New Delhi: India’s biometric ID programme, Aadhaar, has been hit by another major security lapse, allowing access to private information, business technology news website ZDNet reported on Saturday. Also read on MSN: Aadhaar database safe, no truth in reports of breach A data leak on a system run by a state-owned […]
With reports of some debit card related fraud, top banks have asked their customers to reset their Personal Identification Number (PIN) at the earliest as a presumptive measures. It is always better to keep changing your ATM PIN frequently and do not write your PIN at the back side of […]
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], May 27 (ANI): After becoming India’s most trusted Fast Moving Consumer Goods brand, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali on Sunday entered the telecom sector. At an event, Baba Ramdev launched Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards, in alliance with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Initially, only the employees and office bearers of Patanjali will be able to avail the benefits […]
Jio has begun doling out complimentary data packs to its users to mark the conclusion of the IPL cricket season with the final match to be played on Sunday. The complimentary add-on, which is being rolled out to Jio users, offers them 2GB of daily data. The data add-on will […]
In an interaction with Mint, Tata Sky managing director and chief executive officer Harit Nagpal has talked about the company’s plans to begin offering digital content services like Netflix, Hotstar, Youtube and Amazon Prime to its customers. The company saw a rating upgrade by Crisil at the back of strong performance in the […]
Bharti Airtel has come up with a new prepaid plan which offers 246GB per day at just Rs 558. The new Airtel prepaid plan comes with a validity of 82 days and also offers 100 local and STD SMS per day. Under this new Airtel offer, the users will […]
Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) is deducted every month from a salaried person’s monthly income. EPF is a mandatory contribution from the salary of an individual that every company that has more than 20 employees has to deduct. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) monitors and takes care of EPF contributions, […]
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadline for linking of Pan with Aadhaar until June 30 after the Supreme Court on March 13 extended the deadline linking for various services until the apex court delivered its judgement on the matter. The government, too, had contended that it […]
Q1. In a gift deed, does one have to pay tax to the government? —Pramod Lele A gift received under certain specified circumstances (such as occasion of marriage from a relative/non-relative or by way of will/ inheritance, etc.) is not subject to income tax. Relative for this purpose has […]
PPF calculator: Amongst many saving and investment schemes, the Public Provident Fund (PPF) is one of the most popular tax-saving schemes for people. It is also a very good option for retirement planning. However, there is one thing that can decide if you get the maximum out of your PPF […]
