Past couple of months have been hectic and too many things happening at one go. I know for sure that my blog had taken a back seat in the due time. However, thanks to all those guest authors who volunteered to contribute on this blog to fill the lacuna! Now, I am back and hope […]
finance
New symbol for Indian Rupee Announced
Now Indian Rupee has a new symbol and this is how it looks. This new symbol which has been shortlisted through a contest run by Finance Ministry of India. You can read about that Rupee design contest here. The basic aim of the new symbol is to provide the Indian rupee international recognition as the […]
Direct Tax Code draft version 2
Finance ministry has released the second draft of proposed Direct Tax Code (DTC) today, which upon approval will be effective from financial year 2011-12. You can read my initial article on the first draft of DTC if you aren’t aware of this proposal. Let us look at some of the highlights of this draft. It […]
Tax Calculator for year 2010-11
The much awaited Tax Calculator for financial year 2010-11 has been released by ynithya on his site. Feel free to download the same and use for better planning of your hard earned money. I have been using his tax calculator which is in the form of Microsoft Excel (xls) for over 3 years now and […]
Home Loan – Do’s and Don’ts
On popular demand here comes the much awaited article on Home Loan. I plan to cover some of the do’s and don’ts while opting to avail a loan to own that dream home of life time. This post comes soon after me closing our home loan account, so I sure do qualify to share my […]