Going by the strict criteria set, only Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana qualify for such extra borrowing, as of now.
'There are some high-frequency indicators where uptick is visible and some where it is not'
Returns on government securities are likely to be market-determined as the Reserve Bank of India on Friday asserted that it is not targeting any yield.
RBI will now increasingly shift focus to domestic parameters
Reserve requirements, mandatory investment in G-secs under Companies Act may slow lending for HNI investment in IPOs.
'Decide on an asset allocation you are comfortable with and stick to it for the long term.'
Market recovery on the cards in 2014 as investors are likely to chase higher yields
The next revision will make the rates similar to those of bank FDs.
Post office savings of 1, 2 and 3 year term deposits and 5-year recurring deposit currently fetch 8.4 per cent interest per annum.
Coming down heavily on MF players who in recent past chose to use shareholder fund to buy out debt of bleeding invested companies, Sebi said MFs can't have standstill agreements with companies and will take action against fund houses for such deals.
The Nifty Index features 50 of the largest companies in the country and represents close to 50 per cent of total market capitalisation. It is now trading at valuations that could only be justified if India Inc grows earnings at better than thrice the GDP growth rate. This is extremely unlikely, says Devangshu Datta.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Much depends on how the liquidity situation evolves over the coming months, with greater clarity expected from the next monetary policy meeting scheduled for December 7.
FPIs are currently capped at 5 per cent of the total outstanding government dated securities, and own 4.5 per cent
The government would take a number of steps to energise and deepen the country's corporate bond as well as currency derivatives market.
Conservative investors and those in the lower tax bracket should opt for these, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh
The Centre on Thursday placed before the GST Council two options for borrowing by states to meet the shortfall in GST revenues, pegged at Rs 2.35 lakh crore in the current fiscal.
In the last few months, the 10-year G-Sec has been gyrating sharply and has crossed the 9-per cent-yield mark four times.
Need of the hour is to spend to grow more, the study said.
The decision will benefit over nine crore such account holders having total deposit of around Rs 32,000 crore.
In a move that will hit the common man, the government on Friday slashed interest rates payable on small savings including PPF and Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) in a bid to align them closer to market rates.
The government is likely to name a successor to Rajan sometime this month
On one hand, Operation Greens should help to smoothen volatility in the prices of vegetables, whereas the proposal to enhance and extend minimum support prices to augment farmer incomes, may emerge as an inflation risk.
A day ahead of Lok Sabha polls announcement, the government today decided to hike interest rates on fixed deposit schemes offered by post offices by up to 0.2 per cent.
The central bank is the money manager of the government, and not a guarantor of any debt.
Go for high quality and low-to-medium-duration funds in your debt portfolio
he government is examining a plan of bank recapitalisation and considering an urban version of MNREGS.
Financial services firm AnandRathi analysed the key points of the policy soon after it was announced.
Debt fund managers think the Reserve Bank governor might at best go for one rate cut in April.
In another round of economic booster, Sitharaman announced steps to help homebuyers and push exports.
'We have already sanctioned loans worth over Rs 3,000 crore to around 120,000 customers.'
A bit of good news is that it has already mopped up $19 billion in forwards in May.
Rajan drew attention towards the Nachiket Mor committee on PSL and said that the RBI is trying to make the entire process more effective.
The rupee has been under immense pressure due to a host of reasons including soaring crude oil prices, sustained foreign fund outflows and widening current account deficit.
The rupee has lost ground since pre-Budget, against three major hard currencies (yen, dollar and euro). The European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan maintained status quo in recent policy meetings
While seniors seeking a regular income should switch to debt funds from balanced funds, younger investors should invest in balanced funds after understanding their risks.
The idea of retirement planning with a pension plan assures regular income to the policyholder in the form of pension or annuity.
The popular Five-Year National Savings Certificates will earn an interest rate of 8.1 per cent from April 1 as against 8.5 per cent, at present.
Retirement fund body EPFO will cut exposure in corporate bonds and park more funds in the secure government securities.
The policymaker said the RBI had not reached the point where specific actions were under consideration.
