Clarification on Claiming Income Tax Deduction

[spider]

I recently switched to a new company, and now my salary is eligible to contribute for India for nothing in return. So, every month, an X amount of income tax is getting deducted. Consider 50K got deducted for a financial year, can I claim this under the standard deduction, or do I need to make a separate investment (like PPF, NPS, etc.) for this?

Edit : Forgot to add, I will file ITR 2 with Old regime.

 

[aniketkr.sharma]

I recently switched to a new company, and now my salary is eligible to contribute for India for nothing in return. So, every month, an X amount of income tax is getting deducted. Consider 50K got deducted for a financial year, can I claim this under the standard deduction, or do I need to make a separate investment (like PPF, NPS, etc.) for this?

They just messed up tax system and now all investment are scam for tax deductions, we get 0 returns, last year I paid 3 lakhs in taxes due to these shits