Investment advisers say gilt funds are not for retail investors as they are highly volatile
2 min read18 May 2020If you have online access to your EPF account, you can check the EPF balance easily
3 min read26 Jul 2017Since g-secs are the most liquid of all instruments in the debt market, g-sec funds carry no credit risk as the GoI is the borrower
2 min read10 Jul 2017These schemes invest in short-term money market securities, which have maturity not exceeding 60 days
2 min read15 Sep 2015Gilt funds are debt mutual funds that invest exclusively in debt securities issued by the central and state governments in India
2 min read18 Jan 2015Understand risk and duration, and then choose the debt fund that meets your requirements
5 min read8 Dec 2014It is a debt fund with the mandate to invest only in government securities
2 min read4 Sep 2014The benchmark 10-year yield jumped the most in four months on 5 August after the RBI kept the repo rate at 8%
3 min read13 Aug 2014It will be an alternative source of resource mobilization for the government
4 min read23 Jun 2014High-duration income and gilt funds are risky and better for tactical allocation
6 min read21 Jan 2014The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared