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After a Long Innings | Matter of Money

Background If you are anything like me, a salaried employee, you would have not worried about the money that the organization compensates you. At best, you would look at your salary slip, maybe glance through the deductions and make sure the amount mentioned after the deduction and the amount deposited in your bank match. You do a couple of times, which assures you that there is a match, and then you do not even look to match. You are happy if at the end of the month there is an SMS that your salary has been credited and that is it. Closer to your retirement or superannuation, especially if you are in an employment where there is no central/state government pension suddenly "money matters" especially because your monthly credits in terms of salary disappears and you need to plan or figure out how to try and fill that "monthly salary". This is when the deductions in your salary slip (which was not cared for all these years) requires your attention.  Read on, if you a...