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Should you revive a lapsed health insurance policy or buy a new one?
With the lifelong renewability clause of health insurance plans, you only need to renew your plan on time in order to get all the benefits
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In ongoing Covid-19 war, ayurveda is dispensable, but not allopathy
Modern warfare requires the use of modern weapons to counter-attack. Modern medicine is the only answer to combat any biological warfare
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Rising prices: Fixing supply side will bring relief
In all likelihood, inflationary impulses would moderate, as they have with regards to the CPI over the last few months
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Rising prices: Cooking oil burning a hole in the pocket
A reduction in import duty on palm oil will see Malaysia and Indonesia raising prices by about as much. The benefit will flow to their farmers, not ou
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India’s $3 trillion market capitalisation makes for a compelling global allocation
The paradox, if any, is not the brute force of these investments that have taken valuations higher, but the strengthening of the underlying companies
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Pausing your SIPs amid Covid-induced crisis may hit your financial goals; here’s the math
Covid-19 is not going to be with us for the entire lifetime, but the financial goals are set with objectives of a life time
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Retirement: The debt option
A portfolio of well-chosen debt funds (if held in a strategic manner) is likely to beat deposits when it comes to tax-efficient returns
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Governance, science and truth beacons in the fight against Covid-19
Liquidity push to expand medical infrastructure, direct cash credits and free food grains will keep rural India growth story largely unaffected
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Small Savings Schemes — Govt may bite the bullet this time
Political compulsions may have forced the government to backtrack on the decision last time around
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Covid-19 second wave: Can India afford Universal Basic Income?
Implementing Universal Basic Income will cost India 14% of its GDP. Distress doles are a better bet. Focus on state-paid healthcare is a must
