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TREND | 13 Jun 2025

FM to meet GST and income tax officers to resolve field-level issues

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The meetings aim to review ground-level implementation of tax policies, resolve bottlenecks in taxpayer services, and improve ease of doing business

FM To Review GST, Customs, Direct Tax Administration; Focus On Refunds, Litigation And Accountability

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TREND | 13 Jun 2025

Karnataka seeks bigger share of central taxes, Rs 1.15 trn for B'luru infra

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday met 16th Finance Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya, demanding a larger allocation for the state from the central tax pool and Rs 1.15 lakh crore investment to strengthen Bengaluru's infrastructure for the five-year period beginning April 1, 2026. In the meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, Siddaramaiah flagged that there has been a "stark imbalance in fiscal returns" despite Karnataka contributing nearly 8.7 per cent of the national GDP with just 5 per cent of the population and ranking second in the country in GST collections. "The imbalance in fiscal returns is so much that for every rupee Karnataka contributes to union taxes, it receives only 15 paise in return," the CM told reporters after the meeting. Speaking about the discussion, Siddaramaiah said: "The meeting was very cordial and the chairman was very receptive to our demands... We have told them that the tax devolution to states should be done fairly and...

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TREND | 13 Jun 2025, 04:41PM

Sebi urges CFOs to shorten gap between results and annual reports

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Narayan pointed out the rapid growth of India's securities market ecosystem, which has expanded from 4.2 crore unique investors in March 2020 to 13 crore at present

SEBI Calls For Centralized Fee Collection Mechanism For Payments To Advisors, Analysts

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TREND | 12 Jun 2025, 10:21PM

SEBI Sets Minimum Two PAC Meets Yearly For Commodity Exchanges

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As per the Master Circular, each stock exchange is mandated to constitute a Product Advisory Committee.

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TREND | 12 Jun 2025, 01:59PM

Why is Ashoka Buildcon share price under pressure today? Find out here

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Ashoka Buildcon shares fell after the company informed the exchanges that the GST Department, Mumbai, has served a notice for Search and Seizure operations at the office premises in Nashik.

Ashoka Buildcon Share Price Extends Losses After Maharashtra GST Department Searches Premises

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TREND | 12 Jun 2025, 10:20AM

Paytm stock crashes 10%, sharpest intra-day fall in 16 months; here's why

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The Finance Ministry on Wednesday rejected reports suggesting that a fee would be imposed on UPI transactions, calling them "completely false, baseless, and misleading".

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TREND | 12 Jun 2025, 10:09AM

Persistent Systems Share Price: Multibagger IT Stock Turned Rs 1 Lakh Investment To Rs 20 Lakh In Five Years

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From its listing price of Rs 310 in March 2010, the stock has surged nearly 1,824%, highlighting its multibagger status.

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TREND | 12 Jun 2025, 07:30AM

Watch out for these stocks: HG Infra, Hind Copper, Northern Arc, GRSE, Sterlite Tech, RailTel Corp, Kaynes, GMM Pfaudler, NIBE, Mahindra Lifespace

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Buzzing stocks: Nazara's open offer is fair'; SEBI's clearance in Brightcom case; will NSE electricity futures impact MCX?; Sterlite Tech;-Dilip consortium win; ABD's mansion house

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TREND | 11 Jun 2025

NSE gets Sebi's nod to launch monthly electricity futures contracts

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The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) on Wednesday said it has received the approval from markets regulator Sebi to launch monthly electricity futures contracts. The launch aims to provide market participants with effective hedging tools against electricity price volatility, enable more accurate price signals in the power sector and encourage capital investments across the electricity value chain -- generation, transmission, distribution, and retail. "This approval is only the beginning of NSE's vision for a broader electricity derivatives ecosystem. Plans are underway to gradually introduce contracts for difference (CFDs) and other long-duration electricity derivatives such as quarterly and annual contracts subject to regulatory approvals," Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, NSE said in a statement. The exchange said that a calibrated and phased approach will ensure both market integrity and investor confidence. It is crucial for the spot and futures electricity markets to...

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TREND | 11 Jun 2025

Baseless, false: Finance Ministry denies reports of fee on UPI transactions

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"The Government remains fully committed to promoting digital payments via UPI," the finance ministry said

After MCX, NSE Gets SEBI Nod To Launch Monthly Electricity Futures

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