E-Commerce, also known as electronic commerce or internet commerce, is an activity of buying and selling goods or services over the internet or open networks. So, any kind of transaction is considered E-commerce. E-commerce can be defined in many ways, some define E-Commerce as buying and selling goods and services over the Internet, while others…
Start-ups are developed by entrepreneurs who aim to bring innovation to the sector of products or services. Start-ups being new in the market are vulnerable to high competition and often fail even before expanding on scalable business. Such ventures are needed to be protected and supported to grow in the marketplace. Their skills and intellectual…
A Private Company is proscribed from having more than 200 Shareholders. Private Companies get listed so that they can extensively raise funds from the Public. A listed company can trade its shares on the stock exchanges. Companies, like Reliance Power, have raised 11,560 crores in the past from Initial Public Offering. Much Private Equity /Venture…
Gold is one of the most preferred investments in India. High liquidity and the ability to beat inflation are its strengths, not to mention charm, prestige, and so on. Gold prices shoot up as markets face turbulence. Although there are phases when the markets witness a decline in gold prices, it will not last long…
This article briefly describes What is Alternative Investment Funds, & the Benefits of investing in Alternative Investment Funds (AIF). An Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) refers to an investment that differs from conventional investment avenues such as stocks, debt securities, etc. An Alternative Investment Fund is a type of investment that is distinct from traditional investments…
India is a mixed market and has many industries that operate on the free market concept. The competition in the market system is extreme. To thrive in the open market, any business needs to build brand recognition and equity. The easiest way to do this is through trademarks. A Trademark is defined as a mark…
In this article, we look at the SEBI’s new norms for related party transactions (“RPT”) regime for listed entities. On November 9, 2021, SEBI issued the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations 2021 (the “Amendment Regulations”), which made several substantive changes to the corporate governance regime relating to the publication and approval of…
A fixed deposit is essentially an investment scheme, where you invest a lump sum amount with a bank or a financial institution for a specified period of time. In exchange for depositing this lump sum, you receive interest at a certain percentage as a reward. At the end of the specified period of time, the…
Insider trading denotes dealing in a company’s securities on the basis of confidential information relating to the company which is not published or not known to the public and used to make a profit or loss. It is fairly a breach of fiduciary duties of officers of a company or connected persons toward the shareholders….
Custom duty, in layman’s language, is an indirect tax imposed upon the export and import of goods from one country to another. In Independent India, the Parliament repealed the colonial laws on customs and substituted them with the Customs Act, of 1962, and the Customs Tariff Act, of 1975 respectively. The term import has been…