Buy the Ferrari, by all means, on the day you become the person who has earned it. Until then, it’s fine to admire one zooming past, and getting on with the un-Ferrari years that are the real work.
The Centre is considering bringing back the merchant discount rate (MDR) on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions for large merchants, according to an Economic Times report citing people familiar with the matter. As per the report, the proposal under discussion is to levy MDR on merchants with an annual turnover of around ₹1 crore to…
Artificial intelligence may squeeze employment in India’s technology sector well before it threatens the companies themselves, according to Pramod Gubbi, co-founder of Marcellus Investment Managers. He said AI-driven productivity could reduce the industry’s dependence on labour and exert deflationary pressure on existing work, even as IT firms remain relevant by delivering more output with fewer…
The West Bengal state government will release 50% of pending Dearness Relief arrears of individual and family pensioners in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area through banks, PTI reported citing an official notification on the same. As per the notification from the state finance department’s pension branch, pending DR arrears will be disbursed through banks…
Thousands of salaried taxpayers rely on Form 16 and salary slips while filing their income tax returns. But what happens if an employer deducts tax from salary and never deposits it with the Income Tax Department? The issue has come into focus after an Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ruling involving a former Byju’s employee,…
Corporate India is facing an invisible crisis that severely impacts both employee well-being and the bottom line. According to the third edition of the CII–MediBuddy report, Workplace Health Reimagined: India’s Health AI Frontier, employee health can no longer be viewed as a mere administrative benefit; it must be treated as a strategic priority. “For years,…
Tax compliance nowadays is no longer just about filing an annual tax return. It is about staying vigilant and being clear about your tax-related compliance issues with tax authorities. With 31 July being the due date for filing income tax returns (ITRs) for Assessment Year 2026-27, taxpayers have just about two weeks more to prepare…