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AI Micro-Internship · ~150 min · no-code

Decode a CTC: why ₹6 LPA isn’t ₹50,000 a month

The first shock of every first job: the offer said ₹6 lakh, the bank credit says much less. Take a real (published or anonymised) CTC structure, decode every line — basic, HRA, PF, gratuity, tax — and then teach it to someone who doesn’t know it.

Steps

  1. 01Find a real CTC structure: a published sample offer, a family member’s (anonymised, with permission), or a realistic one from a careers site.
  2. 02Decode each component with AI’s help, but verify the rules against official sources: EPFO for PF rates, the income tax portal for slabs. Link your best source.
  3. 03Compute the actual monthly in-hand from the annual CTC — show every step.
  4. 04Teach it: explain the breakdown to a friend/sibling and record their 3 questions and your answers.

Tools: A real CTC structure, EPFO / incometax.gov.in for verification

Your submission

Submit the structure you decoded, your step-by-step in-hand calculation, the official source link, and the teach-back log.