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I am a Senior Retired person without any Pension. My savings have been invested including in equity shares since year 1982 onwards (now under Demat). However, as I do not remember the initial investment made at cost nor the dates/year, is there a way to get this info now, before effecting sale of equity shares and to compute the applicable LTCG, for IT purposes? Kindly clarify.

Ans: Since these are very old shares, and there was a subsequent regulation of grandfathering for shares bought before January 31, 2018; you would not need the actual purchase rate, but the grandfathered price.To find this price, you can do a web search and get the price as of this date and use it as the purchase price.

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I have completed my msc in biochemistry n now doing internship but I am confusing about my future because I see this field don't pay me inuff for life even for future... N don't have more jobs in Maharashtra. I don't like production jobs but in Pharma only production pay much so what can I do .. Can u suggest me which job is high payable after Msc biochemistry
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