Equity-Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS) funds are the most preferred tax saving instruments in the current year. The investment in the scheme offers you income tax rebate u/s 80 (C ) of IT act to the maximum limit of Rs. 150000.00 in a financial year with the shortest lock-in period of 3 years. TAX rule (EEE): Investment…
The Government of India has vide its Notification F.No. 4(16)-W&M/2016 dated October 20, 2016, announced that the Sovereign Gold Bonds 2016 – Series III (“the Bonds”) will be open for subscription from October 24, 2016, to November 2, 2016. The Government of India may, with prior notice, close the Scheme before the specified period. The date…
The Government of India recently approved the repealing of all earlier schemes under existing National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS). A new Insurance scheme called “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is put in place which replaces the old schemes from Kharif 2016. For all loanee farmers who borrow…
The ‘New Pension System (NPS)’ is a contribution-based pension scheme initiated by Government of India for the purpose of delivering income security to all citizens at their old age. According to a good number of financial advisers ‘New Pension System (NPS)’ is the most cost effective mode of retirement planning. Here we discuss the investment…
The objective of the New Pension System (NPS) is to offer the market-based return on the investments which would deliver income security to the investors at their old age in the form of monthly pension. The scheme was originally introduced by the Government of India to provide a new scheme of pension to its staffs…
The Swavalamban Yojana is a low cost version of new pension scheme (NPS). In essence, the scheme is designed with an intention to secure the future of financially weaker section of the society. The scheme is now a part of Jan Dhan Yojana. Benefits from Swavalamban Yojana: Under the scheme Swavalamban Yojana, Government will contribute…
Mutual funds are providing an opportunity to investment in the capital market by small investors who do not have adequate knowledge or experience or time to directly invest in the capital market. The small investors rely on the expertise of financial consultants or agents of the mutual funds. Choice of schemes under mutual funds Every…
Liquid fund is a type of mutual fund akin to a savings bank account of a bank. The liquid fund does not have lock-in period, so the investor can enter and exit at any point of time from the scheme. The fund is suitable for those who like to park short term surplus money with…
The functions of Mutual Fund Organizations (MFO) can be described as (a) Collection of funds from public (b) Investment of funds collected from public in capital market (c) Proper management of investment portfolio as a trustee to the investor’s money. The investment made by the public/investors in the AMC under a scheme is divided into…
Who can assure you the guaranteed return on your investment in equity market? Undisputable, no expert investor in equity market can guarantee that you will make a profit from every transaction you enter into. Therefore, those investors who do not want to take the risk go for investing in arbitrage funds which throw an opportunity…