The Rs 70,000-crore recapitalisation announced in the Budget will be sped up
In a post-market hours press briefing today evening, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman withdrew the enhanced surcharge on long and short-term capital gains
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's measures come after the government was criticised for failing to stem a rout in local equity markets and a slowdown in demand.
Sitharaman said surcharge on long and short term capital gains arising from transfer of equity shares has been withdrawn
Govt to infuse upfront Rs 70,000 crore into public sector banks to enable release of Rs 5 trillion liquidity in the market
Nirmala Sitharaman had proposed increasing the effective tax rate on individuals with taxable annual income of above Rs 2,000 cr by about 3%, and for those earning above Rs 5,000 cr by 7%
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FPIs, however, invested a net Rs 2,096.38 crore in the debt securities during the period
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What has hit the sentiment the most is the higher tax surcharge on overseas investors, who have pulled out nearly Rs 15,000 crore from domestic equities since the Budget
The government is also looking for ways to ease concerns of foreign portfolio investors.
In an interview with Sundar Sethuraman, Bhat says that the government should take steps to address the risk aversion among banks and financial institutions
This was their highest outflow since October 2018, when they had pulled out Rs 28,921 crore ($3.93 billion) from the equity market
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DII holding touches a record Rs 20.42 trillion, an increase of 0.9 per cent over the previous quarter.
Of the net inflows received in FY20 so far, 54 per cent are in the equity segment, 34 per cent in debt and the rest hybrid
The Centre ruled out a rollback of the "super-rich" tax on FPIs, organised as trusts or association of persons, last week
The overseas investors could also step in to fill the financing void left by the non-bank lenders
The government expects to get just Rs 2,724 crore from the surcharge levied
FPIs had been net investors in the equity segment in the previous five months