Prakash Steelage makes seamless and welded stainless steel pipes and tubes for sectors ranging from chemicals and fertilisers to oil and gas and refineries. The company, which listed in August 2010, received a good response from investors initially, but has been steadily declining since. It has a high debt-equity ratio of 3.12, but this is warranted given its expansion plans. The company is expected to sustain the growth momentum in the near term given a firm demand trend from its user segments.
As the name suggests, it's an electronic process through which money can be transferred from one bank account to another. According to RBI, this mode is usually used for regular payments and receipts, like distribution of dividend, interest, salary, pension etc. This mode is also used for collection of bills for telephone, electricity, water, various types of taxes, payment of EMIs , investments in mutual funds , payment of insurance premium etc. There are two types of ECS , like most other banking transactions, ECS credit and ECS debit. An ECS credit is used by a bank account holder , usually a large company or an institution for services like payment of dividend, in terest, salary, pension etc. If your mutual fund pays you dividend to your bank account, of all probability it is being paid through ECS credit.ECS debit, on the other hand, is used when a company or an institution is getting money from a large number of people. For example if you are investing in a mutual fund sc...
