How the Indian financial year splits into quarters, when listed companies must publish results, how to find a company's results date, and how Q4 differs from the other quarters.
What each of the three main financial statements shows, how they connect, and a small worked example with illustrative numbers, in plain language.
A plain guide to the ratios that appear in results and annual reports: what each measures, the formula, a worked example with illustrative numbers, and the common misreads.
A map of the primary sources for an Indian listed company: exchange announcements, the company's investor relations page, the results statement, the annual report and what each contains.
What quarterly results are, when Indian listed companies publish them, which numbers to read, and a 10-point checklist for reading any results statement.
A line-by-line walk through two real June 2026 quarter filings from listed companies we cover: how the segment table reconciles to profit before tax, where other income and exceptional items sit, and what the filings do and do not explain.
A walk through one real bank results filing (Canara Bank, quarter ended 30 June 2026): which table carries gross and net NPA, how the Basel III capital rows are laid out, which notes add detail, and how to check the ratios against the balance sheet.
A walk through the four share-count tables of the SEBI shareholding-pattern format (summary, promoter, public, non-promoter non-public) and the pledged and encumbered share columns, with an illustrative two-quarter comparison.
A clause-level walk through SEBI LODR Regulation 30 and Schedule III: which events are deemed material, which depend on a materiality test, and the deadline that applies to each.
A walk through the related-party note and the approval disclosures in one real annual report, set against the current text of SEBI LODR Regulation 23 and its Schedule XII thresholds.
What the auditing standards say each heading in an auditor's report means, and where those headings sit in a real published report that carries several of them.
What each part of a board-meeting outcome letter, a results filing and a quarterly shareholding pattern means, read from real filings on the NSE and BSE announcement pages.
