Only twelve days window left for employees to apply for higher EPS pension. With an aim to provide more clarity on how to claim a higher pension, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Wednesday released a circular on what all documents one can submit. The retirement fund body has also detailed the method of…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented her seventh Budget in a row — Union Budget 2024-25. Though there are measures like no indexation on property & gold sales and higher LTCG on listed equities that have disappointed markets, the finance minister also announced a number of measures that will benefit taxpayers. Here are 22…
Amazon India is yet to officially announce the Prime Day sale in the country. But the upcoming annual has already started making headlines. In a latest, alleged dates of Amazon Prime Day sale in India have leaked. According to a report by MySmartPrice, the sale is likely to start in mid-July. Specifically, Amazon Prime Day…
The government of India has issued a warning about fake websites and apps that claim to offer passport services. Please note that this advisory is not new. It flashes right when you open the passport website, www.passportindia.gov.in. What makes it important is that several passport applicants still keep on falling for these fraud websites and…
WhatsApp is reintroducing the ability for its desktop applications to send view-once photos and videos, a popular feature that was removed a year ago. As per WABetaInfo, Meta had removed the ability to send view once photos and videos from WhatsApp Web and Desktop for privacy reasons. However, it now appears that the feature is…
To prevent fraud in ration card, the government is making the process of ration card application completely safe. Now OTP will be sent to the mobile number linked with Aadhaar at the time of application of ration card from CSC (Jan Seva Kendra). This will identify the genuine and fake applicants by OTP verification.Not only…
WhatsApp users in India have recently taken to social media to report spam audio and video calls from international numbers, which offer easy-do-do jobs such as clicking likes on YouTube. Union minister of state for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar had reported to have sent a notice to WhatsApp regarding the unsolicited calls and messages. In its…
What is the typical approval timeline for a personal loan? This question lacks a specific answer as it varies among different lenders. Factors affecting loan approval timelineThe approval duration for a personal loan can fluctuate based on various factors, including: The lender: Online lenders tend to be the swiftest, with approvals occasionally occurring within minutes….
Kolkata-based finance professional Chiranjoy Dutta earns well, but also pays a high tax because his salary is not tax-friendly and he doesn’t claim all the deductions available to him. TaxSpanner estimates that Dutta can reduce his tax by over Rs.1 lakh if his salary includes some tax-free allowances, and he opts for the NPS benefit…
Even as the rate cut cycle has started globally with the US Federal Reserve slashing the key interest rates by a huge 50 basis points (bps), the RBI is still expected to keep its repo rate unchanged amid persisting food inflation. However, after back-to-back rate hikes in the past two years, four are currently offering…