New Delhi: For the financial year FY19, all salaried employees and pensioners will be eligible for a standard deduction of Rs 40,000 from their taxable income. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reintroduced standard deduction in this year’s budget in lieu of the transport allowance (Rs 19,200 per annum) and medical reimbursement […]
Saving hard-earned money is important for future, especially for unforeseen circumstances and important life events. While many people just to keep their money in bank accounts, many invest to earn more. There are many ways available to keep the money as a saving and earn interest.The Fixed Deposits (FD) and […]
June 14 marks the World Blood Donor Day and is observed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) worldwide. To help raise awareness of the shortage and the need for blood donations, social media giant Facebookhas launched a blood donation centre in India. Called ‘Blood Donations on Facebook’, the new centre shows […]
DO’S AND DON’TS OF TRANSACTING ONLINE The spread of online transactions has brought along unscrupulous entities to defraud people on the web. At times such attempts result into monetary loss. Here are some precautions one should practice while transacting online. Use updated firewall, antivirus and antispyware softwares on your computer. […]
With a view to counter arch-rival Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel has reportedly upgraded its Rs. 99 prepaid pack. The new move is said to bring a total of 2GB data across the entire 28-day validity. This is up from the previous 1GB data limit. Similar to the new Airtel pack, Jio has its […]
SBI or State Bank of India, the country’s largest bank, currently allows unlimited transactions free of cost at its group ATMs for customers maintaining a monthly average balance above Rs. 25,000 in the previous month. For accounts with lesser monthly average balance, SBI has set certain limits on the number of ATM transactions – of financial […]
In a bid to improve infrastructure under its ongoing exercise to facilitate smooth services, Indian Railways has cancelled over 30 trains on different routes for about 42 days. The traffic block has been imposed from June 15 to July 26 on the Lucknow Division due to construction at Varanasi Railway Station’s […]
When Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the “Ayushman Bharat Health Protection Mission” in Budget 2018 in February, he termed it as the “world’s largest government funded health care programme”. The scheme is scheduled to be launched on August 15 on the occasion of the Independence Day and the Centre has released […]
