'People always short-change the resilience of the economy.'
As many as 104 listed companies have fewer independent directors than mandated by the regulations, according to the figures from Prime Database, reports Sachin P Mampatta.
Financial planners advise against putting capital to work by anticipating what might go up or down.
The group will be in a better position to now scale up most of its segments irrespective of government policy, but the bad news others add is its growing debt.
Over 93% of the orders in the year came from the central and state governments, PSUs, and NHAI.
Average salary has grown faster than average business income for three of the last five years. This has implications in a country like India. Most people in India are self-employed, with 51.4% of the population falling in that bracket.
The government's move to sell enemy shares comes when it is struggling to meet its target of raising Rs 800 billion from the sale of State assets in the fiscal year ending in March 2019. The Custodian of Enemy Property of India holds around Rs 3,000 crore worth of equity shares besides land and property across India.
41 listed firms made 73 donations to gaushalas (cow shelters) and other cow-related charities over the last four years. The donations range from a few thousand rupees to a million.
His portfolio was worth Rs 12,333 crore at the end of June 2018. It was worth Rs 10,633 crore at the end of the September quarter. Smallcaps account for the largest number of his stock-picks. Such a fall has now happened for the third quarter in a row.
Audit firms such as KPMG believe zero complaints may be an indicator of the lack of requisite mechanism to allow for such reporting
'There is a huge tax differential of 15% to 20% depending on income classification.'
The top three companies in terms of the largest value of physical shares showed over 30 per cent shares are held in physical form. Two of the top three were part of the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 indices.
The return of private investment now struggles with lack of funds and election-driven uncertainty.
ONGC, Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil and Oil India listed the spending as part of their mandatory CSR commitment, but CAG noted that the Sardar Patel statue did not qualify for CSR funding.
Coalition governments aren't necessarily a negative for the economy, though they can result in negative outcomes in the stock market if not already priced in before elections.
Analysts expect RIL to report consolidated revenue of Rs 1.40 trillion and 10 analysts expect RIL's net income to be Rs 9,629 crore
The US market regulator Securities and Exchange Commission was doing what it could to stem the flow. It temporarily prohibited naked short-selling in the securities of major financial players including Freddie Mac and its sister firm Fannie Mae in July. But this didn't really help. It was only after global central banks pumped in unprecedented liquidity into global markets, that the storm was finally calmed.
On the 10th anniversary of the global financial crisis, a multi-part series analyses the lessons learnt and those not learnt.
In the next quarter, the country will also start gearing up for various Assembly elections could put the government as well as the OMCs under pressure
The deal includes Reliance Infrastructure's integrated business of Generation, Transmission and Retail Electricity Distribution
