1. Petrol Diesel Price Rise India is the World’s Third- largest oil market and depends heavily on crude oil. India consumes nearly 211.6 million tonnes of oil every year. India does not have enough reserves. India depends on imports with some of the blame on the Organisation of petroleum exporting countries, and they have cut supplies but the demand is rising. Owing to this,...
RailTel IPO grey market premium plunges RailTel Corporation of India’s Rs 820 crore initial public offer (IPO), which has been seeing strong retail participation at bids totaling 11 times the issue size so far, closes for subscription on Thursday. Till the end of Day 2 of the IPO, the issue was subscribed 6.55 times with the retail quota getting bids for 10.55 times the limit. The...
1. Rise in Petrol and Diesel Prices The petrol price in Mumbai was Rs. 95 per Litre on Saturday and it has increased by 30 Paisa. Diesel price also increased by 36 paise from the Saturday rates. There is a price difference between Petrol and diesel prices from state to state due to tax and duties. Central And state tax makes up 61% of retail selling price and 56% of diesel prices....
Will tax on PF interest also cover contribution to PPF account? Budget 2021 has proposed to levy income tax on interest earned by an employee/person on his/her contribution in excess of Rs 2.5 lakh in a financial year to a provident fund. It appears that tax will apply to the interest earned on contributions made to Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF) as...