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Check expense claims against travel policy caps with pandas
To check expense claims against policy, put the policy's caps in a small table keyed by grade and city class, join every claim line to it, and test each rule separately: hotel per night against its cap, meals summed per…
Excel test for freshers: a 45-minute practice task with answers
The quickest way to prepare for a fresher Excel test is to sit one: a small dataset, a list of questions, a timer and an answer key you check honestly afterwards. Below is a 45-minute task built the way many practical…
Excel interview questions for MIS executive roles
An MIS executive interview usually tests Excel as a reporting tool: can you build a daily or monthly report from a raw dump, get the lookups and conditional totals right, clean messy text and dates, and check your own…
Build a state-to-district dependent dropdown in Excel
For a district dropdown in Excel that follows the state picked in the next cell, keep one lookup sheet with two columns, state and district, sorted so that each state's districts sit together. The district cell's data…
How to evaluate an AI startup job offer: cash, ESOPs and runway
To evaluate an AI startup job offer, compare the cash you will actually receive against your alternative, then treat ESOPs as uncertain upside whose value depends on terms you must ask about, and finally judge the…
EV charging station utilisation: time-based vs energy-based measures
EV charger utilisation has two honest definitions, and you need both. Time utilisation is plugged-in minutes ÷ available minutes. Energy utilisation is kWh delivered ÷ (rated kW × available hours). Time tells you…
ESOP vs RSU: When Tax Is Due and the Cash You Need
An ESOP creates a salary tax bill when you exercise the options. The taxable amount is the share's fair market value on the exercise date, less the exercise price. You need cash for both the exercise price and the tax…
Escaping tutorial hell: the blank-file ladder for data learners
You get out of tutorial hell by practising recall instead of recognition. After each tutorial, close it and rebuild what it made from a blank file. Then change the problem and build it again. That's the blank-file…
EPF on ₹25,000 or on Full Basic: The In-Hand Difference
If your basic pay is above the EPF wage ceiling (₹25,000 a month from 17 September 2026), PF can be calculated on either the ceiling or your full basic. On a fixed CTC, contributing on full basic lowers your monthly…
Employment Bond Clauses: Calculating What You Would Owe
An employment bond clause usually states an amount, a service period and a formula for how much of that amount you owe if you leave early. Three common formulas give very different answers for the same exit. Take a…
The ₹7.5 Lakh Cap on Employer PF, NPS and Superannuation
Under section 17(1)(h) of the Income-tax Act, 2025, what your employer pays into your recognised PF, NPS and approved superannuation fund is taxable as a perquisite to the extent the combined total exceeds ₹7,50,000 in…
Employer NPS in the New Regime: Moving CTC Into Section 124
Under the new regime for tax year 2026-27, an employer contribution to NPS is deductible up to 14% of your basic pay plus DA. This comes from section 124 of the Income-tax Act, 2025, and it is one of the few deductions…
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