Budget 2021 - 2022 Summary For the first time under such a pandemic and circumstances, the budget was prepared. This budget was the first budget of this new decade and was completely digital. Last Year nobody could have imagined that the global economy would get slowdown and would see an unusual contraction. The Prime Minister declared "Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna" within 48 hours of the declaration of a 3weeks lockdown. The scheme is valued at Rs. 2.6 lakh crore for needy people. In May 2020 Government announced "Atmanirbhar Bharat " package 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 which is estimated at about Rs. 27.1 lakh crore which is more than 13% of India's GDP The budget depends on 6 pillars: → Health and well being →Physical and Financial Capital and Infrastructure →Inclusive Development for Aspirational India →Reinvigorating human capital →Innovation and R&D →Minimum government and maximum governance To develop primary, secondary, and tertiary care health system,...
What is an ETF(Exchange Traded Fund)? After the popularity of mutual funds in the last two decades here came an interesting investing object ETFs. ETFs make an investment in stocks of a particular index in the same weightage as of index which it follows. In an easy way, ETFs can be said as mutual funds that can be traded like stocks. ETFs can be traded at exchanges and the price depends on the buy and sells of units. Eg. Nifty ETF. How does ETFs work? Firstly the AMC buys the stocks with the same weightage as of index which the ETF will be following. Then these shares are divided into small units so that they can be distributed among the investors. And finally, these shares are then allotted to the investors. In case of more demand, the AMC can issue more shares and in case of low demand, the people can sell their shares back to the AMC. And after the allocation is done the AMC(Asset Management Company) which sponsors the ETF will list Read More: What is Nifty 50 and Sensex? How i...