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How can you remit money to India?

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Non Resident Indians need to send money to India either to support family, business requirements or investment purpose and they send a huge amount back to India every year. The process of sending money to India from abroad is called inward remittance. There are many ways to remit money to India if your source of income is from abroad. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. You should understand each method properly before you decide which is most suited to you. Here we list ways to remit money to India. 

 

Wire transfers via Banks – Wire transfer is the most common and secure way of transferring money. You send money from one bank to another through their online systems using secure codes and technology. This process takes 2-3 working days in reputed banks. The charges in case of wire transfer are quite high compared to some other methods. The bank that you have an account with abroad needs to be a correspondent bank of the bank in India where you need to transfer money in case it is a different bank.

Online Money remittance – There are online platforms available to transfer money. You can transfer money easily from the comfort of your home. But the exchange rates, fees and terms and conditions have to be carefully studied. Remit2India and Xoom are examples of online money transfer services. There are also new age platforms like Paypal wherein one can deposit money in your Paypal account and that can be withdrawn into a bank account. This method has to be studied properly as the Paypal rules for India are different than those for other countries due to RBI guidelines.

Remittance cards – Many banks like ICICI and Axis Bank have remittance cards. This can be purchased in the name of the recipient and the NRI can load money in this card. It can then be used like a debit card in ATMs and shops.

NRI Bank Accounts – NRIs can open bank accounts with Indian banks. There are three types of bank accounts that you can open as an NRI – NRE, NRO and FCNR accounts.

Foreign Currency Drafts and Foreign Currency Cheques – As an NRI you can issue cheques in the currency you earn and send it to the recipient who can encash it whenever required. This is a simple method but time consuming as there is a time lag between you sending the cheque and the recipient getting it and encashing it.

Similarly you can issue Foreign currency drafts to pay for investments and business requirements. It is again time consuming as it takes 21 days for such drafts to be encashed.

Sending money to India helps to secure your family’s future. It also plays a part in the development of the country. You have to choose the method that is most appropriate for you in terms of need, costs, service delivery etc.

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Buying a back dated Insurance Ppolicy

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 04:29 AM PDT

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While it’s legal to purchase an insurance policy with a back date, remember that it may not always be beneficial for the buyer

 


Wouldn’t it be great if you could turn the clock back? You could make a lot of money by investing in the right stocks. While you can’t go back in time when it comes to stock investments, you can buy certain life insurance policies with a back date. Back-dating of a life insurance policy is a perfectly legal and standard practice in the insurance industry. So, the new plans launched by insurance companies in the past 1-2 months can be bought with any date in the financial year starting 1 April 2013.

Is back-dating useful?

Back-dating is useful in certain situations. A life insurance policy is not the best way to save tax and there are better, more flexible and lucrative options to do so. Even so, millions of taxpayers buy life insurance to save tax. If a taxpayer needs to exhaust his Section 80C limit through a life insurance policy this year but wants to pay the premium on a monthly or quarterly basis from next year, he will find back-dating useful. He can pay the premiums for this year at one go, and from next year, he can pay them whenever they are due.


It is also useful in case the buyer has just crossed the minimum age for buying a certain policy.


There are also sentimental reasons for back-dating. Sometimes, buyers want their insurance policies to be issued on an important date during the year. It could be a birthday, wedding anniversary or any other date with emotional value. This also ensures that the maturity of the policy coincides with that important date. It also sets a reminder for the premium.

Look before you leap

Going back in time also reduces the waiting period for the policyholder. If you buy a money-back policy in March 2014, you will get the first tranche (which is 20% of the sum assured) after five years in 2019. However, if you back-date the policy to April 2013, you will get the money in four years and one month, in April 2018.


Before you are led into believing that this is a great way to get your money back faster, do the math. The next premium becomes due in a month in April 2014. Also, you are charged a 10% interest on the premium you pay for the back-dated policy. “It makes little sense to pay 10% interest on a policy that earns you only 6-7%,” says a Delhi-based insurance expert.


If the back date is more than one month away, the buyer is charged a 10% annual interest on a pro-rata basis. So, if you want to back-date a policy by three months, be ready to pay an interest of 2.5%. The Anand Money Back package, a combo of two money-back plans and an endowment policy, being hawked by LIC agents, has one plan dating back to April 2013. The premium will be due next month.


Incidentally, the interest on the back-dating kicks in only after 30 September. Till this cut-off date, the LIC does not charge any interest even if the policy is back-dated by 5-6 months. There is also no charge if the back-dating is for less than a month.

Zero sum game

Insurance agents use back-dating to lure buyers. Insurance companies base their premiums on the policyholder’s age. LIC, for instance, goes by the last birthday of the buyer. If the policy dates back to before your birthday, the premium will be lower. However, this is a zero sum game. In your quest for a lower premium rate, you will end up paying extra premium. This is why back-dating works only in endowment and money-back plans. Back-dating a term plan is an exercise in futility because the coverage for the entire back-dated period effectively goes waste.

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Best Performing Mutual Funds

    1. Largecap Funds Invest Online
      1. DSP BlackRock Top 100 Fund
      2. ICICI Prudential Focused Blue Chip Fund
      3. Franklin India Bluechip
      4. ICICI Prudential Top 100 Fund

B. Large and Midcap Funds Invest Online

      1. ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan
      2. HDFC Top 200 Fund
      3. UTI Dividend Yield Fund
      4. Birla Sun Life Front Line Equity Fund
      5. Franklin India Prima

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      1. Reliance Equity Opportunities Fund
      2. DSP BlackRock Small & Midcap Fund
      3. Sundaram Select Midcap
      4. IDFC Premier Equity Fund
      5. Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Plus
      6. SBI Emerging Businesses Fund
      7. HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund
      8. ICICI Prudential Discovery Fund

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      1. DSP BlackRock MicroCap Fund

2.Franklin India Smaller Companies

E. Sector Funds Invest Online

      1. Reliance Banking Fund
      2. Reliance Banking Fund
      3. ICICI Prudential Banking and Financial Services Fund

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2. HDFC Taxsaver

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      2. ICICI Prudential Regular Gold Savings Fund
      3. HDFC Gold Fund
      4. Birla Sun Life Gold

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1. Birla Sun Life International Equity Plan A

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