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Finance - A Sukanya Samriddhi Account has a tenure of 21 years or until the girl child marries after the age of 18. Parents can now open up to two SSY accounts for girls and a third account can be opened in case of birth of twins/triplets....
Read MoreFinance - There are a lot of securities available to you to reduce your tax liability .Chapter VIA offers you so many opportunities. Sec 80 C is one of the important section in Chapter VIA which gives ample opportunities to you as per the existing Income Tax Act. You cannot claim deduction under Sec 80C under the […]...
Read MoreFinance - Tax benefits under section 80C for the girl child under the Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme,2019 The Central Government initially launched the ‘Sukanya Samriddhi Account’ programme in January 2015 with an objective to promote the welfare of girl child. After that the Government has further notified new Sukanya Samriddhi Accou...
Read MoreFinance - The deadline for making tax saving investments is 31 March. But, there is still time to adopt last minute tax saving tips to claims tax benefits offered by the Government. This article discusses some tax investment avenues which can be utilized before 31 March to lower one’s overall tax liability....
Read MoreFinance - Section 80C replaced the existing Section 88 with more or less the same investment mix available in Section 88. The new section 80C has become effective w.e.f. 1st April, 2006. Even the section 80CCC on pension scheme contributions was merged with the above 80C. However, this new section has allowed a major change in the method of prov...
Read MoreFinance - The revised Rates of Interest on various Small Savings Schemes Including Saving Deposits, Public Provident Fund, Kisan Vikas Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts Scheme for the 4th Quarter of financial year 2017-18 is as below:...
Read MoreFinance - Government has decided to effect a reduction of 0.1 percentage points in interest rates across the board in all Small Savings Schemes except the Post Office Savings Account, which has been left untouched....
Read MoreFinance - Government is continuously monitoring the progress of Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme. It was launched on 2nd December, 2014 and since then the number of accounts opened under this scheme have been showing upward trend and 99,96,085 accounts have been reported opened till 31st October, 2016 and Rs. 9455.30 crore have been deposited unde...
Read MoreFinance - The interest rates of Public Provident Fund (PPF), Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP), Senior Citizens Savings Scheme, 2004 (SCSS 2004), and Sukanya Samriddhi Account (the Girl Child Scheme) were reduced by 0.10 percentage point for the quarter 01.10.2016 to 31.12.2016, and not 0.10 percentage per annum....
Read MoreFinance - On the basis of the decision of the Government, interest rates for small savings schemes are to be notified on quarterly basis. Accordingly, the rates of interest on various small savings schemes for the second quarter of financial year 2016-17, on the basis of the interest compounding/payment built-in in the schemes, shall be as under: ...
Read MoreSB Order No. 38/2020 - (31/12/2020) - Rate of interest on various Small Savings Schemes (National Savings Schemes) for the fourth quarter of financial year 2020-21 (starting from 1st January, 2021 and ending on 31th March, 2021) shall remain unchanged from those notified for the third quarter of Financial Year 2020-21...
Read MoreF. No. 1/4/2019-NS - (30/12/2020) - Rate of interest w.e.f 1st January, 2021 and ending on 31st March, 2021 on Small Savings Scheme i.e. Post Office Savings Account, 1,2,3,5 Year Time Deposit, 5 Year Recurring Deposit Scheme, Senior Citizen Savings Scheme, Monthly Income Account, National Savings Certificate (VIII Issue), Public Provi...
Read MoreSB Order No. 33/2020 - (01/10/2020) - Rate of interest on various Small Savings Schemes (National Savings Schemes) for the third quarter of financial year 2020-21 (starting from 1st October ,2020 and ending on 31th December, 2020) shall remain unchanged from those notified for the second quarter of Financial Year 2020-21...
Read MoreF.No.1/4/2019-NS - (30/09/2020) - The rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes for the third quarter of financial year 2020-21 starting from 1st October, 2020 and ending on 31st December, 2020 shall remain unchanged from those notified for the second quarter (1st July, 2020 to 3oth September, 2020) of financial year 2020-2...
Read MoreSB Order 25/2020 - (03/07/2020) - Govt relaxes guidelines related to small savings schemes and allowed further relaxation till 31st July 2020 in respect of Post Office 1,2,3,5 Year Time Deposit, 5 Year Recurring Deposit Scheme, Senior Citizen Savings Scheme, Monthly Income Account, Public Provident Fund Scheme, and Sukanya Samridd...
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F. No. 1/4/2019-NS - (30/12/2020) -
SB Order No. 33/2020 - (01/10/2020) -
F.No.1/4/2019-NS - (30/09/2020) -
SB Order 25/2020 - (03/07/2020) -
SB Order 24/2020 - (01/07/2020) -
S.B. Order 23/2020 - (26/06/2020) -
Notification No. G.S.R. 288(E) - (05/05/2020) -
F.No. 14/6/2020-NS - (11/04/2020) -
