Festival bonus 2026: the ad-hoc bonus pays a flat ₹6,908, but tax on it runs from ₹0 to ₹2,155 — and 80C cannot shelter it in ...

EPF wage ceiling ₹15,000 to ₹25,000: what is actually decided, what the higher ceiling does to your monthly PF deduction, and how it changes the maximum EPS pension.

EPF Scheme 2026 lets the Centre defer or reduce PF contributions for up to three months in a pandemic or national disaster.

On 14 September the Finance Ministry is reported to have notified the payments that banks may never charge you for: RuPay debit cards, and UPI up to ₹2,000. Read the list the other way and you see the ...

A child under 18 with a bank FD, a gift from a grandparent, or money coming in from reels and brand deals is not taxed as a separate person. That income is added to a parent's return — and the ₹1,500 ...

The Reserve Bank has reportedly refused to let Tata Sons hand back its finance licence — the last door it had to avoid a stock-market listing. It is a big moment for India's biggest business house.

If you cleared the first railway clerk paper, the second one is on Wednesday, 17 September 2026 — three days away. E-call letters open four days before the exam, so from 13 September. This is the ...

From 15 October 2026, UPI merchant payments above ₹2,000 carry 0.4% MDR, capped at ₹300. Flat ₹5 for fuel, railways and utilities. You pay nothing.

The wait between opening an account and holding your card in hand — often a week or two by post — may be ending. At the Global Fintech Fest 2026, the Finance Ministry showed off a new kind of ATM that ...

Provisional family pension can be paid for six months from the day after a death, by the Head of Office, without waiting for the PPO. Bharat Pensioners' Samaj has asked for it to actually be used.

Is there a last date for ration card e-KYC in 2026? No national deadline has been notified. What the Food Department's standing instruction says, what actually gets a ration card cancelled, and how to ...