Dividend Policy

Dividend, Bonus Issue, Stock-split: These 80 shares turn ex-date today

Sportking India, Onesource Ideas Venture, and Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences will trade ex-date for the subdivision of their stocks that they have announced

Dividend fever hits 86 stocks! Gulf Oil others to trade ex-date next week

A dividend, often considered an additional source of income for investors upon their investment, is distributed by the company to its shareholders from its income

Dividend, Right Issue: Hindustan Zinc, 12 other stocks turn ex-date today

Dividend, often considered an additional source of income for shareholders, refers to a portion of a company's profit that the company distributes among its shareholders

Dividend receipts from CPSEs exceed revised estimates by 26% to Rs 63K cr

The Centre's dividend receipts from CPSEs have exceeded the revised budget estimate by 26 per cent to about Rs 63,000 crore, with PSU behemoths like Coal India, ONGC, Powergrid and GAIL making handsome payouts in the current fiscal. The revised estimates of the Budget presented in Parliament on February 1 pegged dividend receipts from CPSEs at Rs 50,000 crore for the current fiscal. The actual dividend collections have been about 26 per cent higher at Rs 62,929.27 crore in the 2023-24 fiscal ending March 31, 2024, as per the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) website. In March, the government received hefty dividend tranches from ONGC (Rs 2,964 crore), Coal India (Rs 2,043 crore), Power Grid Corporation of India (Rs 2,149 crore), NMDC (Rs 1,024 crore), HAL (Rs 1,054 crore) and GAIL (Rs 1,863 crore). In the last fiscal (2022-23), dividend receipts stood at Rs 59,952.84 crore. Higher dividend is a reflection of the robust financial performance of CPSEs duri

New dividend, bonus share policy to create value for Gujarat PSUs: Analysts

Analysts believe the move will create shareholder value

BAT's 2020 dividend from ITC increases 67% as Indian firm revises policy

In 2018, the British company turned down ITC's proposal to continue with an equity-based employee stock option.

New dividend policy to ensure consistent reward to shareholders: DIPAM secy

The government has brought in a new policy for the public sector companies

Irdai removes curbs on dividend payout as insurers deliver better results

But, it has advised them to take a conscious call while declaring dividends for FY21, keeping in mind their capital position, solvency margin and liquidity position

Govt wants RBI to frame dividend policy; to amend RBI Act

This moves comes in the wake of differences between North Block and Mint Road over the dividend that the Centre received from the RBI in 2017-18.

Dividends funded by debt to reduce in FY18: Ind-Ra

Firms with higher free cash flows than dividends have shifted focus from growth to higher payouts

Sebi makes dividend distribution policy must for top 500 firms

Move follows shareholder complaints about cash-rich firms refusing to pay dividend

Dividend policy will help assess companies better

But don't lose out on companies which are ploughing back their profits for growth; have a balanced portfolio