ICICI Lombard General Insurance has started offering the facility of renewing health policies online. Now the customer has the option of changing the tenure of the health policy, the sum insured, to add or remove insured members. The premium can be paid through the net banking account, credit card, debit card or cash card. Once the customer completes the process of online renewal, the insurance company will mail a soft copy of the new policy certificate along with a transaction confirmation SMS; health card; 80 D tax certificate and a free health check-up coupon, the insurance company said in a statement. A hard copy of the renewed policy is dispatched within seven days to the customer's mailing.
National Savings Certificate Here's everything you need to know about the 5-year savings scheme offered by the Government This is a 5-year small savings scheme of the government. From 1 July 2016, a National Savings Certificate (NSC) can be held in the electronic mode too. Physical pre-printed NSC certificates have been discontinued and replaced with Public Provident Fund-like passbooks. What's on offer The minimum amount you can invest in them is Rs100 and there is no upper limit. Under this scheme, all deposits up to Rs1.5 lakh qualify for deduction under section 80C of the Income-tax Act, 1961. The interest earned is taxable. You can invest in multiples of Rs 100. These certificates can be owned individually, jointly and also on behalf of minors. The interest rates for all small savings schemes are released on a quarterly basis. The effective rate for NSC from 1 October to 31 December is 8%. The interest is calculated on an annual compounding basis and is given along w...
