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COVID-19: Smart Ways to Manage The Home Finances During The Lockdown

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Due to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;home-insurance-covid-19-pandemic&sol;">Coronavirus &lpar;COVID-19&rpar; pandemic<&sol;a>&comma; the world is facing an enforced lockdown and looks like this may persist for some more time&period; Hence it is essential for us to save the liquid money required for our livelihood and sudden needs in the forthcoming months&period; Financial stability can be attained by planning&comma; prioritizing spending and efficiently using the resources&period; This pandemic&comma; however&comma; gives us the opportunity to determine our finances in a better way and also clarity on <strong>what you need <&sol;strong>vs <strong>what you want<&sol;strong>&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;meandmylifestyle&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">meandmylifestyle<&sol;a> may be able to help you to figure it out&period; Here are a few ways<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Luxurious amenities<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Sure that all your spending on shopping&comma; movies&comma; tourism&comma; and other luxurious items has come down or almost zero due to present home stay&period; Hence&comma; no comment on this at the moment&period; Even the lockdown is lifted or partially relaxed in the next few days&comma; don&&num;8217&semi;t jump on and start spending on the luxurious amenities&period; Just continue to lead the life in a similar manner until the coronavirus completely vanishes from our lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Moratorium<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Make use of the moratorium facility offered by the banks on all EMIs and credit card outstanding&period; Postpone all the EMIs and credit card payments for the next 3 months and save the money in your account for sudden needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The next question pops up in our mind is that whether using moratorium is beneficial or it only increases the interest burden if opted&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Many experts suggested in various debates that this moratorium facility only increases the interest burden on borrowers but not beneficial&period; In fact&comma; this is one of the very good relaxations&sol;reliefs provided by the RBI to increase the liquid money and reduce the burden of monthly payments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Usually&comma; loans have an average repayment period of 48 to 60 months for personal&comma; auto&comma; etc and 120 to 240 months in case of home loans&period; It is funny to think of 3 months interest burden when we have borrowed and ready to pay interest for such a longer tenure or repayment period&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">It is okay to bear the interest burden of 3 months in these hard times and this can be compensated by putting some extra efforts after everything becomes normal&period; In fact&comma; the amount which we saved or about to save on shopping&comma; etc will get compensated with the extra interest we are going to incur for the next 3 months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If we are lucky enough&comma; RBI &sol; Govt may waive off or give partial relief on interest burden for these 3 months&comma; just blind hope&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The whole economy got impacted terribly&period;If the virus spread doesn&&num;8217&semi;t reduce soon&comma; the economic contraction continues for a longer time and the experts are anticipating that there might be a recession and huge job cuts&sol;layoffs&comma; so gear up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Conscious spending<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">One needs a frugal mindset&comma; there should be a change in the eating habits to save some resources and thereby saving a tiny amount&period; Use the daily essentials and resources of lesser cost&period; People tend to increase their food consumption during home quarantine days&comma; just remember this is a very crucial time and let us not spend resources or money on excessive eating&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Besides cost savings&comma; think of the ways to increase the monthly income by staying at home like doing <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;forbes&period;com&sol;sites&sol;jrose&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;24&sol;make-money-online&sol;&num;4bffcbd74954" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">online jobs<&sol;a>&period; This doesn&&num;8217&semi;t require any investment other than your time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Many people are homeless and fighting for food&period; Spend some amount and time to help the poor and needy&period; Remember it is not a charity that we are doing but more of our contribution and responsibility towards society in difficult times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Hardik Patel is a Digital Marketing Consultant and professional Blogger. He has 16+ years experience in SEO, SMO, SEM, Online reputation management, Affiliated Marketing and Content Marketing.

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