, SBI said in a statement.<br /><br />

Rude shock: Balance in 30% PF accounts negative as fraudsters withdraw funds

Fraudsters have siphoned off cash from about 25 million or 30 percent of PF accounts, which were dormant or inoperative for the last few years.