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Source: Live Mint With Budget 2025 behind us, the focus now shifts to the next market trigger—the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, scheduled for February 5-7. The Union Budget 2024 offered a big relief to the Indian middle class by tweaking tax rates. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced making income up…
Source: Live Mint Driving agricultural growth and productivity is a key focus for the government, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech. According to her, the journey towards Viksit Bharat will be powered by four pillars: agriculture, MSMEs, investment, and exports. The minister announced a National Mission on High Yielding Seeds to enhance…
Source: Live Mint Stock Market News Today Live Updates: In an ever-evolving financial world, staying informed about stock market trends is crucial. Our Stock Market News provides real-time updates, insightful analysis, and in-depth coverage of the global financial landscape. From major index movements and corporate earnings to economic indicators and geopolitical events, we deliver the…
Source: Live Mint The government in its Union Budget for 2025-26 proposed raising the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit for India’s insurance sector to 100% from 74%—meeting a long-awaited industry demand. So why did the stocks of most Indian insurance companies end the day flat to negative? The simple reason for that being that well-established…
Source: Live Mint The Narendra Modi government announced tax cuts for the middle class in today’s Union Budget, putting about $12 billion more in their pockets, to spur consumption spending. Indians with an annual income of up to ₹12 lakh will effectively be exempt from paying income tax now as Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman…
Source: Live Mint In a piece of good news for the stock market investors, the Narendra Modi government announced a proposal to raise the tax deducted at source (TDS) limit on dividend income in the Union Budget 2025-26 from ₹5,000 to ₹10,000. The move, which comes as part of TDS threshold rationalization, is a boost…
Source: Live Mint Budget 2025: Shares of Zomato and Swiggy increased by 9-10% following Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s declaration of an income tax exemption for individuals with an annual income of up to ₹12 lakh in the Union Budget 2025. Experts think this initiative may stimulate spending in light of indications of waning urban demand….
Source: Live Mint Expert view: Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP of Research at Mehta Equities, views Budget 2025 as positive for investors, particularly as it favors consumption-driven sectors. While the income tax reduction aims to enhance the spending power of the middle class, measures such as increasing the FDI limit in the insurance sector and focusing…
Source: Live Mint There is a spring in the step of Indian consumer-related companies after the budget 2025’s proposal to make income up to ₹12 lakh tax-free under the new tax regime. With more disposable income in the hands of millions of taxpayers, the expectation is that consumers would be encouraged to spend more on…
Source: Live Mint Mumbai: After finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered a consumption-supporting budget, the ball is now in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) court to deliver the last-mile push to growth with a rate cut next week. A majority of economists believe that the budget has set the stage for a rate cut by…
