What are the best options for short term investments other than FD???

Bank FDs don’t go beyond 8% for a year and then we pay a good amount of tax on this. Are there any better avenues to invest for short term? (up to a year).

Please suggest some short-term (6Months - 1 Year) investment options, other than FD with good returns.

I need reliable investment options with less risk

Want to check, how should i invest 10 lakh for 6 months. I need it after 6 months for my home instalment. Appreciate if you can also share related details (like if Fixed deposit, then which specific bank/product)

Which investment avenues offer returns better than Fixed Deposits, while also providing liquidity and a comparatively shorter lock-in period?

Where do you all save emergency funds and other savings for short term needs. Let's say if you wanna save some amount of your salary and don't want it in a bank, where would you put that money so it gets better returns than bank and it can be easily liquidated. Please suggest where you would put it and how much returns you may expect.

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I am planning to save some % of my salary every month and go on a trip at the end of the year. My plan is to save around 3k-5k every month apart from my usual monthly investments. I haven't planned anything yet so I am open to your suggestions.