Nifty ended with weekly gains of 2.3% with leadership taken by IT stocks. In terms of gains, PSU Banks trumped all other sectors. When markets resume trading on Monday, a host of important domestic and global events lined-up during the holiday-truncated week are likely to impact them. “Benchmark indices snapped a two week losing streak … Read more
Companies with branches in multiple cities will now need to register for input service distribution (ISD) to claim input tax credit for services provided by the head office to the branch office, a move expected to reduce disputes significantly.The interim budget proposed to make this rule mandatory, besides the requirement of a separate registration that … Read more
The Indian government has allocated an estimated amount of Rs 5,667.56 crore as grants and loans to foreign governments for the fiscal year 2024-25. According to the Union Budget documents released after the presentation of the interim budget by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Bhutan has emerged as the primary recipient of Indian government grants and … Read more
Be it an interim one or the actual Union Budget, equity markets witness their share of volatility in the run-up as well as post the big event. A look at the domestic market performance atleast a week prior to the Budget presentation over the last 5-6 years showed that caution and a certain level of … Read more
Union Budget 2024: India could announce a social security fund for the labourforce in the unorganised sector as well as gig and platform workers in the interim budget to be presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1. The fund, proposed in the Social Security Code, 2020, would be a step toward universal social … Read more
To incentivise the manufacturing sector and generate employment, the government may extend the scope of PLI scheme to include sectors like garments, jewellery and handicrafts in the forthcoming interim Budget, Deloitte said. Currently, Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme is available for 14 sectors. Read our full Budget 2024 coverage here Deloitte India Partner Rajat Wahi said … Read more
Despite various challenges arising out of geopolitical tension and tight financial conditions in major advanced economies, India’s engineering goods exports recorded a year-on-year growth of 10.20 per cent to USD 10.04 billion in December 2023. While this represents a strong rebound, the sector still faces uncertainties due to the prevailing global economic conditions, an EEPC … Read more
Mahantesh Sabarad, Independent Market Expert, says “the way the IT sector has fallen suggests that probably much of the negative news is already factored in and there is nothing much to look forward to in terms of further negative news. If that is the case, there will be a sigh of relief that will come … Read more
