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Public-promoter confusion deepens with switches across companies

In many instances, same shareholder is both public and promoter

Manufacturing investment gestation rate rises to 5-year peak: CMIE

Global companies push for diversification may play a role

Since Covid-19 pandemic, around half a million trusts added to PAN data

Allotments to trusts rose from 847,834 in 2019 to 1.3 million as of March 2025, show statistics from the Income Tax Department, released earlier in April

Large investor concentration in smallcap funds at 14-month low, shows data

Median smallcap scheme has 2.03% of its investments from top 10 investors

Fast and furious: In a first, bourses cross 10 billion trades in FY25

Record numbers on both exchanges

150 years of BSE: When the nation witnessed a rally before independence

The concluding part of the Booms and Busts series looks at the share market rally ahead of Independence, and its eventual decline

In a first, machines overtake humans in NSE's cash market trades

Share of algorithms in cash market turnover crosses 50% in FY25

150 years of BSE: 1929 tariff-led boom ends with global market crash

The second of a three-part series on booms and busts looks at a period when protectionism prepared the soil for a bull market in the 1920s, which was eventually ended by the Great Depression

150 years of BSE: When 100 banks failed and took stockbrokers with them

As the country's oldest stock exchange, the BSE, completes 150 years, Business Standard looks at lesser-known events from the pages of India's stock-market history

Investing into the slowdown: Industry optimism defies weak signals

The value of new manufacturing capacity added in the last 12 months is the highest in at least 14 years

Outlook gloomy for corporate share in direct tax mopup, shows data

The trend for corporate tax collections has been declining relative to overall tax collections. The share hit a high of 67 per cent in FY11 and dropped to 46.5 per cent as of FY24

New project announcements at all-time high in March quarter: CMIE data

Electricity projects dominated the landscape, accounting for Rs 8.8 trillion in new announcements, surpassing manufacturing, which recorded Rs 6.3 trillion worth of new projects

High net worth individuals rent stock exchange space for trading edge

HNIs have increasingly turned to co-location after pandemic

Firms pull back on investor meets amid weaker earnings, bearish sentiment

While sectors like services and telecommunications have continued to increase engagement, the overall number of meetings across companies has fallen by over 7.4 per cent from its peak

Reserve Bank of India's post-Covid gold addition second highest globally

The latest numbers from the RBI show it added roughly 3 tonnes in 2025, taking its gold reserves to 879 tonnes as of January 31, 2025

Women's financial inclusion has a North India problem; large states trail

Share of women living in areas underperforming in financial inclusion will only increase over the next decade

Do foreign investors not pay capital gains tax in other countries? Not true

Capital outflows are near their highest-ever figure in India; a debate has raged over whether capital gains tax in India contributed to foreign investor outflows

India's governance spends are lower than US, emerging market peers

Health has lowest share of paid public-sector employment, while education's share stands at 30%

Proteins vs beverages: Gnawing spending gaps in some states, shows data

The gaps in urban areas were even wider, with urban Gujarat spending ₹17 and urban Punjab ₹12 on beverages and processed foods for every ₹1 spent on eggs, fish and meat

GIFT City spillover boosts Ahmedabad's rise as a trading hub, shows data

Share of stock market activity of A'bad up 10x since FY20