UTI
(Unit Trust of India)
Likhith M N
USN:1DA18MBA20
INTRODUCTION
The Unit Trust of India(UTI) was
established on 1st February, 1964 under the
“Unit Trust of India Act,1963” by the
government of India
In 1978 delinked from RBI and IDBI took the
regulatory and administrative control.
OBJECTIVES
There are two primary objectives of UTI :-
(i) To promote and pool the savings from small
investors.
(ii) To give them an opportunity to share the
benefits.
FUNCTIONS
To encourage savings of lower and middleclass
people.
To sell units to investors in different parts of
the country.
To convert the small savings into industrial
finance.
To provide liquidity to units.
To provide merchant banking and investment
advisory service.
To formulate unit scheme or insurance plan.
Schemes of UTI
Unit scheme—1964.
Unit Linked Insurance Plan—1971.
Children Gift Growth Fund Unit Scheme—1986.
Rajyalakhmi Unit Scheme—1992.
Senior Citizen’s Unit Plan—1993.
Monthly Income Unit Scheme.
Master Equity Plan—1995.
Money Market Mutual Fund—1997.
UTI Growth Sector Fund—1999.
UTI - Unit Linked Insurance Plan
Children Gift Growth Fund Unit Scheme—1986 Unit Scheme—1964
Advantages of UTI
Good opportunity for small investors
Wide choice of schemes
Safe investments
Steady incomes
Expert handlings
Tax concession
Liquidity
Disadvantages of UTI
There are costs over and above those you'd
pay if you were investing directly.
Unit trusts may not be as liquid as some
other investments.
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