BSE CEO Ashish Chauhan

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday held a meeting with National Stock Exchange (NSE) MD and CEO Ashish Kumar Chauhan in Mumbai on the holistic benefits of the Budget 2026-27. Investors and captains from the mutual funds and asset management industry were also present at the meeting. "Had an excellent and engaging breakfast meeting on the holistic benefits of the #ViksitBharatBudget2026 at the NSE, with their MD & CEO @AshishChauhan ji, along with investors and captains from the mutual funds and asset management industry. Delighted by their optimism following the budget, their excitement for the growth opportunities that it supports, as well as the new ideas and suggestions that they shared," Goyal said in a social media post. The meeting comes on the heels of the FY27 Budget proposal to increase the securities transaction tax (STT) on futures contracts to 0.05 per cent from 0.02 per cent. STT on options premium and exercise of options are proposed to be raised ..

Candidates are required to send their applications by April 23 and it has appointed Egon Zehnder to oversee the process.

The country's oldest stock exchange BSE has also embarked on a search for a chief executive and managing director as the incumbent Ashish Kumar Chauhan's term has ended.

The number of registered investor accounts at BSE has hit 100 million milestone, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BSE Ashish Chauhan said on Wednesday

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Overseas bourses may stop providing data on foreign indices, Ashish Chauhan said