Anand Kalyanaraman

Can the government cut petrol and diesel prices?

The Centre is reluctant to include petroleum products in the GST due to the huge revenue implications
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Of taxing equity gains and ‘grandfathering’ them

Though the tax rules on long-term capital gains were tweaked, the taxman has softened the blow

Salaried taxpayers have little to gain

The Finance Minister gave some relief to the salaried class, only to nullify most of it

He gave benefits but he took them away

Both will pinch: withdrawal of tax exemption on medical and transport allowances and a higher cess on your IT

Money resolutions for the New Year

Don’t sit on them even if generally our clocks are set to Indian Stretchable Time

How OPEC’s policies impact India’s oil bill

With the country importing over 80% of its oil, it keeps a close watch on the cartel’s moves

A quarter of contrasts

While IndiGo and SpiceJet flew high in the September quarter, the turbulence at Jet Airways persisted

All you wanted to know about OPEC

It was founded in 1960 in Baghdad

Good behaviour makes for better investing

Recognising behavioural biases and mitigating them can take you a long way in the investing journey

Investing in equities abroad

Here’s why overseas opportunities are a sound idea, even when the Indian equity market is booming

Indraprastha Gas: Promising pipeline

Entry into new markets and rising product price differential vis-a-vis competing fuels favour the company

Fundamentally right

Comparisons are odious if they’re not appropriate