RBI releases ‘National Strategy for Financial Education 2020-2025’ (NSFE)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today (on Thursday) came out with a ‘5-Core Actions’ approach for promoting financial education, which among other things include development of relevant content for school children and adults, community participation and collaboration among various stakeholders. According to NSFE, the country has been one of the important developmental agendas of…

Now your health insurance premium of over Rs.20000 is under income tax lens: Check other changes

The ‘Transparent Taxation’ platform, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, proposes multiple reforms to improve tax compliance, faceless assessment and ease of filing returns while widening the income tax base and checking tax evasion. The Government has also introduced new sections to IT act and is making reporting of certain transactions mandatory to…

What is a positive pay cheque?

On Thursday (6th August), on the eve of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Measures, RBI Governor Mr.Shaktikant Das announced “To enhance safety of cheque payments, it has been decided to introduce a mechanism of Positive Pay for all cheques of value ₹50,000 and above. This will cover approximately 20 per cent and 80 per…