Entries Categorized as 'Concepts'

Should We Tax Dividends in India? No Way!

Date March 3, 2013

I strongly believe that dividends should not be taxed for shareholders. In social media I’ve received a lot of criticism for this opinion, because an Azim Premji gets more than 500 crores of dividend on which he pays no tax, or some other such example. Let me explain why I think this is a silly [...]

Cash Reserve and Liquidity Ratios: A Primer

Date March 26, 2012

This is a guest post by Dheeraj Singh. Dheeraj is a former fund manager for many years specializing in fixed income. Used to head fixed income at IL&FS Mutual Fund (before it got taken over by UTI) and subsequently worked with Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual Fund (now Sundaram Mutual Fund) heading the fixed income desk. [...]