Guides & Articles
Practical explainers to help you understand the numbers behind our tools.
August 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY): A Simple Guide for Parents
How the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana works for a girl child — the deposit and maturity rules, the tax benefits, and how the maturity amount is calculated.
Read guide →August 26, 2026 · 6 min read
CTC vs In-Hand Salary: Where Does Your Money Go?
Why your take-home pay is lower than your CTC, what PF, professional tax, and income tax deduct, and how to estimate your real monthly in-hand salary.
Read guide →August 16, 2026 · 5 min read
BMI Explained: What Your Number Means (and Indian Ranges)
What Body Mass Index actually measures, how to read your category, why Asian/Indian BMI cut-offs are lower, and the limits of BMI as a health measure.
Read guide →August 9, 2026 · 5 min read
The 75% Attendance Rule: How Many Classes Can You Miss?
How college attendance percentage is calculated, what the 75% requirement means, and a simple way to work out how many classes you can skip — or must attend — to stay eligible.
Read guide →August 2, 2026 · 6 min read
How Your Loan EMI Is Calculated (and What Changes It)
The formula behind your Equated Monthly Instalment, how principal, interest rate, and tenure affect it, and why a longer loan costs more even at the same rate.
Read guide →July 28, 2026 · 6 min read
SIP Explained: How Small Monthly Investments Grow So Much
How a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) works, why compounding and rupee-cost averaging matter, and how modest monthly amounts can build a large corpus over time.
Read guide →July 22, 2026 · 7 min read
22K vs 24K Gold: Purity, Price, and Making Charges Explained
What 22K and 24K really mean, how gold purity affects value, how making charges and 3% GST are added, and how to check a jeweller’s bill so you don’t overpay.
Read guide →July 14, 2026 · 6 min read
New vs Old Tax Regime: Which One Saves You More?
A plain-English comparison of India’s new and old income-tax regimes — the rates, what deductions you keep or lose, and how to decide which leaves more money in your pocket.
Read guide →July 6, 2026 · 6 min read
PPF Explained: How Your Maturity Amount Is Calculated
A clear, example-led guide to how Public Provident Fund (PPF) interest and maturity are calculated, why it grows so much over 15 years, and how to get the most from it.
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