In this globalized economy, one stands in complete dilemma when it comes to selecting the correct funds to invest. The diversification on this field in open ended/ close ended funds or debt, equity, commodity funds creates a big challenge for…
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Gold Jewellery To Give Loans Only Up To 60% Of The Value
In India, there is significant rise in the number of people who present gold to the bank in the form of jewellery or gold biscuits or other form and take loan in the form of cash in return. But due…
Tax On Smoking: Kills Or Heals
Building from scratch we know that it is the simple mechanism of micro economics wherein the market forces of demand and supply determine the prices of goods and services in the economy. Here the commodities that fall in picture are…
Highlights Of The Indian Union Budget 2012-2013
Indian Budget 2012-2013 Highlights The Indian Budget for the financial year 2012-2013 was introduced yesterday, 17th March, 2012. Here are the main highlights that could be taken as summary of the budget that was introduced by Pranab Mukherjee. Key points…
Gold And Silver Drops To A 7 Week Low
Gold prices have fallen to a seven week low. This drop in price was a result of the news when Federal Reserve neglected and rejected any further stimulus measures. It was also due to the reduced demand for metal due…
The Shrinking Denominator
We are living in an era of cheap currencies. Gone are the days when devaluation was taken up to balance the deficit of payments, to speed up manufacturing sector, create employment opportunities thereby providing social and economic growth. Putting it…
Financial Crunch At Air India
“AI selects Booz, Rothschild for cost restructuring?, “AI may announce 50% incentive cut?, “Pilots refuse to meet with Air India management?, “AI asks employees to accept salary cuts”. These are the news headlines that have been flooding the media and…
FDI In Retail
In India the debate on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail is one of the burning topics of to-day. The topic is in itself very vast and varied that covering all the issues is not possible. To begin with the…
Indian Union Budget 2011 – Post Budget Analysis (Part 2)
Even though there has not been any specific step taken to tackle the inflation with these tax changes, the impact of higher inflation will be reduced. The major impact on all these policy changes will be by of the crude…
Indian Union Budget 2011 – Post Budget Analysis (Part 1)
It’s that time of the year, when we have Budget Estimates and Declarations knocking the door. However, as the euphoria sinks in finally, what does the Budget really amount to? What’s the impact it could have on our day to…