IndiGo, SpiceJet & other travel stocks plunge up to 7%. Two big reasons whyTravel stocks, including IndiGo, SpiceJet, ixigo, Toman Cook and Yatra Online, fell sharply after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citize...
11 May, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
Tax on destination wedding outside India: Will income tax apply on gifts in form of cash, property, gold jewellery? Know the rulesWhether it is cash, gold, car, or even a property, if gifted to the bride or the groom on their wedding, no tax would be levied on the gift...
24 Apr, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
Tax raids on Jaipur wedding planners reveal Crypto use, Rs 20 cr in cash & jewels seizedIncome Tax officials in Jaipur uncovered cryptocurrency transactions during raids on wedding planners, seizing over ₹20 crore in cash and j...
26 Dec, 2024, 05.00 AM IST
India's lavish weddings under taxman’s scrutiny: IT department investigates Rs 7,500 crore of unaccounted cashThe Income Tax Department is investigating around 20 wedding planners in Jaipur for suspected tax evasion of approximately ₹7500 crore. The...
20 Dec, 2024, 06.11 AM IST
No big impact felt at shopping malls; brands report wedding season lift"People have time till September to use the money, and that is the reason there is no rush this time. The business had started picking up f...
23 May, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
Over Rs 10,000 crore cash returns to banks after DiwaliCurrency in circulation has dipped Rs 11,365 crore since the Diwali week when it reached a peak of Rs 20.2 lakh crore to Rs 20.1 lakh crore...
28 Nov, 2018, 09.35 PM IST
Digital payments may not be as pervasive as believed post DeMoCash continues to be the preferred mode of payments… more so in rural India. This may be because digital payments have not reached smaller ...
24 Jan, 2018, 01.23 PM IST
Demonetisation effect: Weddings getting smaller, payments going digitalA year after demonetisation, the big fat Indian weddings are being replaced with more muted and cautious ceremonies with an emphasis on dig...
25 Nov, 2017, 06.45 AM IST
Gujarat Poll Blues: Muted gold demand this wedding seasonTraders and jewellers said they do not expect purchases to surpass last year’s offtake.
17 Nov, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
Cash crunch forces villagers to recycle old goldDespite fall in gold prices, rural households in India recycle gold before the wedding season due to paucity of liquid cash.
09 Jan, 2017, 01.43 PM IST
Startups fulfil your wedding wishlists. Wedding Wishlist, founded by Kanika Subbiah, has gone a step further by offering 'Charity' as a category. "Many couples want to do their ...
06 Jan, 2017, 10.46 AM IST
Our bookings were down 30-40% in Nov, 25% in Dec: Weddingz.in Founder and CEOThe biggest issue with demonetization and wedding planning is payment to several vendor categories who do not have bank accounts or any oth...
27 Dec, 2016, 06.13 PM IST
How demonetisation has dealt a body blow to the big fat Indian weddingAlong with wedding parties, also wailing are vendors who make the big fat wedding possible. People are renegotiating rates and even resched...
18 Dec, 2016, 10.22 AM IST
Ban, Baaja, Baraat: Many of 50,000 Andhra, Telangana weddings put offAnother complaint is that even after all documents are submitted, banks express inability to pay beyond Rs 1.2 lakh because of the acute sh...
04 Dec, 2016, 07.09 AM IST
How fat Indian weddings are going on a crash diet to cope with demonetisationFor those who do not want to scrimp on costs in the time of a cash crunch, wedding planners who have tied up with banks is an option.
28 Nov, 2016, 06.30 AM IST
Cashless India walks down the online aisle at weddingsAs cash runs dry in wallets, startups are rising to the occasion. Wedding arrangements in cashless India are turning out to be a purely onl...
24 Nov, 2016, 11.10 AM IST
Demonetisation aftermath: Brides-to-be jittery before their wedding dayKeeping in mind importance of such occasions, the State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur had set up separate wedding counters where people could ex...
14 Nov, 2016, 04.25 PM IST