The cost of living is getting costlier day by day

Me and my spouse in total are earning 6 Lakh a month pre-tax, but inspite of that there is too much pressure on finances. I am just amazed with the cost of living. Rents, School fees, EMIs, Taxes are just eating away all the income. I am barely left with 1 lakh at end of month. This saving is not enough for any emergency. Recently my family faced with medical emergency and I am still recovering with the debt it created. Company covered health insurance denied the claim on certain grounds and we were f**c***. It looks so pretty from outside, but honestly I am frustrated even with this package in hand. Is anyone else feeling the pressure, or I am just bad at managing finances?

My last salary was 53,000 per month. Now after switch I am making 1,10,000 per month. Last year. I was living in a Rs.10,000 room but I want to move to a better place in about 20 to 25,000 budget because now my salary is 1 lakh+ but I don’t think that is the best thing to do because you shouldn’t increase your expenses along with your income, or you will not end up saving anything. But I feel like if I am moving out of my home to live in a different city ( Bangalore ) then I should be living nicely What should I do here? Also, Did your expenses increase as a bachelor on increasing salary?

Looks like things aren’t as rosy as they would have seemed for BJP Most NDA projections seem to be ending at 320 as upper cap What are you guys thinking? What does this mean for India? What does it mean for us?

I’ve been working as a SWE for GE in Bangalore for nearly two years. First of all the WLB and culture here is incredible. I honestly can’t believe how great the WLB is over here, I work maybe 20 hours a week on average and am rarely ever stressed about anything. They’re not strict about WFO so I can chill at home most of the time. No fixed timings and I also get a ton of leaves. There’s no micromanagement and the culture is chill and professional. Perks are about average for any large MNC. We have a beautiful company campus with plenty of car parking space for everyone. Obviously your mileage may vary depending on the your team, it’s possible I just got lucky. The only con is that the pay is shit. Fresher SWEs are paid around 12 LPA while seniors might earn around 30. Not possible to earn 60+ unless you’re in a leadership position.

A decent burger or Small pizza on Zomato is Rs 300+; A coffee at Starbucks is now 450; Movie tickets are 400; the average cost of a weekend drinks and dinner with friends is above 2K; Lets not even talk about how expensive rent is right now. It feels like the cost of everything is just rising and salaries are not growing fast enough to make up for the rising costs

After getting a bunch of 'buy a house' advice from my in-laws over the weekend, I decided to fire up magicbricks to check prices in Bengaluru. My browsing ended within 5 mins seeing just how much the prices have risen in last 1 year A 3BHK that used to cost 2.3 Cr last year is now 3.7 A 2BHK that used to cost 1.8 Cr last year is now 2.7 These are two houses I had earmarked for sometime later when I would have more money WTF is happening in BLR

In and around Whitefield rents have increased more than 10k compared to last year. It's very difficult to find a good house in budget near to office and near to kid school. Salaries are not increased but cost of living is touching the sky. Is it same overall Bangalore?

Money is everything? Isro pays 60k-95k to fresher engineers... Still IITians are not joining. Slogging for Western Mnc is the only desire of IITians? Comments and solutions?? https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/story/iitians-not-joining-isro-60-students-walked-out-of-recruitment-drive-after-seeing-pay-structure-s-somanath-401614-2023-10-11