The government has withdrawn tax benefits on long-term capital gains on debt instruments. In this context, T N Ninan in his weekly column notes that the government’s step could push investors to choose riskier equity, or to fall back on bank deposits — thereby negatively impacting the debt market, which actually needs to grow. Read here
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TCA Srinivasa Raghavan talks about how the official history of the Reserve Bank of India is being written. Read here
Banning TikTok hasn’t really worked in India. It’s unclear if the partial ban in the UK will.