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Source: Live Mint The central government on Wednesday, September 4, approved a proposal for a Centralised Pension Payment System (CPPS) for the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995. The move is expected to benefit more than 78 lakh people. The Centralised Pension Payment System will be an important shift by establishing a national-level centralised system that…
Source: Live Mint Sending your child abroad for higher studies is no mean task, as it costs a lot. Today, affordable options like Ukraine, Russia, and China are under a cloud due to geopolitical reasons. Studying in the US and UK has always been costly, and other popular destinations like Canada, New Zealand, and Australia…
Source: Live Mint I’ve taken a two-year leave of absence from my job to travel and indulge in my interests. My revenue from mutual fund redemptions last year was ₹5.1 lakh; all of these were long-term holdings. The approximate long term capital gain was ₹2 lakh. Is there going to be any tax due this…
Source: Live Mint Have you ever wondered what can you do if you want to open a fixed deposit account but do not have access to a large sum. Is this possible to accumulate the deposit money in tranches? Well, Bank of Baroda offers systematic deposit plan (SDP) to those depositors who want to start…
Source: Live Mint But first, what’s a portfolio investment scheme? It’s an arrangement introduced by the Reserve Bank of India to enable NRIs to invest in the stocks of Indian companies, and allows for both repatriation and non-repatriation of profits. But there are differences in PIS and non-PIS accounts that you need to consider before…
Source: Live Mint HDFC Bank has revised its Marginal Cost of Lending-based interest rates (MCLR) with effect from Saturday i.e., September 7. Now, the MCLR based lending rates will be in the range of 9.10 to 9.45 percent per annum. However, only MCLR for 3-month tenure has been raised by 5 basis points. The rates…
Source: Live Mint The Ministry of Finance has issued updated guidelines for regularising irregular accounts across various National Small Savings Schemes. The guidelines cover a range of irregular accounts, including those under NSS-87, PPF for minors, and Sukanya Samriddhi schemes. All post offices and financial institutions must adhere to these new procedures to ensure proper…
Source: Live Mint There are a number of learnings which we happen to imbibe from our mentors and they stay with us for many years to come. Even legends like Warren Buffett owe a major chunk of their success to their mentors and gurus. Buffett often says that his mentor and professor at Columbia University – Benjamin…
Source: Live Mint With the UPS (Unified Pension System) soon to become a reality in the next financial year, several government employees may decide to opt out of National Pension System (NPS) for UPS. It is noteworthy that the UPS will for the time being be open only for the central government employees, which means…
Source: Live Mint Investing requires unconditional discipline, razor-sharp consistency and oodles of patience. At the outset, however, one is meant to learn the ropes of investing. One should know, for example, the key difference between savings and investment, multiple investing options which one can choose from, how to achieve financial goals and how to do asset rebalancing. This…
