Can you explain the calculation of capital gains on equity mutual fund units with a real example?

Can you explain the calculation of short term capital gains with a live example of a real life situation with reference to preference shares?

Can you explain with an example the calculation of long term capital gains?

Can you explain the concept of mutual fund holding period to me?

Can you explain the taxation of balanced funds where the fund has an exposure to equity and to debt? How will they be taxed?

Can you explain how indexation reduces my capital gains on debt funds with an example?

I am not still clear about the calculation of STCG tax by clubbing it with total income. Can you explain that with an example?

Can you give me a picture of the mutual funds in the last month for all the categories of funds in India and what exactly does it say?

Trust one is a begginer in investment field. what suggestion will you made when thinking of mutual funds ? what kind of mutual funds u will suggest to aim for risk free trial.

What is the gist of the announcements made by SEBI to further regulate mutual funds in India? Can you throw some light on the same?

I have heard a lot about mutual funds. Can anyone explain what they actually are?