The new year i.e. 2025 has brought many changes with it. These changes will also affect your life and pocket. Cars of Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Kia India and JSW MG Motor India have become expensive. At the same time, the 19 kg commercial gas cylinder has become cheaper by 16 rupees. Now it will be available in Kolkata for Rs 1811. There is no change in the price of domestic cylinder. On the other hand, now you can send up to 10 thousand rupees through UPI from feature phone. 10 changes to be made in the month of January … 1. Commercial cylinder cheaper: Price reduced by ? 16, no change in the price of domestic cylinder From today, the 19 kg commercial cylinder has become cheaper by ? 16. Its price in Delhi has come down by ? 14.50 to ? 1804. Earlier it was available for ? 1818.50. In Kolkata it is available for ? 1911, a drop of 16 rupees; earlier it was priced at ? 1927. In Mumbai, the price of the cylinder has come down by 15 rupees from 1771 to 1756. In Chennai, the cylinder is available for Rs 1966. However, there has been no change in the price of 14.2 KG domestic gas cylinder. It is available for ? 803 in Delhi and ? 802.50 in Mumbai. 2. UPI payment limit increased: Payment of up to Rs 10,000 through feature phone Now, payment of up to Rs 10,000 can be made through feature phone. RBI has increased the limit of UPI 123 from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000. With the help of UPI123Pay, users can make UPI payments from feature phones. All types of transactions can be done in it except scan and pay. This does not require internet for payment. To use this facility, users have to link their mobile number and bank account. 3. Buying a car has become expensive: Many companies including Maruti, Hyundai have increased the price of cars. Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Kia India and JSW MG Motor India have also increased the price of their cars. Maruti Suzuki cars have become expensive by 4%, Mahindra & Mahindra cars by 3% and Kia cars by 2%. 4. Bank account closed: RBI’s dormant, inactive and zero balance accounts. The Reserve Bank of India has decided to close three types of accounts. Under the new guidelines of RBI, (dormant) accounts, inactive accounts, and zero balance accounts will be closed. 5. Amazon password sharing: You will be able to sign in on maximum 5 devices. Amazon has introduced a new password-sharing rule for its Prime members in India. In January 2025, Prime members will be allowed to sign in to a maximum of 5 devices, including sign in to a maximum of 2 TVs. Read full news 6. Loan to farmers: Loan up to Rs 2 lakh will be available without guarantee RBI has increased the limit of loan available to farmers without guarantee to Rs 2 lakh. Earlier this limit was Rs 1.60 lakh. In 2010, the Reserve Bank had fixed a limit of Rs 1 lakh to give to the agriculture sector without any guarantee. Later, in 2019, it was increased to Rs 1.6 lakh. Now farmers will be able to take a loan of up to Rs 2 lakh from banks for agriculture or any other need related to it without any guarantee. 7. Rules for pensioners: Now you can get pension from any bank New rules have been implemented for pensioners by the Employees Provident Fund Organization i.e. EPFO. Under which now pensioners will be able to withdraw their pension amount from any bank in the country and for this they will not need any additional verification. 8. FO Expiry: Expiry of four FO contracts revised After discontinuing the weekly contracts of Nifty Bank, FinNifty, Midcap Select and Next50, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) has revised the monthly expiry of these four FO contracts. From January 1, 2025, these contracts will expire on the last Thursday. Earlier, the monthly and quarterly contracts of Nifty Bank used to expire on the last Wednesday of the month, while FinNifty used to expire on Tuesday. Midcap Select used to expire on Monday, and Nifty Next50 used to expire on Friday. 9. WhatsApp will not work: WhatsApp will not work on smartphones with Android 4.4 version WhatsApp will not work on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and earlier versions from January 1. Apart from WhatsApp, other platforms of Meta like Facebook and Instagram will also stop working on these smartphones. The company has taken this decision for security reasons. Old technology does not have the necessary security features, due to which the possibility of hacking increases. 10. ATF cheaper by Rs 1,560.77: Air travel may become cheaper Oil marketing companies have reduced the prices of Air Traffic Fuel (ATF). This may make air travel cheaper. According to the website of Indian Oil, ATF in Delhi has become cheaper by Rs 1,401.37 and has become Rs 90,455.47 per kilolitre (1000 litres).
No change in the price of petrol and diesel: Petrol is Rs 94.72 per litre in Delhi There has been no change in the prices of petrol and diesel even today, i.e. on January 1. Currently, petrol is Rs 94.72 per litre in Delhi, while diesel is being sold at Rs 87.62 per litre. Whereas, in Mumbai, petrol is available at Rs 103.44 and diesel at Rs 89.97 per litre.
