Government only seems to listen when the demand is for freebies. So why not demand a “Niveshak Kalyan Yojana” or “Niveshak Sahayata Yojana”? Niveshaks have been putting their hard-earned money into Indian markets, while the market has faced prolonged volatility and sharp corrections. Government talks about 7.5% growth, a $5T economy and Viksit Bharat 2047. But what about today’s investor? Other markets are attracting capital while Indian investors are dealing with volatility, taxation and increasing regulation. If governments can spend 20 lakh crores on Freebies like SC - ST , Ladli began , minority welfare etc etc. welfare schemes, why can’t we have policies focused on protecting and empowering retail investors? Investor bhi taxpayer hai. Investor bhi citizen hai. Investor ko bhi support chahiye. Maybe it’s time for a Niveshak Sahayata Yojana. 🇮🇳

Simple question: I pay 33% Income Tax. I invest my already-taxed savings and pay 20% STCG on profits. Now the Govt wants to charge MDR on the transaction itself. And on top of this, I keep paying GST on consumption. How many times should the same taxpayer be charged? This is complete madness and illogical. #UPI #MDR #IncomeTax #GST #Taxpayers #DigitalIndia

The spirit of “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country” - LTCG ✅ - STT- ✅ If you sell your shares or equity funds under 12 months from the date of purchase, your profit is taxed at a flat 20%(+ 4% health & education cess). If you sell a property or gold under 24 months from the date of purchase, the profits are added directly to your annual income and taxed according to your personal income tax slab rate (up to 30% + cess) - UPI MDR ✅- 0.4-% on above 2000 transaction and capped at 300 - ATM Withdrawal fees (after 3/5 transactions)✅ - Crypto tax ✅ Flat Tax on Gains 30% (+4% Health & Education Cess) to all profits from selling, swapping, or spending crypto - Crypto TDS 1% ✅ Automatically deducted on sale/transfer transactions exceeding ₹50,000 (or ₹10,000 for specific individuals) per financial year.

First we killed the capital markets with consistent increase in STT, capital gain , dividend Now we will slow down UPI too and further increase cash in circulation. 0.4% MDR is too steep! The financial think tank is undoing all good work done by the govt.. too much arrogance.

So just to clarify, if we want to invest in stocks then apart from all STT, STCG/LTCG and hell lot of tax/cess, will we also have to pay this new UPI charge?

Hmmm... 😬

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When you cage capital, you inflate a domestic bubble. FIIs leave, retail takes its place. Until retail also slows. The fall then is worse, much worse. Do your LRS, diversify before the gates shut. We help with this on thefynprint.com

Chidambaram introduced STT & abolished LTCG on equities Pay tax on the trade, keep gains tax-free! But look at collections now: FY 2022-23: ₹25,085 Cr FY 2023-24: ₹32,000+ Cr FY 2024-25: ₹53,296 Cr FY 2025-26: ₹57,522 Cr Yet in 2018 LTCG came back (now 12.5%) + Budget 2026 hiked derivative STT rates! Double tax on traders, Govt Must Interfere here.

Respected @nsitharaman ji and @FinMinIndia , Suggestion 1 of 3 for strengthening India's capital markets: Long-term capital gains tax on listed equities should be abolished. A long-term shareholder is not a speculator but a provider of patient risk capital. By investing in and holding businesses, investors help companies expand, create jobs, innovate and contribute to India's economic growth. India requires enormous amounts of long-term capital to build world class enterprises, infrastructure and global champions. Tax policy should encourage households to move savings from passive assets, including imported stores of value such as gold, into productive businesses that create jobs, generate tax revenues and build national wealth. The appreciation in a company's value is not created in isolation. During its growth journey, the government already collects corporate tax, GST, income tax from employees, customs duties, stamp duties and numerous other levies. Long-term capital gains are often the final outcome of economic activity that has already generated substantial tax revenues. Most importantly, tax policy should clearly distinguish between investment and speculation. A long term shareholder is a partner in wealth creation, not merely a participant in market transactions. Tax policy should reward long-term ownership of productive businesses and distinguish it from short-term speculation. India needs more patient capital, more entrepreneurship and more long term investing. Abolishing long-term capital gains tax on listed equities would be a powerful step in that direction. Respectfully submitted.

Respected @nsitharaman ji and @FinMinIndia, Suggestion 2 of 3 for strengthening India's capital markets: Dividend income on listed equities should not be subjected to double taxation. A business can raise capital in only two ways: debt or equity. When a company raises debt, the interest paid to lenders is treated as a business expense and deducted before tax. The lender may then pay tax on the interest received. However, when a company raises equity capital, dividends are paid out of profits that have already suffered corporate tax. The shareholder is then taxed again on the same stream of income. More importantly, equity capital bears far greater risk than debt capital. A lender has a contractual right to interest and principal repayment. A shareholder has no such guarantee. Dividends are discretionary, capital is fully at risk, and the shareholder stands last in line if a business fails. If debt providers receive tax-deductible compensation despite bearing lower risk, there is a strong case for more favourable treatment of equity providers who supply the permanent capital that fuels entrepreneurship, innovation, employment and economic growth. India needs to encourage long-term risk capital and greater participation in equity markets. Tax policy should reward those who provide patient equity capital to Indian enterprises rather than place them at a relative disadvantage compared to debt capital. Respectfully submitted.

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This report is nothing but fraud in the name of a study! Inspite of govt data from 60,380 institutes show >60% representation of SC/ST/OBC, this panel chose only 6 universities to include in its study & then made recommendations based on only these 6 universities? What a fraud!

Excerpts from Parliamentary committee report recommending private university reservation👇 "Data furnished by govt shows SC/ST/OBC in private colleges are 60%, but these 6 private universities have less representation. So let's bring reservation" This is how public is fooled😂

For everyone who keeps saying its 'bad', 'soulless', 'slop' You do realise this technology didnt exist 24 months ago?! All pessimists suffer from myopia, and thus are bad investors

A friend who is a good stock picker wanted a locker in a leading private bank few years ago The RM told him Sir do a 5L FD or buy a 10 year ULIP policy Now he did smthing crazy, he told the RM, I will tell u 2 stocks, if they double within the next 2 years, then well enough or else I will buy the policy post 2 years (surprisingly the RM agreed) He told the RM 2 auto ancillaries and they both more than doubled The RM gave him another locker recently without any strings attached Unspoken Perks of being an Equity research analyst and a long term investor hahah!

This is shocking behaviour @HDFC_Bank is this how you treat employees? You know what are the after effects of these meetings. Because of B!T©π€$ like her,visiting HDFC banks for any work has become very unpleasant,once they see statement literally beg for taking policies etc.

Rant of a person paying 16 lakhs tax

असली जातंकवादी कौन ..? नेताओं और सिस्टम के द्वारा परोसे गए ब्राह्मणों के प्रति नफरत का एक और नायाब नमूना .. थानेदार प्रवीन चंद्र दिवाकर ने अपनी गुंडई दिखाते हुए गरीब ब्राह्मण ( प्रद्युम्न मिश्रा ) से किया मारपीट । क्या यही है सामाजिक न्याय..?