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Source: Live Mint Are you interested in buying government securities and bonds? If yes, you can buy them on RBI Direct Retail app or portal. For the unversed, RBI direct retail scheme was launched in Nov 2021, which enables investment in government securities by individual investors. Under this scheme, investors can open a Gilt Securities Account —…
Source: Live Mint If you are staring at an urgent financial need at present, or have something urgent lined up in the near future, what you can do – among other things – is to raise a ‘personal loan’. For the uninitiated, a personal loan is an unsecured loan offered by a financial institution i.e.,…
Source: Live Mint Tax audit extension: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the due date for submitting income tax audit reports for the Assessment Year 2024-25 by seven days to October 7, 2024, citing technical issues on the e-filing portal. CBDT announced the deadline extension on September 29, a day before the…
Source: Live Mint If you are planning to procure a credit card and are too overwhelmed with the countless number of calls and messages from the banks claiming that the card is free of charge — then you need to think again. The credit card could be free at the outset, but it is likely to…
Source: Live Mint What would you do if you have a huge credit card debt and are not too comfortable to repay it in the immediate future? Well, there are a few options such as debt consolidation, continuing to pay the minimum due each month, among others. There is, however, another more rational alternative i.e.,…
Source: Live Mint There is a view that in the growing pie of savings and investments, banks are losing out to mutual funds. That may be happening in the margins as India’s equity market has been on a bull run. But let us look at the big picture. While individuals are moving towards financialization of…
Source: Live Mint Portugal’s D7 visa offers an option for retirees to gain residency if they meet certain passive income requirements. Mint takes you through what you need to apply for the D7 visa, which is also known as Portugal’s passive income visa. Financial eligibility As mentioned earlier, the D7 visa requires applicants to meet…
Source: Live Mint 7th Pay Commission: The central government employees eagerly await an announcement on the Dearness Allowance ( DA) hike. So, when is DA expected for government employees? According to various media reports, the central government is expected to announce in October. However, no official details regarding the DA hike have yet been released….
Source: Live Mint The transition to October will bring multiple changes in rules and regulations related to income tax, Aadhaar Card, and TDS on mutual funds, rents, and futures and options (F&O). As only a few days are left in the arrival of October, know the key rules changing from next month. Aadhaar Card rule…
Source: Live Mint A new proposal for central government pensioners, under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), will likely offer the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) scheme as an additional option, reported the news portal Financial Express on Saturday, September 28. According to the report, Shiva Gopal…
