Coming Wednesday, Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman will present the 2023 Union Budget - the last full Budget ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. While India exited 2022 as a relatively bright spot in the global economy, the FM will endeavour to present a Budget that insulates India's economy against global headwinds and recession in advanced economies, while sticking to the path of fiscal consolidation. In this, she is being helped by her core team of trusted advisors.
'With over 50 per cent of medical seats reserved for those who have the ability to pay a fee ranging from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1.5 crore for a five-year MBBS course and quotas in accordance with affirmative policies in government colleges, the band of seats available for the not-so-rich and non-OBCs is very narrow.'
'Thankfully, most investors in India have now seen through this false narrative and are once again deploying their hard-earned money.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Bharti will move FIPB soon for increasing Axa's stake to 49%
'Last year (FY21), we had about 1 million intimated claims for Covid.' 'This year (FY22), in six months, we got about 1.6 million claims.'
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Policies to break down the business group format are far more likely to be effective, argues Simon Commander.
Don't be afraid of crashing. Realising that failing is human, and moving on, is a trait that will take you a long way.
HDFC Life has a balance between traditional policies and Ulips
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
In a statement, Fortis said under the accepted offer, IHH would infuse Rs 4,000 crore through subscription to the preferential allotment at a price of Rs 170 per share. The Malaysian firm will then make a mandatory open offer to public shareholders for 26 per cent of the outstanding shares post issuance.
Another sobering number is that the total Chinese investment in India in the past 10 years amounts to $400 million.
'We would advise investors to invest in a disciplined way in equities for the long term.'
'It could tempt investors to pick stocks that are not fundamentally sound.'
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
India's Right-wing has sought to own our democracy by making itself appear the stuff of majority, and sometimes, a national ethos older than the Constitution on which our democracy is based, argues Shyam G Menon.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'The potential headwind is that the Indian economy is likely to see a slowdown in growth rates over the next two years.'
Assuming that the value of LIC's holding has risen in line with the markets, its portfolio size today could be around $86 billion, higher than the previous record of $84 billion in March 2018.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'She adds value to life in many commendable ways. Apart from her many contributions to our consumer products business and Godrej Properties, she dedicates her energies and resources to charity, to philanthropic causes and most of all how she has managed her time as a wife, mother and entrepreneur brilliantly,' says Adi Godrej.
With the Russia-Ukraine war roiling financial markets globally, the government may defer the mega IPO of LIC and wait for an opportune time to get the maximum value of its holding in the state-owned insurance behemoth, sources said. "It's a full blown war now so we will have to assess the situation for going ahead with the LIC IPO," a government source said. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, too, had indicated review of the IPO in view of the evolving geopolitical situation.
'Had there been no war, maybe, we would come out with a 7.5 per cent stake sale.' 'At this point in time, a 3.5 per cent stake sale looked good.'
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'The tie-up with Serum Institute Life Sciences brings to the table their strengths in manufacturing and also their vaccine portfolio.'
Tax benefit on WFH expenses, regulatory clarity on cryptos figure high on their wish list.
Founded in 2006, PremjiInvest's assets under management are worth over $2 billion across India
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
But there are challenges, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Here's the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to a joint session of the United States Congress, delivered on Thursday.
The first and most important check you must run is to see if you have adequate life cover.
The department of investment and public asset management is racing against time to launch the LIC IPO, which could become the largest-ever listing on the Indian bourses. This would lead to some delay in the strategic divestment of IDBI Bank.
A two-year extension at the helm of the RBI still looks a real possibility
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Modi's critics will say that he has put up cement and steel structures, but weakened the institutions of governance whereas Nehru strengthened them, observes T N Ninan.
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