The fuel reforms are a very important signal of the government's commitment to tough economic reforms.
In an online chat with Rediff.com readers, personal finance expert Anil Rego answered queries about the new tax regime announced in the Union Budget.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
Mutual fund houses are bullish on the financial sector, notwithstanding the recent beating at the stock market. Fund houses like Kotak Mahindra AMC, Sundaram BNP Paribas & LIC Mutual Fund have drawn up plans to introduce products aimed at the financial services sector. Bank stocks for long had been one of the favourite picks for many fund managers. There was a slowdown in valuations of financial sector stocks but Indian corporate entities still continue to remain attractive.
Sensex ends lower; govt schemes in focus.
Wondering if mutual fund investments can earn you enough money for your retirement and child's marriage? Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Budget has already bombed at the box office and passing it without a revisit will be a mockery of the exercise though any modification may be short lived and perfunctory, observes V Ranganathan.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in Indian equities worth Rs 277.92 crore on Tuesday
Tax expert Anil Rego answers readers' questions about how Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's Budget affects you.
As home deals are down to a trickle, most are looking at life beyond broking.
Most infra projects have hit a road block due to high cost of funds.
Most of the index heavyweights are yet to declare their results.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
Both the debt and equity markets have seen sharp volatility in recent months.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Tax Guru Anil Rego answers your personal income tax queries.
The Bill will come up for discussion in the upcoming winter session of the Parliament.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, will answer your queries.
Maybe Modi could ask a patriarch of the stature of the late G D Birla to flesh out the details of a new company to manage government land privatisation.
Budget in the medium term aims to kick-start the investment cycle.
A recent report by Citi had pegged the total amount stuck in stalled projects across seven major Indian cities (Bengaluru, Mumbai Metropolitan region, National Capital Region, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune) at Rs 80,000 crore.
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You can still save money, says Samkit Maniar
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Budget for 2021-22 in the Lok Sabha that is expected to provide relief to the pandemic-hit common man as well as focus more on driving economic recovery through higher spending on healthcare, infrastructure and defence amid rising tensions with neighbours, As India emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the ninth Budget under the Modi government, including an interim one, is widely expected to focus on boosting spending on job creation and rural development, generous allocations for development schemes, putting more money in the hands of the average taxpayer and easing rules to attract foreign investments.
Railways is expecting investment through various partnerships.
UTI's legacy and brand recognition, together with a robust distribution network and access to public sector money, could work in its favour, and help it command a premium
Not all change is good, but this one is, applauds Shekhar Gupta.
Your EMIs may help you to reduce your tax liability... Here's how
Lower interest rate, lower stamp duty and higher chances of loan application being accepted give women an edge over men when fulfilling purchase of their dream home
Eight months after India's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India, announced plans for a Gujarat unit to be set up as a wholly-owned subsidiary of parent Suzuki, opposition to the move continues to simmer.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head - Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, answered some important questions on the market.
The Budget emphasises on capacity building and empowerment of marginalised sections of society including farmers.
Hitting out at Baijal over the move, Sisodia wondered whether the L-G should have powers to express difference of opinion with an elected government on such critical matters of public interest.
Sinha says many fund houses not abiding by rules on minimum number of investors, awareness funds
Institutional investors - both foreign and domestic - lapped up the government's big-ticket share sales on Friday, helping it add nearly Rs 9,000 crore to its revenue kitty.
The idea was that despite some defaults the high rates would assure good profits.