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Parliamentary panel bats for abolishing LTCG on startup investments

This should apply to investments made through collective investment vehicles such as angel funds, alternate investment funds and investment LLPs

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The committee also suggested that companies and LLPs be allowed to invest in startups without being classified as NBFCs by the Reserve Bank of India

Dilasha Seth New Delhi
A Parliamentary panel has “strongly recommended” abo­lition of long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax for investment in start-ups, besides other tax inc­entives, to drive a sharp post-pandemic revival. This should apply to investments made through collective investment vehicles such as angel funds, alternate investment funds and investment LLPs, it said.

The Parliamentary Standi­ng Committee on Finance, headed by former minister of state for finance Jayant Sinha, said a strong start-up ecosystem can propel investment, jobs, and demand creation, and for that, substantial growth capital is required. It also pitched for self-reliance in capital funding of unicorns to cut dependence on funding from