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Monthly expenses of a middle-class family in India
Rent, school fees, groceries, help, insurance and parents. What a family of four actually spends in a metro versus a smaller city, line by line.
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What it costs to open a cafe in India
The fit-out is the half everyone budgets for. The deposit and the months of running costs before break-even are what actually close cafes.
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Repo rate 5.50% हुआ: आपकी home loan EMI कितनी बढ़ेगी?
RBI ने 7 अक्टूबर को repo rate 0.25% बढ़ाया। ₹20 लाख से ₹75 लाख के home loan पर EMI कितनी बढ़ती है, और कब से, पूरा हिसाब।
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