Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The solution for railways lay in understanding the strengths of the system,
The total value of holdings of domestic institutional investors as a percentage of the value of FII holdings has reached its highest level in four years.
Congress termed the raids as highly vindictive and said it is part of "PM Narendra Modi's hate agenda and political vendetta against the Congress and its leaders".
Both the debt and equity markets have seen sharp volatility in recent months.
Institutional investors have hiked their holding in Reliance Industries Ltd to nearly 29 per cent - highest in about 7 years - as LIC and foreign funds stocked up shares worth Rs 1,000 crore in the last quarter.
'There is good indication that the economy is bouncing back, but the problem is, we should look at the eight quarters preceding March 2020.' 'The growth had fallen below 3.1% before March 2020.' 'So, the governments must realise that even if you transform the best of green shoots into banyan trees, you see only 3.1% growth.'
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The suggestion comes within days of reports that LIC and the Employee Provident Fund Organisation snapped up the entire Rs 7,400-crore (Rs 74-billion) bond issue of the debt-ridden Air India.
Life Insurance Corporation of India and General Insurance Corporation of India are planning to take exposure in Maruti Udyog from the secondary market once the shares in the automaker drop below Rs 115.
Traditionally, most PSUs have been cash-rich, which added to their value. However, the government has been tapping regularly into their cash resources to boost revenue for the exchequer
Brace yourselves to shell out more for home loan instalments.
Investing in such properties is high-risk proposition, as developers do not have requisite approvals. At a later stage, projects can be delayed or even shelved for lack of funds.
Not all change is good, but this one is, applauds Shekhar Gupta.
The judge posted the matter for argument to May 29 after the CBI sought time to file a reply to the bail pleas by Singh.
The NMDC issue was oversubscribed 1.73 times on Wednesday, fetching Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) for the government for its 10 per cent stake, thanks to strong participation from FIIs and state-run insurer LIC.
The government's 4 per cent stake sale in Hindustan Copper was on Friday over-subscribed, marking the start of ambitious Rs 30,000-crore (Rs 300 billion) disinvestment programme that is crucial for meeting the fiscal deficit target.
Some lenders in talks with LIC for pvt placement
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
UTI, HDFC, Reliance MF and SBI MF already source 17-25% of funds from small towns.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
This crisis requires political sophistication and governance skills. This BJP has neither, observes Shekhar Gupta.
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.
More than a dozen corporates, including big names such as Aditya Birla Group, M&M, L&T, as well as state-owned PFC, LIC and India Post, are likely to apply to the Reserve Bank for licence to open banks.
Suriya Loganathan achieved a golden double, winning the 5,000 metres, at the 52nd National Open Athletics Championships in Chennai on Thursday. The Tamil Nadu lass, who had earlier got the better of Asian Games gold medallist Preeja Sreedharan in the 10,000 metres, held off a strong challenge from Railways' O P Jaisha and LIC's Monika Athare to emerge triumphant.
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.
The move is likely to help 4.59 lakh housing units across the country.
Railways sprinter Merlin K Joseph smashed the 13-year-old national record in women's 100m race in the semi-finals on Sunday, but could manage only a bronze in the finals on the second day of the 53rd National Open Athletics Championships in Ranchi.
The largest financial institution, LIC, led the list of companies that paid up their advance tax this morning, with a spike in the amount to Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 12 billion) from Rs 1,070 crore (Rs 10.70 billion) a year ago, a senior income tax official said in New Delhi on Thursday.
'Imagine the message it sends to people. They will think tobacco cannot be a killer because LIC is investing in it.' 'The so-called rakshak (protector) has become a bhakshak (destroyer).'
Companies which have been dropped from the list include Tata Motors, Hindustan Unilever, MRF, Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Pfizer, Dr Reddy's Labs, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, HDFC and Kotak Mahindra Bank
