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NEFT and RTGS – A detailed Guide

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Lets try to understand what is   NEFT and RTGS  and what is the difference between them. NEFT and RTGS are two main mechanisms to transfer money from one bank to another bank in India. Transferring money between two accounts in same bank is pretty straight forword and its a internal matter of the bank, it does not have to deal with other banks and their protocols, however when one bank wants to send the money to another bank in India, there is a defined mechanism it has to be done and hence NEFT and RTGS comes into picture. Both these systems are maintained by Reserve Bank of India. Lets understand both of these NEFT – National Electronic Fund Transfer NEFT full form is National Electronic Fund Transfer, and its a system of transfer between two banks on net settlement basis. Which means that each individual transfer from one account to another account is not settled or processed at that same moment, its done in batches . A lot of transactions are settled in one go ...

Wife gets 50% share in husband’s property after divorce – India Law

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Do you love your wife? You better do ! There were few changes made few weeks back in the marriage laws in India, which everybody should be aware about. A bill called “Marriage Law’s (Amendment) Bill 2010″ was passed in Rajya Sabha which has made some major changes in the   women   rights on how the properties would be divided after divorce. The biggest change says – “ As per new Divorce law,  Wife share in property would be 50% in all her husband’s residential properties, no matter what and in other properties, her share will be decided as per the court decision. ” Wife share in property owned by husband would be 50% Earlier, before this change – a women was entitled for a share in husband’s properties, but there was no quantum defined as per law, it would be any percentage depending on the case, but now with this amendment done, a women will enjoy equal sharing without any condition in all the residential properties owned by husband. But in this case, wo...