Month: May 2015

Below are all the posts archived for the month.

What’s the best way to get online deals in India?
in Personal Finance

Last week I told a friend that I needed to go to the dentist, and his first advice to me was buy a Groupon worth Rs. 80 and get consulting worth Rs. 800. I don’t really want to use a Groupon for a dentist, but this particular friend is an expert in getting deals, and is so enamored
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Weekend Links – May 29 2015
in Featured, Links

One of the more interesting news stories of the week was the FIFA arrests, and this NYT article gives a good account on how the Swiss authorities went about doing this. The American indictment of FIFA officials doesn’t look into the alleged corruption in awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, which has caught a lot of
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Two important unanswered questions about the gold monetization scheme
in Economy

The first question is of course about the interest rate, and how much will a bank be willing to give out to investors. As far as retail investors are concerned I feel it is really hard to get excitement going about the gold monetization scheme at anything less than 3 or 4 percent. I have
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PMJJBY & PMSBY – Claim Settlement Process
in Insurance

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in People are enthusiastic about the launch of Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY). Many of them are thanking
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Yash Birla has a Swiss Account, what next?
in Economy

PTI reported today that industrialist Yash Birla, along with four other lesser known businessmen hold Swiss bank accounts as confirmed by the Switzerland authorities. This news apparently delighted the finance minister who chalked this to successful diplomacy and cooperation between the Modi government and the Swiss government. Almost all news articles I read talked about Yash Birla as if
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Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
in Insurance

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) are getting launched from June 1st, 2015. So, if you have not
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Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
in Insurance

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in I had covered Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) a few weeks ago, but there were still a few things which were not clear at
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Modi’s India – How will the next few years fare?
in Opinion

In the past few days whenever I’ve thought of PM Modi’s first year – the thought of President Obama’s two terms have also come to mind. The strong parallels between the two are inheriting a really bad economy, and coming to power with a lot of fan fare, hope and optimism. The other parallel is that both
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What is the definition of a heat wave and how do people die of it?
in Economy

The heat has been particularly merciless in the last few days, and the reports of hundreds of people dying due to the heat wave is quite saddening. Unfortunately, this is nothing new; every year people die of the heat wave in the summers, and of the cold wave in the winters. In the winters there are
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