As the Budget approaches taxpayers are eager to see what benefits the Finance Minister might announce. One key area of interest is the potential increase in the standard deduction limit. Reintroduced in the 2018 Budget, the standard deduction of Rs 40,000 for salaried individuals replaced the earlier travel allowance (Rs 19,200) and medical deduction (Rs ...

In the 3rd term of the Indian federal government, diplomat S Jaishankar continued as the Minister of External Affairs in the NDA’s Modi Government 3.0. Over the past decade, India has seen significant changes in its foreign policy, from dealing with Pakistan and cross-border terrorism to handling territorial disputes with China in the Karakoram Range. ...