Life is not a template and neither is mine. Like several who have worked as journalists, I am a generalist in my over two decade experience across print, global news wires and dotcom firms. But there has been one underlying theme in each phase; life gave me the chance to observe and tell a story -- from early days tracking a securities scam to terror attacks and some of India's most significant court trials. Besides writing, I have jumped fences to become an entrepreneur, as an investment advisor -- and also taught the finer aspects of business journalism to young minds. At Forbes India, I also keep an eye on some of its proprietary specials like the Rich list, GenNext and Celebrity lists. An alumnus of Xavier Institute of Communications and H.R College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai, I have worked for organisations such as Agence France-Presse, Business Standard, The Financial Express and The Times of India prior to this.
A slew of tax reliefs and measures announced by the Narendra Modi-led government will help achieve the twin goal of generating savings for individuals and also boost their ability to spend more in an economy which is struggling to pick up its pace of growth, experts said.
Mr. FM has acted smartly, and made indian salaried class happy, by increasing the IT limit to 2.5 lakhs, and increasing the saving habit, by increasing the limits of 80C, and PPF by 50%. Wellllcome move....
on Jul 11, 2014