Kotak Mahindra Bank, one of the leading private sector banks in India, provides the credit card facility to its customers. Once you have applied for a credit card with Kotak Mahindra, keeping a check on your Kotak Card application status is easy. You can do it online or offline.

Stock market fluctuations and volatility are part and parcel of daily trading. International market shifts affect domestic exchanges. So do other factors like the annual budget and the success or failure of the monsoon, among others.

Today’s stock prices are a reflection of tomorrow’s profits. Everyone speaks of how the stock market discounts future events.

The governor of US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke and US treasury secretary Tim Geithner visited Reserve Bank of India office in Mumbai and met with governor D Subbarao. For the first time in the history, a US Federal Reserve chairman visited India and met with RBI.

In 1990, India had a severe balance of payments crisis, which fuelled a series of reforms that opened the country to foreign investment. Today, India has a balance of payments surplus.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently published a report which highlighted issues concerning public-sector banks.

You are expected to pay the government a part of your earnings towards the welfare and development of the country. This contribution is called income tax.

In school, when someone failed to pay the fees in time, they were made to stand out of the class. It’s pretty much the same with filing of returns for TDS (Tax Deducted at Source). The only difference is you face dire consequences if you fail to file your TDS return within the stipulated time. Read more here about the consequences of not filing your TDS return in time.

The common man is all ears when the Finance Minister gets to the income tax rates and slabs during the annual budget speech. Having heard the terms TDS rates and slabs multiple times, you might wonder what it really means.

If you make payments to other parties, you may have to deduct tax before you do so. This is called Tax Deducted at Source or TDS.