Ira Alok Puranik

Covering personal finance for the past 4 years. She has formerly worked as a business journalist with News18 and Moneycontrol and has a keen interest in making finance accessible and easy to understa ...

Covering personal finance for the past 4 years. She has formerly worked as a business journalist with News18 and Moneycontrol and has a keen interest in making finance accessible and easy to understand. An Alum of DU, AJK MCRC Jamia, she is also a 2022 Tow-Knight fellow from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of New York.

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Stories by the author

• Have an insurance claim-related grievance? Here's how you can file a complaint with the Bima Lokpal, or Insurance Ombudsman

  
  13 Oct 2025 11:50 AM IST
• How much term cover is enough? Don't rely on thumb rules, here’s what experts have to say

  
  08 Oct 2025 03:00 PM IST
• Landmark HC ruling: Alcohol presence not a valid reason to deny motor insurance

  
  07 Oct 2025 05:56 PM IST
• Employee with ‘Highly Valued’ rating in appraisal got termination letter with words ‘malicious conduct’, he fights back and wins case in Delhi High Court

  
  03 Oct 2025 10:08 AM IST
• How DA hike of 3% will impact central government employees and pensioners

  
  01 Oct 2025 03:06 PM IST
• Good news for borrowers! RBI raises threshold for loan against shares, IPO financing

  
  01 Oct 2025 11:16 AM IST
• Full GST benefit to these insurance customers as the insurers pass ITC burden to distribution partners

  
  30 Sep 2025 08:04 PM IST
• No cashless claim for Tata AIG health insurance policyholders in Max Hospitals, becomes 3rd insurer to do so

  
  26 Sep 2025 12:43 PM IST
• Travel insurance: Is it GST free now, how much can you save on your next trip?

  
  25 Sep 2025 03:14 PM IST
• Policyholders are unlikely to get full benefit from GST exemption; premiums likely to rise with no ITC benefit

  
  23 Sep 2025 03:37 PM IST
• Big relief expected! Cashless claim for Star Health Insurance in these hospitals to be restored by October 10th

  
  22 Sep 2025 06:33 PM IST
• Early NPS exit in 15 Years and greater flexibility for withdrawals, suggests draft proposal from PFRDA

  
  19 Sep 2025 01:13 PM IST
• IRDAI launches Bima Sugam: One-stop insurance marketplace, here’s how it works

  
  17 Sep 2025 06:34 PM IST
• 100% equity in NPS to be allowed from October 1, 2025, for these investors

  
  17 Sep 2025 02:48 PM IST
• Errors in ITR filing: Users report AIS, portal login, e-payment of tax errors; here's how to fix them

  
  15 Sep 2025 05:57 PM IST
• GST exemption on insurance premium: Will you get a refund if you paid a multi-year premium on your policy?

  
  13 Sep 2025 09:00 AM IST
• Planning to buy iPhone 17? Here are some of the best credit card deals you can find

  
  12 Sep 2025 04:31 PM IST
• GST on insurance premium: Why you may not get full benefit of GST reduction by 18% unless there's clarity on exemption vs nil-rated

  
  10 Sep 2025 06:19 PM IST
• 5 rules from Warren Buffett’s own life experiences you should follow, if you want to create long-term wealth

  
  09 Sep 2025 02:43 PM IST
• ​How is revised Dearness Relief paid out to central govt pensioners, what happens to joint pension a/c on their death- Know more​

  
  08 Sep 2025 04:37 PM IST
• Big cheer for homebuyers! Homes may get cheaper with lower GST on cement

  
  04 Sep 2025 07:39 PM IST
• UPI limit increased to Rs 10 lakh within 24 hours for these transactions

  
  04 Sep 2025 08:00 AM IST
• GST on health and life insurance premiums reduced to zero: See how it will impact your policy costs

  
  03 Sep 2025 10:42 PM IST
• 5 financial lessons new investors can learn from Peter Lynch’s One Up On Wall Street

  
  03 Sep 2025 12:56 PM IST
• Planning to return to India after years of being an NRI? Know what RBI, I-T department say about your foreign deposits

  
  01 Sep 2025 08:04 PM IST
• Now, no cashless facility for Niva Bupa customers in Max Hospitals across India

  
  01 Sep 2025 02:00 PM IST
• Insurance Ombudsman reports: These health insurers top the charts with maximum complaints against them

  
  30 Aug 2025 01:55 PM IST
• 6 investment lessons the common man can learn from Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor

  
  29 Aug 2025 06:48 PM IST
• ‘No Cashless-Claim’ crisis averted: AHPI revokes suspension of cashless service for Bajaj Allianz, Care policyholders

  
  29 Aug 2025 12:24 PM IST
• How long does an OCI card stay valid?

  
  28 Aug 2025 03:56 PM IST
• Using SIPs to prepay your home loan: Is it a genius strategy you should try or a gamble you should avoid?

  
  28 Aug 2025 08:00 AM IST
• No cashless treatment for Bajaj Allianz starting next month, CARE Insurance also issued notice, says AHPI

  
  25 Aug 2025 02:22 PM IST
• How is gratuity calculated as a part of CTC?

  
  23 Aug 2025 07:36 AM IST
• 5 health insurance policies where you won't have to pay 18% GST

  
  21 Aug 2025 08:39 PM IST
• Full GST exemption on health and life insurance premiums proposed: While insurers may hike premium, post tax cost for consumer is likely to come down

  
  20 Aug 2025 06:34 PM IST
• Have a lapsed LIC policy? Here’s an opportunity to revive it without paying high renewal fees

  
  20 Aug 2025 08:00 AM IST
• JioFinance is offering ITR filing at just Rs 24, but here’s what you’re missing

  
  19 Aug 2025 04:35 PM IST
• Is Google's location tracking for verifying health insurance claims by insurers approved by IRDAI? Know here

  
  19 Aug 2025 09:00 AM IST
• No service for instant e-PAN to be available on these two days: ITR E-filing portal

  
  14 Aug 2025 08:06 PM IST
• From same day credit to credit within hours, how RBI is revolutionising cheque clearance process

  
  14 Aug 2025 02:49 PM IST
• OCI card cancellation: Government specifies new grounds your OCI Card can be cancelled: Check Now

  
  14 Aug 2025 12:27 PM IST
• Has ICICI Bank taken a U-turn on Rs 50,000 monthly average balance? Here's what its website shows

  
  13 Aug 2025 08:46 PM IST
• How many times can we withdraw money from our PF account?

  
  12 Aug 2025 05:15 PM IST
• 6 common-sense wealth-building lessons from John Bogle’s Little Book of Common Sense Investing

  
  12 Aug 2025 01:19 PM IST
• Changes in tax on lumpsum and premature withdrawals under UPS and NPS in the latest version of Income Tax Act, 1961

  
  11 Aug 2025 05:59 PM IST
• Rich Dad, Poor Dad: 6 financial lessons you can draw from this book to become wealthy

  
  07 Aug 2025 04:47 PM IST
• 5 ways to lower your home loan EMIs despite RBI holding the repo rates

  
  07 Aug 2025 11:49 AM IST
• Now you can do SIPs into T-bills via RBI’s retail direct platform; know how will it work and should you go for it

  
  06 Aug 2025 11:27 AM IST