Hi I started my blog in Jan 2008 – so it is now 54 months old. Not some iconic passage of time! In the beginning there used to be 10-12 readers, now there are about 5k regularly and once in a while it peaks to 15000. This is normally because of some link by yahoo […]
“If you are a girl take up a government or psu bank jobs, you can work less, have a nice time and you will get a pension”. If this is the advice you got or are getting from your Mom, ask her to use the refresh button. Not once, but many times over. Things […]
Not very long ago people believed you finished your education, got a good job and relaxed. This is no longer true. Welcome to the next 20-30-50 years: 1. Taxes in all forms will GO UP: Frankly there is no attempt by any government anywhere in the world to become more efficient – this will force […]
Thanks to the media everybody now knows about the NPS. At the end of training sessions people do ask…’Is the NPS suitable for me?”. Well that is a difficult question to answer. Let me tell you for whom NPS is not suitable at all! If you are young: If you are below the age of […]
Having been in the financial services industry for a long time has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantages are you know many people. In fact too many people. So when a product is launched or being launched you get a sneak preview. I had got a sneak preview of the NPS’s rates. Looked too good […]
did a story for the Indian Express today on the National Pension scheme…here it is http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nps-nano-of-the-fund-management-industry/761972
“The government issues a half baked scheme and expects people to buy it?” This is exactly what a person who had a choice told me. He was talking about the NPS. Many people have hailed it as a great scheme. I have serious misgivings. The debt instruments that the NPS buys are not indexed. So […]