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Income Tax 80C to 80CCG Save TAX 2012 13

Life Insurance (Section 80C) With tax savings, Life Insurance purchase becomes an effective long term savings cum protection option. Maximum tax saving through Life Insurance is 30,900. Know More Health Insurance (Section 80D) Health Insurance is a cost effective way to protect your family against medical exigencies. You can get Health Insurance for self, immediate family or parents. It can save you 10,815 on Income Tax. Know More Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS) (Section 80C) ELSS is a category of Mutual Fund schemes that invest primarily in stocks and are eligible for Section 80C benefits. Here too, you can save up to 30,900 on Income Tax. Know More Tax Saver Fixed Deposits (Section 80C) Tax Saver Fixed Deposits is another investment option introduced by the Government of India. Investments in these up to 1 lakh can save you upto 30,900 in Income Tax. Know More Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) (Section 80CCG) RGESS allows new retail investors to a

Watch Mathrubhumi TV online at http://mathrubhuminews.in/

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After waiting for quite sometime, the TV channel ( specifically Mathrubhumi News) of Mathrubhumi is on air . Mathrubhumi is one of the front-runners among the Malayalam newspapers. The company entered the world of television and telecasting with a significant production house, MBTV (Mathrubhumi Television) Expect some scoops . You could watch it online at http://mathrubhuminews.in/ Hope it helps while you are away from the TV set. Update ( Nov 6 2013 ) Checkout the Kappa TV youtube channel here http://www.youtube.com/user/MBIkappatv There is no information on when the Mathrubhumi Music Channel "Kappa" will be launched. BROADCAST DETAILS of Mathrubhumi TV Satellite : IS -17 Symbol Rate : 14400Ksps Format : MPEG-4 Modulation : 8 PSK SEC: 3/4 Orbit Location :66 E Downlink Pol: Horizontal Downlink Frequency : 4006 MHZ Carrier :DVB S2

Nano sim iPhone Tata Docomo how to

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The idea sim is cut into Nano Sim to hold in iPhone 5 The golden area of TataDocomo sim is more and can't be cut, duplicate n cut This article is for iPhone 5 users and not for iPhone 4 users who need micro SIM. Nano sim required for iPhone 5 is not available for Tata Docomo subscribers in India. The option for them is as follows 1. Visit care center and ask for duplicate SIM card. You have to pay 30 rupees for this. This will be activated in minutes and the old sim will be deactivated. 2. You have to provide original proof 3. Make sure the golden area for new sim is less than that of the old sim 4. Take it to any shop that sells iPhone. They have sim cutters to do the task 5. They might first cut the sim to micro and then to nano Note :I heard from shop that Bsnl and airtel already provide nano sims. The Postpay TataDocomo Nano Sims are available in – source:Twitter Tatadocomo id      1) TEC, Marine Drive, Cochin   2)TVH Alwaye

iPhone apps for India

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I think these are some of the iPhone apps every Indians should install Banking apps SBI, HDFC , icici, axis bank all have iOS apps Messenger apps Facebook messenger , whatsapp, wechat are must have Facebook is used by many Whatsapp is cross platform SMS app Wechat is more than whatsapp. It has support for voice and video Between iOS you have FaceTime for video and iMessage for messaging Cross platform performance i.e.,between iPhone and android is poor for Skype Expense manager Toshl Google maps for navigation All your favorite newspapers and magazines have app editions Cinemax, PVR app to book movies YouTube app to watch videos You could also test apps that convert. Images to text Apps that help you to blog eg. Blogger Apps that help you to tweet/fb

80C Tax Saving 5 yr Fixed Deposit Rates comparison

Note : This info is for assessment year 2013-14 only ( financial year 2012-13 ). Tax Saving 5 yr Fixed Deposit have 5 year locking period. You could invest Rs. 1 lakhs in this under 80 C of Indian Income Tax . The comparison is here. HDFC - 8.75 pct Federal Bank - 8.75 pct SBT - 8.5 pct ICICI - 8.5 pct Axis Bank - 9 pct These rates are not for Senior Citizens who might get a +.25 or +.5 pct more. You don't have to open a savings account for investing in the tax saving deposit scheme.