The new direct tax code proposes to exempt the general tax payer from paying income tax if his income is Rs 1,60,000 in a year. He would pay just 10 per cent up to Rs 10 lakh, 20 per cent beyond that and Rs 25 lakh and 30 per cent beyond Rs 25 lakh. Though it looks green on the outlook, need to see and evaluate the details before concluding it to be a great one! The code also proposed to increase tax deduction on savings to Rs 3 lakh. However, one good thing is it will bring down the tax amount … Read more… about New Direct Tax Proposal : India
Mac Screenshot Commands
It has been more than 3 months since I got my mac book pro and still not very comfortable in taking screen shots. Every time I tend to get confuse with the key combination on Mac OS X. Accomplishing the same on MS Windows is way too simple with the click of a simple 'Print Scrn' for whole screen while 'Alt' key with 'Print Scrn' was for capturing the current window. This is one area where Apple can really improve the usability. May be providing a simple function key similar to 'Print Scrn' would … Read more… about Mac Screenshot Commands
Random pics – Life through lens
Don't have much to say. Thought of sharing few random pics clicked during last week's festival. All the photos clicked using Canon SD 630 IS. Update: Many of you have been asking a number of questions. Hence thought of answering them here in the post itself for the benefit of others. 1. How to including copyright watermark? - In many new camera's there is a way to embed this directly on all the clicked photos. Since this feature is not there in my camera, I manually edit the photos with a photo … Read more… about Random pics – Life through lens
EAMCET counseling hiccups
Last week, there was a technical outage that halted the EAMCET counseling in Andhra Pradesh, India. Servers were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of traffic at the AP State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE ) and now the seats allocation process for students seeking admission into various engineering and medical colleges has been rescheduled. Though the government folks may attribute the failure citing the sheer volume of traffic. But I simply don't buy in that argument. When the officials were … Read more… about EAMCET counseling hiccups
Festivals and Rangoli…
This post goes to all those who have been asking me to post the rangoli's from my mom's collection :) These two are captured yesterday on the occasion of Varamahalaksmi festival. Feel free to ping me back if you need more :) … Read more… about Festivals and Rangoli…