Marriage; may be the death of hope’ for someone like Woody Allen – the noted Academy award winning American film director. But for Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), marriage is the […]
Why is health insurance a must have?

Getting yourself a health insurance policy is much like visiting the dentist; you know you should do it but you avoid it till the last possible moment. Health Insurance is an absolute […]
All about Reverse Mortgage Loans

Reverse Mortgage Loan (RML) enables a Senior Citizen — In India, citizens above 60 years age to avail of periodical payments from a lender against the mortgage of his/her house. Such a […]
4 basic habits for a better financial health!

> Save before you spend> Invest what you save> Protect what you invest> Analyze where you spend These are the only 4 very basic things that you need to always remember […]
How to avail tax exemption on travel allowance?

Leave Travel Allowance (LTA) is the most common element of compensation adopted by employers to remunerate employees due to the tax benefits attached to it. Section 10(5) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961, […]
Start early…from tomorrow itself

While there is relief that things are over for one more financial year, it’s important that mistakes made last year are not repeated next year. The reasons are many. For one, last-minute […]
Read your health policy with care

When it comes to health insurance plans, most of us have learnt it the hard way! That’s where reading the policy fineprint comes handy, especially the diseases excluded from the plan (exclusions). […]
Saral-II makes filing tax return easier

The Central Board of Direct Taxes has come out with a new income-tax Form Saral-II which aims to make the process of tax return filing easier for individual taxpayers. The Form is […]