The quarterly notification for PPF, SSY, SCSS, NSC and post office schemes is due around 30 September. Which schemes lock the rate at purchase, which float, and the one case where acting before the deadline helps.

The second instalment is due 15 September, by which point 45% of your annual tax should be paid. Who it applies to, how to calculate it, the five-minute payment process, and the interest for missing it.

Flipkart has announced Big Billion Days early access from 8 October 2026. Amazon’s dates are not confirmed. How to tell a real discount from an inflated MRP, and what to record before the sale starts.

The viral September 2026 “new rules” lists mix confirmed changes with claims no authority has issued. Here is what traces back to a government source, what does not, and where the advance-tax deadline now stands.