In a post-market hours press briefing today evening, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman withdrew the enhanced surcharge on long and short-term capital gains
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Govt to infuse upfront Rs 70,000 crore into public sector banks to enable release of Rs 5 trillion liquidity in the market
FPI regulations have been redrafted based on the recommendation of a committee headed by former RBI deputy governor H R Khan
FM Sitharaman meets representatives of MFs, investment banks, FPIs
Foreign investors reverse 5-month buying trend, pull out Rs 3,758
An increase in the effective tax rate will affect only high net-worth individuals, and according to government policy they should contribute more to nation building, the finance minister said
Globally, index funds and ETFs are popular because of the low management fees
Sitharaman had in the Budget proposed to increase the surcharge, charged on top of the applicable income tax rate for the super-rich
This means that the effective taxation on long-term capital gains for FPIs has risen to a maximum of 14.25 per cent
There is no apparent basis to tax FPIs organised in different legal forms
The government on Friday raised income tax surcharge on people with an annual income of more than 20 million Indian rupees
There are concerns that the increased surcharge on super-rich could also affect foreign funds investing in India
Interestingly, foreign investors were net sellers for the first three weeks of May, but the tide turned just ahead of the announcement of election results.
The panel has also proposed that sovereign wealth funds should be exempted from investment caps
FPIs were net buyers for the previous two months as well, infusing a net amount of Rs 11,182 crore in February and Rs 45,981 crore in March 2019
RBI threw open the VRR to investors last month, aimed at attracting long-term overseas money into the debt market while ensuring operational flexibility to FPIs to manage their investments
The investors had pumped in a net sum of Rs 2,965.66 crore on February 11, the second-highest single-day inflow so far this month
FPIs upped stake in 28 companies, while reducing holdings in 44 in the Morgan Stanley top 75 universe during the quarter
If Brent crude falls and the rupee appreciates to some extent, the import bill could be somewhere between $105 billion and $125 billion for the financial year