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8th pay commission: Panel to hold meetings in Lucknow today and tomorrow - Check here for full schedule, latest updates

New Delhi, June 22 -- The 8th pay commission is conducting multiple state visits and meetings with employee representative groups, unions and stakeholders to gather views ahead of its own recommendati... Read More


Petrol, diesel prices on June 22: Check fuel cost in Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and other cities today

New Delhi, June 22 -- Petrol and diesel prices today: Fuel prices were steady today on Monday, 22 June, following the last price hikes on Monday, 25 May, when oil marketing companies (OMCs) increased ... Read More


Dearness Allowance: Here's the formula used to calculate your DA hike, explained

New Delhi, June 22 -- Available only to public-sector employees, it is fully taxable and subject to income tax at the applicable slab rate. Notably, DA is adjusted twice a year for inflation by the Al... Read More


Income-tax returns: Here's how rent earned from self-occupied house property, unrealised rent is calculated in ITR-4

New Delhi, June 21 -- All income-tax return (ITR) forms for assessment year 2026-27 (AY27) i.e. financial year 2025-26 (FY26) have been notified by the Income-Tax Department. It has also enabled Excel... Read More


Health insurance portability: Can group policyholders port to an individual plan? Check eligibility and rules here

New Delhi, June 21 -- In India, health insurance portability enables policyholders to switch insurers without losing accrued benefits like NCB. Health insurance portability is the process of moving fr... Read More


8th pay commission: Meet Chairperson Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, and other members Pankaj Jain, Pulak Ghosh

New Delhi, June 20 -- Constituted every 10 years, the Central Pay Commissions are expected to make significant decisions impacting salaries of central government employees and pensioners, including ra... Read More


Dearness Allowance: Here's all we know about Punjab, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh govts' discussions on DA hikes

Dearness Allowance, June 20 -- DA is the component of the basic salary of central government employees, public sector staff, defence personnel, bank employees and pensioners that is periodically adjus... Read More


Bank holiday today: Are banks closed on Saturday, 20 June for the weekend? Check RBI calendar here

Bank holidays today, June 20 -- All public and private sector banks in India are operating as usual today, on Saturday, 20 June, as it is a working day according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hol... Read More


Fixed Deposit for senior citizens: Banks offer up to 8.25% interest - SBI, HDFC Bank, Utkarsh Small Finance, IDFC First

New Delhi, June 20 -- Bank fixed deposits (FDs) are among the safest investment tools in India for short-, medium- and long-term savings. They are also the preferred option for conservative investors,... Read More


ITR: Attention taxpayers! Check key changes in ITR-4 (Sugam) form before filing income-tax returns for FY26 / AY27

Income-tax returns, June 20 -- The Income-Tax Department has enabled Excel Utility for ITR-1 (Sahaj), ITR-2, ITR-3 and ITR-4 (Sugam) online forms for taxpayers on its e-filing portal for financial yea... Read More