Hi rediff guru, I have a son who is 9 years old and for him I have been investing in 10k every month in HDFC children gift fund. I have a daughter who is 2 years old and I would like to start investing for her too. Should I invest in the same HDFC children gift fund (10K per month) or should I invest in the Sukhanya Samriddhi Yojana (1.5 lks per annum) Looking for something which will give better returns in the next 15 years also tax free. Please help

I have inherited shares thru Will from my aunt in the year 2008 in the demat form. Since then I have kept as it is & never sold any of the shares as I'm not well versed with the market. Now as there was some urgent expense in the family I had to sell few shares. So Sir, my question is as I have inherited shares by Will, so should I have to pay Capital Gain tax on the sales of shares. If yes then how it is calculated. Please advise.

Good morning Mahesh sir. I am a PSU employee with 30 years exp , age 54 yrs. My present PF amount is Rs 194 Lacs , out of which my contribution including VPF is Rs 120 Lacs approx. As Govt is imposing tax on the interest above 2.5 lacs / yrly, I am paying heavily in terms of taxes. I do not have PPF. Please guide me to save the reduce the tax on this interest on PF amount.

My mother transferred her share of ancestral property to my one maternal uncle(out of 6) some 15 years back. He had made some excuse and promised to transfer it back after 6 months but later on he divided it into 6 parts. We have no proof that he promised to return it. Can my mother reclaim her share now?

Is B.Tech in Computer science with specialisation in Gaming is a good option? what is the future? pl. suggest

Hello, I had brought a 2bhk for 1.15cr in 2015 with a bank loan of 65 lacs with present outstanding of 29 lacs. The present price of this property on sale is around 1.25cr. In 2023 I have bought another property for 2.00cr with a loan of 1.67cr. Does it make sense to sell the earlier property at a loss and prepay the new loan? What will be the tax implications? I am 51 years old now.

My son is pursuing B Tech Civil (2nd year now) from PEC Chandigarh. He needs to go for IT job in future. Please advise what should he do to achieve his goals

Hello Experts, EPFO went digital/online in 2014. I started working in 2005 and until 2014 there is no cary forward of my PF money and for the matter of the fact i dont even know how much money is lying in EPFO for my employment duration 2005-2014 (i worked in GGN, BLR & BOM). please guide how can i seek the details of my Pf corpus from 2005-2014 and consolidate it with my current active UAN account?

Hi sir, I am 40 yr old having work-expereince of 10 yrs behind me in ITes, customer support & service, banking and sales & marketing (product). My life till now can easily be converted into a bollywood biopic having its own twist & turns, roadblocks, struggles laughter, joy and sorrow. Change is the only constant in life and that exactly applies in my case. Although it has been a satisfactorily life till now given that I know myself and how I lead my life. Whenever I start to read something new I feel like going deep into it. I am also easily attracted to novel things & concepts. I usually get into procastination mode whenever I come across something entirely new and start to imagine myself trying it out in realilty.Why does this happens? Why can't I focus on one single thing at a time and see it to completion? I know in todays world generalists are looked down upon and it is an era of specialists, experts and professionals having good domain knowledge of their area of work. It is always better to be an expert than be a jack of all trades (which seems very filmy nowadays where a hero is expected to do everything on his own). Lately I have developed an avid interest in technology and i keep on reading various articles & books on IT and technology. I am also pursuing an online cyber security course from Great Learning Institute, Bangalore. I want to know am I going in the correct direction in life or is it something else I should do which ensures more satisfaction in life? Lately, I have become bit irriiated as well due to the above reasons as I tend to do multiple things at a time (multitasking). My parents are also fed up of me now. My mother keeps nagging me all day.I dont know how to really deal with her, as she always finds perfection in everything. That becomes too much at times. Does this happens in every household? Should I go out and travel to some place in order to temporarily escape from all this? Kindly suggest me some course of action. Pls answer. Thanks

Hi , I am a professor mech engineer , after death of my wife and due to having 5 year girl baby I planned for 2 nd marriage as I live alone away from home town because my of job with my little baby . I accepted a widow having 2 child ,she was working in a govt job 250 km away , after ensuring and agreeing her possibility of transfer and job vacancy @govt office near my house and ensuring she agreed that she will come to live with me along with her 2 kids and my little baby as her trasfer was due in comming few months . We lived apart during her job at 250 km away.,while meeting on weekly offs 6 /7 time in 6 months , then she take 360 degree u turn and said she will not get job transfer to my place and get her trasfer in other dept. in same previous office. And started telling many reasons like she will loose her children's inheritance in her in-laws property ,she will loose promotion , kids Don't want trasfer , and said we will live apart forever . This was contradictory to earlier agreed things .and my my purpose to live in family with my baby not fulfilled , so after long ruckus ,I mutually got divorce from her , Then After divorce I decided to marry non working women having no child and don't expect child as I am @48 year old and tired of living alone and managing job ,girl , house chores . I married to a divorcee girl from Pune ,she was BA first year college drop out girl of 44 yr age after 6 months of long dating on week ends . During 6 months I tried to know her indepth but was don't used to talk much as I was trying to know her true nature, we visited many places ,movies . She seemed perfect as per my requirement of girl wanting no child , and she is house wife . after marriage she behave well for 1 st week ,then she started trouble to hate my baby ( became kaikai )on pety things , she want my baby to house chores at the cost of her important year of 10th std study . She don't liked me taking tution of girl , she didn't like if I help my girl any way . She don't like if I spent some money on my girl . She used to fight all night and don't let me sleep . Now she stated demanding that she want baby , though I was against and b4 marriage agreed to not have any more child due to old age ,cost ,and no personal time for self , then I agreed to have child but b4 that I got her and my fertility tested ,she had weak eggs and syst on her reproductive organs and doc warned to not go for pregnancy due to risk and probability of unhealthy baby birth , but she kept repeating That she want child we consulted 4 Drs. She used to fight and go to her mother's home for 2/4 months after living with me for 2/3 days only . Now she wants divorce , and asks me to keep my girl in hostel if I want her in my life . This Ramayan has left me baffled , What should I do ??? .....