US lawmakers pass bill to lift country-cap on Green Cards

United States lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday, which will lift the current seven per cent country-cap on issuing Green Cards. The move will greatly benefit thousands of highly-skilled Indian IT professionals who work in the US on H-1B visas.

Debt mutual funds gain after India budget

The Indian government’s latest budget has laid the roadmap for a deeper and wider bond market in India. The initial documentation and process of investment by Non-Resident Indians will also be much easier in the days to come, as highlighted by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget docu

No proxy voting rights for overseas Indians for now

According to reports, the Indian government has decided to hold back its plan to introduce a fresh bill in Parliament which would allow the facility of ‘proxy voting’ to overseas Indians. The bill has been withheld pending “reconciliation” of varied views on the issue.

Bond-ing with India: Investing directly or through mutual funds

Indian stock market indices (NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex) are near all-time highs and economic growth has declined significantly, and thus going forward the expectations are low for high returns in the stock market.

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