
Product awareness campaigns by market participants and sustained backing from the regulator would motivate more retail investors to embrace direct plans.

Effective 1 April 2018, long term capital gains arising from transfer of listed equity shares exceeding Rs. 1 lakh will be taxable at 10 percent

The fertiliser and nutrient segment saw a healthy 2.4 percent uptick in the margins.

With continued commercialization of new products, strong orderbook line up, global agrochemical recovery, clearing up of inventory channels and a conducive domestic agri environment, we expect growth to pick up at PI in FY19

Bottomline, the policy statement has put a lid on to the markets ultra bearish imaginations and going forward global and domestic data points would be watched for by policymakers as also market participants.

HEG’s quarterly result was well ahead of expectations. Sales more than doubled on sequential basis and exhibited the benefit of change in pricing trend and progress in contract renewals for the graphite electrodes

The RBI did flag off the risks to inflation, but did not sound alarmist.

Credit and debit cards are the most common means of making digital or electronic transactions.

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The first category of cases are complaints filed under Section 12(1)(a) by a consumer in relation to any goods sold or delivered or agreed to be sold or delivered or any service provided or agreed to be provided

Time and again it is established that patience has more value than intelligence when it comes to investing

The peril of forecasting was pointed out way back in 6th century B.C. by the Chinese Philosopher Lao Tzu

Being optimistic is great but being blind may not good. There is always a possibility of life not working the way you had thought it would. And what if it does not.

Though we are not ruling out further consolidation/ correction in Indian equities driven by weaker liquidity, news flow w.r.t. interest rate/inflation scenarios, and profit booking ahead of LTCG imposition, there are few stocks which investors can keep in investment radar given their disproportionate correction in recent times and fundamentals that are unfazed by the current developments.

Not reducing corporate tax rate has been termed as a big miss by the finance minister. But data shows not many companies would have benefited from the cut

It would be nearly impossible to be successful in the field without these four building blocks of investment.

Making declarations and signing MoUs is one thing. Getting capacity augmented, and making solar power relevant to India is quite another.

We are encouraged with demand pick up in rural market. Sales growth through Dabur's Super stockist channel, which is largely rural, was 26% YoY and augurs well for a company having sales contribution of about 45-50% from rural areas.

Instead of 30,000 MT capacity expansion earlier announced, it is now looking for 60,000 MT additional capacity for carbon black.

With the cost of medical treatments going up more than the general inflation levels and senior citizen having to spend relatively more money on their health.

Amidst heavy D-street speculations, the FM in a subtle manner unfolded the long term capital gains tax story.

The launch of an initiative like “RISE” that stands for the revitalisation of infra and education systems, with a war chest of Rs 1 lakh crore, will have a far-reaching impact on our lives.

While this Budget has hit the right chords for reducing rural distress and increasing government expenditure in infrastructure, healthcare and education, it has been disappointing on other fronts.

With risk-based capital regime on the anvil, it is estimated that there will be a 30-40 percent increase in number of actuarial positions required by insurers.

Investors were waiting for a correction and LTCG has handed them in a platter. But how big a dragon is LTCG?