He hit Rs 1 crore net worth at 26, Rs 5 crore at 29 and Rs 7 crore at 31; how Bengaluru techie paid off property debt and survived a failed AI app on his financial independence, retire early journey

One individual on Reddit claims that he has achieved a net worth of Rs 7 crore at the age of 31. (Image for representative purpose) Financial independence has always been a talked about subject, what is changing however is the trend of FIRE – which means Financial Independence, Retire Early. Several people are sharing their…

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Sold a property funded entirely by you but jointly owned with your wife? You may claim 100% Section 54 LTCG exemption on a new home in your name; what your wife should report in her ITR

Section 54 provides relief from long-term capital gains tax when an individual or HUF sells a residential house and reinvests the capital gain in another residential house. You bought a property jointly in the name of yourself and your wife, but the entire money spent on the purchase came from you. Now you are planning…

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India’s first 160 kmph Namo Bharat train service, also the fastest, began in 2023; now a Rs 450 crore, 110 MW solar plant will meet nearly 60% of Delhi-Meerut corridor’s power needs and cut electricity costs 25%

Namo Bharat trains have brought the Delhi-Meerut journey down to less than an hour, with trains operating at speeds of up to 160 kmph. In 2023, India saw the launch of its fastest commuter train service – the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) train service, also called the Namo Bharat. Within years the entire corridor…

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CAS smooth on MSCI index rebalancing day

MUMBAI: Monday’s Closing Auction Session (CAS) went off smoothly with Rs 39,718 crore (about $4.2 billion) worth of stocks traded on NSE alone during the session. It was also the day when MSCI emerging market index rebalancing, that was worth about $4 billion, took place during the last half-an-hour of trading, part of which overlapped…

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