Common Man

The Centre on Saturday notified an eight-member high-level committee to examine and make recommendations at the earliest on the issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats.

Finding the common man in the capital markets

SEBI needs to clearly define who a retail consumer is and ensure that this definition is inclusive enough that it accounts for the universe of consumers that are susceptible to the mis-selling of financial products and services

Demonetisation impact: How has life changed for common man and businesses

Find how demonetisation has impacted common man and businesses across the country 50 days post 86 percent of the currency in circulation was demonetised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016.

#Cartoon: India's common man caught in a circle

This cartoon twists the Vitruvian Man and depicts India‘s common man caught in a wheel - not of fortune.

Rail budget has everything for common man, says Prabhu

Replying to the debate on rail budget in the Lok Sabha said, the Minister said "the budget has everything for common man...Common man is the centre of the budget."

India Risk Management Awards: Managing risk in a digital world

Mritunjay Kapur of KPMG, Sanjay Datta of ICICI Lombard and Ahmad Javed, Commissioner of Police of Mumbai discusses how can CEOs build a strong internal system against cyber crimes and how can a common man protects himself from credit card frauds or leakage of personal information through hacking of emails or social websites.

Cholamandalam: The story so far...

The general public was not aware that the 115 year old Murugappa Group has over 28 businesses, including 11 listed companies. So, with a view to create awareness about how the group was touching the common man‘s lives everyday without them actually realising it, the Murugappa Group unveiled a high decibel TV campaign in 2012

Cartoonist R K Laxman, creator of 'Common Man', dead

Laxman, brother of late novelist RK Narayan, is survived by writer wife Kamala, retired journalist son Srinivas and daughter-in-law Usha. He was renowned for his cartoon creation, which ran for several decades in The Times of India.

Kejriwal faces challenge to prove AAP can govern New Delhi

Mr Kejriwal's challenge now is to prove that the AAP - its name means "Common Man" party - was more than just a protest vote for New Delhi residents and can actually provide credible governance of India's congested capital city and its 12m people.

Will learn from AAP, involve common man more in Cong: Rahul

He also said that political parties are not giving adequate voice to the common man and vowed to aggressively work towards changing the situation in Congress.

Here's what not to miss while filing income tax returns

Balwant Jain of apnapaisa.com presents a series of things which an individual should not forget while filing the tax returns. He emphasises on notional incomes, gifts, capital gains from mutual funds and so on.

Modi met only industrialists in Mumbai, not commoners: Cong

Apart from meetings with the state BJP's core group and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, Modi attended a closed-door meeting with industrialists at a five-star hotel here yesterday

Rupee depreciation: Who wins, who loses?

Kripananda Chidambaram of Fintotal Insights and Resources very simply explains the noise revolving around the depreciating rupee and how does it impact the common man.

Tips to fight the falling rupee

Rajiv Goel of Bombay Capital Services advises higher allocation towards fixed income assets - FDs or Income funds to earn that extra buck that will allow one to lighten the monthly burden.

Budget 2013-14: Railways can run without burdening common man, says TMC

Trinamool Congress (TMC), member of parliament Saugata Roy asserted that his party was opposed to Rail fare hike and insisted that the railways could run without putting an onus on the common man.

Diesel hike impact: How it will hit your life

The government has finally taken the first step towards de-regulation of diesel prices. A 45 paise increase per month would mean Rs 10 hike every year. A 45 paise hike in diesel prices might seem small but even this small quantum is expected to make life costlier for the common man.

Why bad loans may be higher than what banks, RBI claim

Debt restructuring cases are scaling up month by month. In July alone, there were additions of 19 cases amounting to around Rs 11,500 crore. Banks are showing fresh non-performing assets that translate into erosion of profit margins. However, the story does not end with worrying figures while the actual numbers can well be above the recorded data.

Anna supports 'Bharat Bandh' against petrol price hike

Even as corruption and inflation have made life difficult for common man, the government's decision to hike petrol prices has only added fuel to fire, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare said.

Price stability on agenda, will take more measures: Govt

The government today said high food inflation is adversely affecting the common man and it intends to employ various measures to tackle the situation, including schemes that will facilitate opening up farmers' mandis and mobile bazaars.

Pramerica MF eyes tax concessions for SIPs this budget

First and foremost a common man aspires a roof on his head, but thanks to soaring prices and recent change in lending norms it is becoming increasingly difficult for a common man to afford a house.

FM may offer customs duty, indirect tax cuts: Principal MF

While a common man still looks at the budget with lot of expectations, the Union Budget has increasingly resembled an accounting budget. This is because as the finance ministers have cut income tax slabs and rates over the years, there is lesser and lesser scope to do lower it further.