Across discussions with finance leaders, geopolitical uncertainty has emerged as the single most significant concern for 2026. Beyond trade negotiations, tensions in India’s neighbourhood and broader global flashpoints are shaping strategic planning and capital allocation decisions. While recent free trade…
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The April-December period of 2025-26 saw massive growth in GST collections, with total collections reaching Rs 16.5 lakh crore, up 8.6 per cent from Rs 15.2 lakh crore in the same period last year. Both central and state components showed…
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Seasoned finance expert Robin Banerjee says India is poised for resilient growth in 2026, projecting around 7 per cent GDP expansion, moderate rupee depreciation, and a stock market rebound, while flagging geopolitical risks, reform gaps, and the need for employable…
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The govt is preparing for Deregulation 2.0, targeting 30 key areas for significant compliance reduction. This initiative will focus on seven sectors, with the Education Ministry and Utilities/Permissions seeing the most changes. This builds on Deregulation Phase I, which saw…
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Despite the improvement in recovery rates, the number of cases referred to the National Company Law Tribunals under the IBC declined to 732 in 2024-25 from 1,004 in 2023-24. The total amount involved fell to Rs 1.49 trillion from Rs…
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RBI imposed 40 monetary penalties worth about Rs 27 crore on banks, with private sector banks paying Rs 16.28 crore, nearly double the Rs 8.78 crore paid by public sector banks. Jammu & Kashmir Bank among private lenders paid the…
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