Here is an opportunity to unleash the creative side of you and win Rs. 50,000. You need to create tagline of 3 – 4 words for Delhi which captures its rich History, Culture, Diversity & Modernity. The tagline should inspires travelers to visit the city. This is an initiative by Delhi Tourism to publicize its tourism [...]
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Talk to anyone and you would find them inadvertently talking about “Inflation” and how the power of rupee is depreciating rapidly. How the household budget is going for a toss with ever increasing prices. Economic times came out with a nice info graphic showing What a rupee can buy now and what it used to buy [...]
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I am sure majority of readers of this blog would have PAN Number (Permanent Account Number) issued by the Income Tax Department. But do you know what does the digits in PAN Number mean? Below is a sample of PAN Number. It is a 10 digit alpha numeric number, where first five characters are letters, the [...]
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I was trying to transfer inter bank money through NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer) and realized today is a holiday for both NEFT and RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement). I thought of sharing the list of holidays for RTGS/ NEFT in 2012 with my readers. RTGS and NEFT Holiday List 2012 Also both RTGS and [...]
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SBI (State Bank of India) today issued advertisement in leading dailies that all branches of SBI would remain open for public till 5:00 PM on April 7, 2012 (Saturday) as the banks would be closed on following days this week: April 2 (Monday): Yearly Closing April 5 (Thursday): Mahavir Jayanti April 6 (Friday): Good Friday
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With the dramatic Rail Budget and arrival of the new railway minister the proposal of increased fares have rolled back partially. Now the fares have increased only for AC-First Class, AC-2 Tier, Executive & First Class from April 1, 2012. The revised fares will also apply to tickets issued in advance for journeys to commence [...]
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There may be time when you need your PAN Number but don’t have readily available. So what can you do? Income Tax department website has an online form where you need to fill up your name and date of birth and it displays your PAN Number. Here are steps with the screen shots. Step 1: [...]
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Over the past one year Gold prices have zoomed up about 40%. To counter the price rampage, jewelers have come up with big incentives on their gold savings schemes, which have been in vogue for nearly a decade now. Whether it is national branded jeweler Tanishq, Delhi based P C Jewellers, Mumbai’s leading gold retailer [...]
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SBI (State Bank of India) today issued advertisement in leading dailies that all branches of SBI would remain open for public till 5:00 PM on March 31, 2012 (Saturday) as the banks would be closed on April 2, 2012 on account of Banks’ Annual Closing. Also next week there are three bank holidays: April 2 [...]
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Gold has always fascinated us Indians but do you know how prices of Gold have varied in India. I happen to visit RBI website which publishes lots of reports including weekly Gold prices. So here it is 40 Years price history of Gold. Gold Price Trend: If you look at the trends in Gold Price [...]
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Budget for most of us means – Income Tax! But there is something more than Income tax – Service Tax and Excise duty which impacts our household expenses and thus the money we can save. I am sure Service Tax is something that most of us would be aware of. If not just pull out [...]
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The Income Tax rates for FY 2012-13 was disappointing for many who expected the new limit for tax exemption would go to Rs. 3 Lakhs, but if you look history of Income tax, probably you would be a Happy man! Ask your father and you would realize how lucky you are when it comes to [...]
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Railway Budget 2012-13 was presented by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today. Below are the highlights of the same from the perspective of common man. Tariff Proposals: Passenger fares increased by 2 paise per km for suburban and ordinary second class; 3 paise per km for mail/express second class; 5 paise per km for sleeper class; 10 [...]
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I came across two small articles in today’s Time of India, New Delhi edition about how fraudsters have dumped innocent people worth lakhs in cyber world. I am sure all of us have received mails & SMSes regarding some million dollar lottery or a job offer too good to be true. But I always have [...]
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