You come home from office and wife starts the pep talk… Winters on the way … we need a room heater this time… you know last time you said “this is the last stretch and winters will be over soon”,… and it continued for another 15 days… not this time, please. And probably you areRead More
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What is surrender value and paid-up value of a life insurance policy ?
Are you stuck with a life insurance policy that you want to surrender or discontinue? Surrendering a life insurance policy is a tough job as it often means a loss of a small amount of premium in many cases. You also have the option of making your policy paid up. What is surrender value and paid-upRead More
How does EMI on credit card work ?
Are you one of those shopalcohlic people who buy goodies without having any money to pay for the product and subsequently use the EMI on credit card option to pay over a period of time without understanding how does EMI on credit card work ? If yes, then forthcoming months are going to render youRead More
Should Investors Go for PMS?
Long term investing into equity can be done in two ways – one is via systematic investment planning of mutual funds and another is via direct trading by an individual investor. The former is a safe and boring way to invest money in the stock market while the latter involves direct involvement by the investorRead More
Clubbing of Income of spouse
Clubbing on income is a very important provision in the Indian Income Tax Act and it makes sure that individuals do not avoid tax by transferring assets to other people. At the back of queries I received on this subject, here is a small primer on clubbing of income of spouse with respect to incomeRead More
All about Critical Illness Insurance
So here is the scenario which helps me drive home the point about the importance of critical illness insurance policy in India. Suppose you are hospitalized with a major heart attack and your spouse is told by the doctor that you need to be operated upon. Big deal you think, you have health insurance orRead More