The imposition of 10 per cent tax on LTCG exceeding Rs 1 lakh made from the sale of stock and equity mutual fund units held for over one year implies that the benefit of holding the stocks and mutual fund units for a year or more will not be available from April 1, 2018, onwards. However, ULIPs are exempted from LTCG tax. Let's us check how they compare against ELSS...

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The company's EBITDA for the quarter jumped to Rs 4.7 crore with a corresponding margin expansion of 937 bps. Its EBITDA margin for the quarter stood at 10.9 per cent.

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs 105.06 crore, an increase of 128.3 per cent YoY. This PAT growth was attributed to sharp jump in other income to Rs 16.17 crore, as against Rs 4.74 crore in the corresponding quarter of last year. 

The operating loss for the quarter came in at Rs 4.47 crore, as against operating loss of Rs 1.35 crore in the corresponding quarter previous year. This increase in operating loss was on account of sharp jump in other expenses by 87.9 per cent YoY.

RCF reported mixed performance for the quarter over the previous year. The topline for the quarter and year grew strongly, but margins remained muted

Himatsingka Seide consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 595.61 crore, registering 8.8 per cent yoy increase. 

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 43.44 crore, yoy increase of 6.3 per cent.

India Cements posted poor results for the quarter with subdued top-line and bottom-line. The margins for the quarter also declined by a per cent.