The Budget 2021 changed the EPF interest taxation rule (details here). Now if the employee contribution to PF (via EPF and/or VPF) exceeds Rs 2.5 lakh in a year, then the interest on the additional amount (above Rs 2.5 lakh)…
Read More Should you still invest more than Rs 2.5 lakh in EPF?
Should you invest before the 5th of every month in the PPF account? Should you invest Rs 1.5 lakh before 5th April every year for maximum returns from your PPF account balance? The answer to these questions is Yes no…
Voluntary Provident Fund or Public Provident Fund in 2023. Difference between VPF Vs. PPF and how to choose between the two? This was a dilemma when even I joined my salaried job for the first time more than a decade…
Normally, the Public Provident Fund or PPF account matures at the end of the 15th year. At that point, you can either withdraw the full amount tax-free or extend your PPF account (with or without contribution) further for a block…
Read More PPF Withdrawal & Loan from PPF Account (Rules before 15 years: Updated 2023)
Most people are aware of how PPF works and how interest is calculated on PPF account balance. After all, they are investing in PPF to earn interest on their contributions. And being a long-term savings product, it is also well…
Read More PPF Maturity Options after 15 Years: Updated Rules 2023
Many NRIs have questions related to PPF accounts. Like Can NRI invest in PPF in 2023? And like what are the latest rules of PPF for NRIs, etc. So I wanted to do a short post on the latest Public…
Read More Can NRI invest in PPF? New PPF Rules for NRI (2023)
The VPF Interest Rate is 8.25% for the financial year FY 2023-24. I know you want to know much more about the historical Voluntary Provident Fund interest rates. But before we see the full multi-decade details of the VPF Interest…
Yesterday, I was talking to a young relative of mine about how Sensex had touched 39,000 for the first time and how it had created immense wealth for investors in past years. But despite being young, this guy was somehow…
Read More Rs 90+ Lakh Anyone? A simple example of Wealth Creation from Indian Equities
Everybody wants to retire, but nobody wants to plan for it properly. Right? Most people’s strategy of retirement planning is ‘Hope’. And you would agree too that hope, isn’t the best of strategies. Not surprisingly, whenever we talk about retirement…
Read More NPS vs PPF: Which is Better for Retirement with Tax Saving?
Should I invest in PPF or ELSS to save taxes? This is a common question that I am asked quite often, more so during the tax saving season. Choosing between the ever so popular Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Equity-linked…
Read More PPF vs ELSS (2023) – Which is better for Tax Saving investments?
Rs 1 crore is still not a small amount. But whether it is sufficient or not depends on why you actually need it. So for example, if you were to ask me whether Rs 1 crore is enough for retirement?…
Read More How to use PPF to save Rs 1 Crore: Be PPF Crorepati
PPF or Public Provident Fund is one of the most popular investment options in India in 2023 that also provides tax benefits. Few more reasons for its popularity even to this day is that the interest earned on PPF as…
Read More How Interest on PPF Account Balance is calculated in 2023?
(PPF Interest Maturity Calculator - Updated 2023) Are you looking for a PPF Calculator that uses latest PPF interest rates (2023) to calculate the interest earned on PPF investments? And you also want to know the answer to the big…
Read More PPF Maturity Excel Calculator (2023) – FREE Download
PPF rates have gradually come down to 7.9% And as far as historical PPF rates are concerned, this is the first time (in 2017) that rates have dipped below 8% - sadly, the psychological risk-free rate barrier for many. Many…
Read More PPF Rate Cuts (2020): Why PPF is still good for Long Term Goals?
Updated: March 2024 Currently, PPF rates are 7.1% (for the April-June 2024 quarter). The rates were last changed on 1st April 2020 onwards. The history of PPF interest rates is not very exciting. The changes have been very rare till…
Read More PPF Interest Rate History (2024 Update) 34+ Years History
