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Data AnalyticsPractical workplace data tasks

Check IGST vs CGST+SGST on every invoice line in a sales register

To check tax type in a sales register, take the supplier's state code (the first two digits of your own GSTIN) and the place of supply recorded on each invoice. If the two match, the line should carry CGST and SGST in…

27 Sept 20266 min read
Generative AI & Agentic AISalary, offers and pay mechanics

GST Registration for Freelance Data Work: Tracking ₹20 Lakh

If you freelance on data or AI projects, section 22 of the CGST Act, 2017 requires GST registration once your aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds ₹20 lakh, or ₹10 lakh if you supply from a special category…

27 Sept 20264 min read
Data AnalyticsPortfolio projects with Indian public data

GST refund-to-collection ratios by state, and the join that breaks

What share of the GST collected in each state goes back out as domestic refunds, and how uneven is that through the year? The GST portal's annual workbook puts collections and refunds on separate sheets with the same…

27 Sept 20265 min read
Data AnalyticsPractical workplace data tasks

Check GST invoice number series for gaps, repeats and bad formats

To audit a GST invoice series, check four things per invoice number: it is at most 16 characters, it uses only letters, digits, hyphen or dash and slash, it is unique within the financial year, and its numeric part runs…

27 Sept 20266 min read
Data AnalyticsPractical workplace data tasks

Split a GST-inclusive MRP into taxable value and tax, paise-exact

To split a GST-inclusive price, compute the taxable value as price × 100 ÷ (100 + rate), rounded to paise, and take the tax as the price minus that taxable value, not as a separate rate calculation. For CGST and SGST…

27 Sept 20266 min read
Data AnalyticsPortfolio projects with Indian public data

GST collections in Delhi, UP and Haryana from the GST portal workbook

Haryana collected more domestic GST than Uttar Pradesh in 2024-25, even though UP has many times its population. That one fact from the GST portal's own workbook is a good hook for a first analytics project. The…

27 Sept 20265 min read
Forward Deployed EngineeringChoosing and planning your learning

Making group projects work in an online cohort

Online group projects work when four things are settled in the first meeting: who owns which part, how and when the team checks in, how code gets merged, and what happens if someone goes quiet. Most failures in remote…

27 Sept 20265 min read
Data AnalyticsSalary, offers and pay mechanics

Group Health Insurance in Your CTC: Pricing What You Get

A group health premium in your CTC is worth to you what you would otherwise pay for similar cover, not the premium the employer quotes. To price it, compare three figures: the premium in the CTC, the after-tax value of…

27 Sept 20264 min read
Data AnalyticsFreshers and students

Group discussion for analytics roles: a sample round, scored

In a group discussion for an analytics role, evaluators typically look for four things: whether your points are structured, whether you use evidence honestly, whether you build on others instead of repeating them, and…

27 Sept 20264 min read
Data AnalyticsWorking and learning in Delhi NCR

Greater Noida West to a Noida or Delhi job: commute options in 2026

As of September 2026 there is no metro station inside Greater Noida West; the proposed Aqua Line link from Noida Sector 51 has been cleared by the Public Investment Board but not yet approved by the Union Cabinet or…

27 Sept 20265 min read
Data ScienceSalary, offers and pay mechanics

Gratuity Tax Exemption: The Half-Month Formula Worked Through

When you leave a job, the gratuity you receive is exempt from income tax only up to a limit, and the rest is taxed as salary. For gratuity outside the Payment of Gratuity Act, section 19(1) of the Income-tax Act, 2025…

27 Sept 20264 min read
Data AnalyticsCareer switch by background

Graphic designer to Power BI developer: layout skill, data gap

A graphic designer moving into Power BI already has the part most analysts struggle with — visual hierarchy, grids, restraint with colour — and usually lacks the part underneath: shaping data into tables that a report…

27 Sept 20265 min read
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