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Queries Ajay Please tell me about the future prospects of Arrow Green Tech Ltd. I want to invest in this company for the long-term. According to available details, Arrow Green Tech Ltd is a manufacturer of water soluble films in India. Currently, the shares of the company having face value of `10 are trading on NSE at around `475 per share and the 52 week high/ low is `715 and `415, respectively. At current price, the stock is available at P/E of 20.79 and the market cap is `554.54 crore. The company’s revenues and EPS have gradually increased from `48.89 crore (EPS `19.51) in FY 2014-15 to `51.48 crore (EPS `26.44) in FY 2015-16 and `53.32 crore (EPS `28.72) in FY 2016- 17. As per announcements, the company is understood to have plans to increase its water soluble films capacity from 150 tonnes to 450 tonnes. Considering the prospects of the company and the fundamentals discussed, you may take an informed decision on investment in the said company. Suresh Surana , Founder RSM Astute Consulting Akash Shah As a beginner, I want to invest ` 3,000 per month in mutual funds through SIP only. I have three funds in mind – Franklin India Prima Plus, Kotak Select Focus Regular, HDFC Balanced Fund. I can wait for five to six years. Will these funds give good returns? You have selected one large-cap, one multi-cap and one balanced fund in your portfolio. Considering your time horizon, I suggest you to replace Franklin India Prima Plus Fund with Franklin India Prima Fund. You can expect good returns 16 Neeraj Chauhan, CEO, The Financial Mall deepak tanwar I want to invest in the share market via SIP. Is two to three years a good time horizon for returns? SIP is a great way to invest in equities/ share market. Start investing in equity mutual funds via SIP, so that your portfolio is managed by a professional fund manager, is diversified and you are averaging out your costs by investing on a monthly basis. Second, equity investments are subject to market risks, so you will see volatility of value of your portfolio. Two to three years isn’t long enough to make good returns. Stay invested for five to seven years, and you will definitely reap the rewards. Shweta Jain, CFP, Founder, Investography Pvt Ltd tax implications, if any? Nagarajan rao I have a PPF account with SBI. In 2015, I opened a Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) in SBI for my eight- year-old daughter, with me as natural guardian. Her PPF account was opened in 2010 in Andhra Bank, with my wife as the guardian. Is from these schemes in the long term. there any rule that says a girl child cannot have both PPF and SSA accounts? If I invest `1.5 lakh per annum in the SSA account and my wife invests `1.5 lakh in my daughter’s PPF account, would both the accounts earn interest? What are the Outlook Money March 2018 www.outlookmoney.com There is a clear guideline that says a girl child can have both SSA and PPF accounts. This way you can deposit a total of `3 lakh in a financial year in her name. SSA was launched for the social security of the girl child, whereas, PPF can be opened by any citizen of India, except NRIs. There is no conflict in having both the accounts as long as her status is non-NRI. Both accounts will earn interest as per the applicable interest rate without any implication. However, you cannot invest more than `1.5 lakh in a financial year between the guardian and minor. Interests earned from both the accounts are tax-free. Neeraj Chauhan, CEO, The Financial Mall