Editorial Policy

How CADialogue decides what to publish, where our facts come from, who checks them, and what happens when we get something wrong.

Last updated: 21 September 2026

What we are

CADialogue covers Indian finance: markets, the economy, RBI policy, banking, tax and GST, mutual funds, and personal finance. Our readers use what we publish to make decisions about their own money. That is the standard we hold ourselves to, and the reason this page exists.

Editorial independence

Editorial decisions at CADialogue are made by the editorial team alone.

• No advertiser, sponsor or commercial partner gets to choose what we cover, approve an article before publication, or have one changed or removed after it.
• Coverage of a company is not influenced by whether that company advertises with us.
• Any commercial content is labelled as such and is kept visually and structurally separate from editorial articles. See our Advertising Policy.

Sourcing

For Indian finance, the authoritative record is almost always a primary source, and that is what we try to cite:

• Reserve Bank of India — circulars, the Monetary Policy Statement, the RBI Bulletin, database releases
• SEBI — regulations, circulars, orders, consultation papers
• CBDT and CBIC — income-tax and GST notifications and circulars
• Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, the Union Budget documents
• Press Information Bureau releases and the Gazette of India
• NSE and BSE — exchange filings, circulars, index data
• NPCI, IRDAI, PFRDA, AMFI, MCA, MoSPI for their respective areas
• Audited financial statements and company filings

Where an article relies on such sources, they are listed under a “Sources & references” heading at the foot of the article, linking to the original document so you can check it yourself.

We do not treat a secondary summary as equivalent to the document it summarises. In particular, we do not use Wikipedia or a content aggregator as the authority for a time-sensitive figure — a tax rate, a repo rate, a deadline, a threshold — when the issuing body publishes it directly.

Where we report something we cannot yet corroborate, we say so in the article and attribute it to whoever reported it, rather than presenting it as established.

Accuracy

Before an article is published we check that:

• every number, rate, date and deadline traces to a source we can point at;
• quotations are accurate and in context;
• the headline says what the article actually establishes, without overstating it;
• a forecast or an opinion is clearly marked as one and attributed.

Review

Articles that turn on a technical point of tax, accounting or regulation are reviewed by someone qualified in that area before publication where such a reviewer is available.

Where that review has happened, the article carries a visible “Reviewed by” line naming the reviewer and their role. Where it has not, no such line appears.

We want to be explicit about this, because it is a claim publishers commonly overstate: CADialogue does not claim that every article on this site has been reviewed by a Chartered Accountant. A reviewer line appears only on articles a named person actually reviewed.

Use of automated tools

CADialogue uses software assistance in its editorial workflow — for research, for drafting and structuring, for producing summaries, and for routine production tasks such as formatting and metadata.

Our position on it is this: an automated tool can assist the work, but it does not have the final say on anything published. Every article is subject to human editorial oversight before it goes live, and responsibility for what appears under the CADialogue name rests with the editorial team, never with a tool.

We would rather state that openly than claim a purity about our process that would not survive scrutiny.

Updates and corrections

Financial rules and figures change. When a published article is materially updated, the byline shows an “Updated” date alongside the original publication date, so you can see how current the piece is.

Errors are handled under our Corrections Policy, which explains how to report one and what we do about it.

Conflicts of interest

• Contributors must disclose to the editor any holding, client relationship, employment or family interest that a reader might reasonably think affects their judgement on a subject.
• Where such an interest exists and the piece still runs, the interest is disclosed in the article.
• Contributors do not trade on the basis of information obtained in the course of reporting, before it is published.
• We do not accept payment, gifts or hospitality in exchange for coverage or for a particular editorial angle.

Sponsored and partner content

Commercial content is always labelled — as “Sponsored”, “Partner content” or “Advertisement feature” — at the top of the item, in a way that is legible before you start reading. It is not written by the newsroom in the newsroom’s voice, and it never appears as if it were an ordinary article. Where an article contains an affiliate link, that relationship is disclosed in the article itself.

What this is not

CADialogue publishes journalism and general educational information. It does not provide individual investment, tax, accounting or legal advice, and nothing on this site is a personal recommendation. See our Disclaimer.

Contact the editors

Editorial questions, story suggestions and complaints about coverage: use our contact page and mark your message “Editorial”. Corrections should follow the Corrections Policy.

Who writes for us, and what they cover, is listed on our authors page.