Investments and expenses under section 80 C allows various tax benefits, says Harjot Singh Narula
Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
In India, bond yields have fallen nearly 70 basis points in the last one year.
Longest period of price-earnings expansion in the index since 1996
Growth in the eight core sectors jumped to 8.5% in April, due to a sharp pick-up in refinery products and a commensurate rise in electricity generation.
Bajaj sold his 18-month-old start-up WhiteHat Jr to Byju Raveendran for $300 million in an all-cash deal - over the video conferencing platform Zoom. The deal is the biggest in the Indian edtech sector by far.
Others in the top 10 include Uday Kotak at the 6th place with a wealth of Rs 94,100 crore, Cyrus S Poonawalla at 7th position with Rs 88,800 crore assets, Cyrus Pallonji Mistry at 8th spot with a wealth of Rs 76,800 crore, Shapoor Pallonji at 9th position with a net worth of Rs 76,800 crore and Dilip Shanghvi at 10th slot with Rs 71,500-crore wealth.
"India's middle class, small traders and farmers are the lifelines of its economic growth. By catering to these ambitions #Budget2019 infuses hopes for millions of dreams."
Earning returns from an asset lying idle can be a good option in times of volatility.
The route to that target is clear in Sikka's mind.
Every year Fortune honours 10 innovators, groundbreakers and game changers as 'Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs'.
An Indian American Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched a unique initiative designed to get techies to volunteer their time to develop software and applications that will benefit people in India and other developing countries.
The Genie will contain lots of gamified apps.
While higher income, educated Indians are financially literate, they aren't really much better off when it comes to planning their financial futures
A fall presents an opportunity to buy rate-sensitive stocks.
Lessons Nestle must learn from its big mistakes
A comeback without a digital plan may turn out to be futile.
Quikr founder & CEO Pranay Chulet tells Raghu Krishnan and Bibhu Ranjan Mishra why money has never been an issue for Quikr and that someday he will make a romantic comedy.
Here's how you can make buying insurance the cakewalk that it is, says Anit Jain
The Bill comes at a time when prospective home buyers are avoiding under-construction projects, almost everywhere in the country, thereby drying up sources of interest-free funds for debt-ridden developer firms
Investors indulged in profit booking at attractive and higher valuations
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits US, fund managers from India and abroad expect improving sentiments and impressive returns from Indian markets to help attract billions of dollars flowing into the country's asset management industry.
The outcome is beyond the market's expectation and will be a sentimental boost, say analysts.
Whatever happens to WPP, the marketing communications business will no longer be the same again, says Sreekant Khandekar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not taking along an industry delegation to the US but top representatives of India Inc are likely to travel to New York and Washington to be part of the power-packed business meetings and receptions being hosted for him.
India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
Few top honchos of India Inc did very well in 2014.
India has reached a significant milestone on Friday (November 28) by achieving Rs 100 lakh crore or 100 trillion market cap.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
The past few years have seen the first cycle of mergers and acquisitions, exits, and track-records being created.
It is high time old boys' clubs inside many large corporations come under serious scrutiny for protecting one of their own.
India's internet subscriber base is 100-150 million, depending on whose estimates you take, and is growing at 20-30% a year.
Here's a list of the favourites of the billionaires.
Inflation and asset prices have eroded the value of money.
Happy at the clear mandate given by voters to the BJP-led NDA, India Inc on Friday exuded confidence that Narendra Modi will initiate bold and decisive policy reforms to promote economic growth.
Ramping up globally, the Indian restaurant search service is going as local as possible in its markets to improve its brand's stickiness.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
Practo is an online health service platform which assists patients to meet the best doctors and keeps digital records.
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