4 Money Lessons Every Indian Parent Should Teach Their Child, and Practise Themselves First
By the FinanceChecks.com Editorial Team | Published October 14, 2026 | Last reviewed October 14, 2026 | 12-minute read Your child is already learning about money. Not from a lesson or a worksheet, but from watching you at the billing counter, from seeing…
You Paid for Property Construction, But the House Is in Your Mother’s Name: Do Your Siblings Have Equal Rights?
It is a common situation in Indian families. One child, often the one who is financially better placed or living closest to the parents, contributes money toward building or extending a house, but the property itself is registered entirely in the…
How To Track Every Investment You Own And Make Sure Your Family Knows Where To Find Them
A woman in Pune once spent almost a year after her father passed away trying to piece together what he actually owned. She knew he invested regularly because he talked about it often at family dinners, mentioning a mutual fund here, a fixed deposit…
Petrol vs Electric Two-Wheeler: The Real Money Comparison (2026)
Vikram was 8 months into his EMI on a new petrol scooter when his colleague pulled up next to him on an electric one, charged it overnight for about ₹20, and rode 40 km to work without visiting a fuel station once that week. Vikram did the math on his…
Buying a Car in Your Wife’s Name: What Actually Helps Financially, and What’s Just a Myth
Suresh was at the dealership, paperwork half-filled, when the sales executive casually mentioned, “Sir, aap gaadi wife ke naam pe register karwa lo, thoda fayda milega.” Suresh nodded along, having heard some version of this advice from at…
NPS vs EPF vs PPF: Which One Should Actually Carry Your Retirement Plan?
Rohit is thirty-four, has been contributing to EPF automatically since his first job, opened a PPF account on his father’s advice five years ago, and started an NPS account last year purely because his HR team mentioned it during a tax-saving…
EPF + NPS: Why Young Salaried Investors May Want Both for Retirement
If you are a salaried employee, there is a good chance that a portion of your salary is already going towards the Employees’ Provident Fund, or EPF. That is a good start. But here is the question many young employees never ask: Is EPF alone enough…
The Sandwich Generation: When You’re Paying School Fees and Your Parents’ Medical Bills in the Same Month
There’s a particular kind of exhausted that doesn’t come from working too hard. It comes from opening your banking app on the same evening, seeing your daughter’s tuition instalment go out at 6 PM, and your father’s cardiologist…
How to Invest in Gold Without Ever Holding Physical Gold: A Complete Guide
Meena’s mother has kept every gold coin she’s ever bought in a locker, and every time Meena visits, she hears the same story about how safe and reliable gold has always been for the family. Meena believes it too, gold has genuinely done well…
How Much Gold Can Your Family Legally Keep at Home Without Proof?
Lakshmi’s mother-in-law has a small steel almirah in her bedroom that’s been filling up with gold for over four decades, wedding jewellery, gifts from every birth in the family, pieces bought a little at a time whenever there was spare money.…