The proposed dividend distribution tax in the Union Budget 2018 will promote growth option of mutual funds.

Bajaj Finance Limited reported its Q3FY18 results on Thursday. The earnings for the quarter reported steady improvement in overall AUM and robust bottom-line growth.

As the fineprints of the Union Budget 2018 reaches the investor community, market witnesses extreme reactions to the budgetary announcements, ranging from fantastic, good to outright bad. Here are a few reactions from the key stakeholders representing the various sector of the Indian economy.

ICICI Bank posted stable asset quality and earnings for Q3FY18, GNPA’s remained little changed. However, the bottom-line remained subdued compared to the quarter and the previous year.

The tax efficiency feature in mutual fund investments stands reduced post Thursday's Union Budget announcement. The finance minister Arun Jaitley has introduced the long-term capital gain tax on equity/equity-related instruments on the gains over and above Rs. 1 lakh at 10 percent without the indexation benefit.

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 15.27 crore, yoy increase of 3%. Taxes increased due to rise in deferred taxes attributed to the new capacities added.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech on Thursday announced that 56 unserved airports and 31 unserved helipads will be connected under regional air connectivity scheme (UDAN) of the government.

Furthering the Budget 2017 impetus on Housing for All, the government has assigned infrastructure status to affordable housing projects in this year's budget.On Thursday, the Finance Minister announced that the government will set up an affordable housing fund under the National Housing Bank (NHB).

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 1.12 crore, yoy decline of 70.4 per cent. This was due to jump in interest expenses by 236.8 per cent yoy. Also, sharp decline in other income from Rs. 3.66 crore to Rs. 0.24 crore contributed to the decline in bottomline.