New Delhi: As a pensioner, you need to ensure that your bank records the Pension Payment Order (PPO) number in the passbook. PPO is a 12 digit number in which the first five digits indicate the code number of PPO Issuing Authority, next two digits indicate the year of issue, and after this, the four digits […]
New Delhi: Digital wallets have become increasingly popular among the urban population and youngsters because of convenience and cashback offers. Several digital wallets have popped up in the last few years and more are coming in. With just a few taps, one can book tickets, pay bills, shop, send money, receive money, all thanks to digital […]
Stickers on WhatsApp is a big deal for a majority of WhatsApp users these days and WhatsApp continues to refine the feature further to make it pleasant. If you may have noticed, WhatsApp on Android and iOS usually stacks the stickers together if you send two of them in succession. And this is done to […]
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that FASTags will become mandatory for all vehicles, private and commercial, from 1 December 2019. According to an Economic Times report, vehicles without FASTags will have to cough up twice the normal rate at toll gates. Therefore, it’s important that you get one fast for your […]
New Delhi: India Post or Department of Posts provides a host of financial and retail services to its customers. Just like commercial banks, it offers savings account, fixed deposit account, monthly income scheme, senior citizen savings scheme, recurring deposit (RD), Kisan Vikas Patra, Sukanya Samriddhi account, etc. One can open a savings account in India Post […]
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the proposal for introducing the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in order to replace the Ordinance. All economic developments after the enactment of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 along with the reduction of rate of corporate income tax by many countries world […]
New Delhi: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) now offers the facility of submitting EPF nomination details of your employee’s provident fund (EPF) account online through its official website. Note that earlier, you could only submit your nomination details through the offline mode by providing the details to your employer. If you have an active EPF […]
NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio, the country’s largest telecom operator, followed rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea in plans to raise consumer tariffs, saying the move is necessitated by the need to make fresh network and technology investments.When it happens, it will be the first significant tariff increase by the new telecom operator which had disrupted […]
New Delhi: Getting a passport is a lengthy and protocol-driven process as relatively compared to obtaining other national identities including a voter’s ID card, driving license, UIDAI-controlled Aadhaar card, Income Tax Department-issued PAN card etc. But, nowadays, the exercise of acquiring a passport has become slightly easier with the advent of Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs). […]
New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) offers the ticket booking facility to all the foreign tourists having a valid passport. With the foreign tourist quota, all the foreign nationals including non-resident Indians (NRIs) can reserve seats on the trains operated by the Indian Railways. IRCTC levies different charges for the registration […]
The Ministry of External Affairs is warning citizens to be careful while applying or renewing their passports as there is a steady rise in fake websites that claim to offer passport related services. These fake websites not only charge exorbitant fees but also gather crucial personal data of applicants. Apart from multiple fake websites, the number of mobile applications […]
New Delhi: Good news for EPF subscribers! Three news apps have been launched for the benefit of EPF subscribers. Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment launched three new apps on Friday. The three apps- UAN Registration, e-Inspection and Digi Locker are developed by Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) and were […]