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TREND | 25 Mar 2025

FinMin, RBI officials to meet on Mar 26 to decide April-Sept borrowing plan

Business Standard

India's finance ministry and central bank officials will meet on Wednesday to decide the country's market borrowing plan for April and September

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TREND | 25 Mar 2025

SEBI's move to ease compliance will attract smaller FPIs: Sunil Subramaniam

Economic Times

The recent increase in the threshold limit for FPI disclosure from 25,000 to 50,000 crores is significant. This change enhances market surprise elements and simplifies SEBI's paperwork, potentially attracting diverse and smaller foreign investors while improving India's international market perception.

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TREND | 24 Mar 2025

FinMin launches BAANKNET, e-BKray to enhance PSU bank e-auctions

Business Standard

The BAANKNET portal is specifically designed to enhance transparency and speed up the process of disposing of non-performing asset cases

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TREND | 24 Mar 2025

Indian market not so volatile despite global challenges: Pandey

Economic Times

Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Monday said Indian equity markets are not so volatile despite the turmoil being witnessed across the world. He said the volatility index (VIX) value in India is less than 14 at the current juncture, which is about the same level as in September last year.

Sebi reviews appointment process, cooling-off period for MII key officials

Economic Times | 24 Mar 2025 1 more

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TREND | 24 Mar 2025

NDTV Profit Pulse On March 24 Top 8 Stories At 8 P.M. Under 8 Minutes

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From SEBI's new disclosure rules to the markets extending their winning streak, here are the key news of the day.

'Go corona, go': 5 years to Covid-19 lockdown and the frenzy that followed

Business Standard | 24 Mar 2025

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TREND | 24 Mar 2025

High-Level Committee to review corporate governance norms at SEBI

Business Line

The HLC is expected to submit its recommendations to the board within three months from the date of its constitution'

Investment advisers, research analysts can now collect one-year advance fees: SEBI

Business Line | 24 Mar 2025 9 more

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TREND | 24 Mar 2025

Removal of 20% onion export duty to boost farmers' income: Shivraj Chouhan

Business Standard

The government's decision to withdraw 20 per cent customs duty on onion exports effective April 1 will boost farmers' income, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday. "There will be no duty on onion export so that onion grown by our farmers with hard work reaches the global markets, and they can get better price and remunerative price," Chouhan said in a video statement. The minister said the export duty was earlier fixed at 40 per cent, but was reduced to 20 per cent when onion prices started falling and farmers began getting lower returns. "Now, the government has decided that 20 per cent export duty should also be removed completely," he added. According to a notification issued last week by the Finance Ministry, the export duty withdrawal will come into effect from April 1. Chouhan said the Narendra Modi government is "farmer-friendly" and ensuring remunerative prices for farmers is its "priority and commitment". The export duty removal aims to protect domes

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TREND | 24 Mar 2025

Mt K Kapital plans second real estate fund with Rs 2,500 crore corpus

Business Standard

Mt. K Kapital, a real estate-focused investment platform, plans to set up its second fund with a corpus of around Rs 2,500 crore to finance housing projects across major cities. Mumbai-based Mt. K Kapital is a real estate focused fund management company with SEBI approved Category II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) license. "Our first fund closed at a total corpus of Rs 790 crore. We have deployed close to 50 per cent of the fund in five projects," Mt. K Kapital Founder and Managing Director Binitha Dalal told PTI. These five projects, with a total developable area of 7 lakh square feet, are located in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and are being developed by Keystone Realtors Ltd that operates under the 'Rustomjee' brand. "We intend on committing the balance fund by the end of this year," she said. Asked about the future plan, Dalal said its AIF is a development fund platform built with combined skills of development and fund management. "Our second fund shall be at least th

India Policy and Reforms

TREND | 24 Mar 2025

NSE begins electronic settling of its unlisted shares: Details here

Business Standard

Central Depository Services will facilitate these transactions, ending manual settlements and aligning with Sebi's SECC Regulations

India Policy and Reforms

TREND | 24 Mar 2025

Government Notifies Revisions To Investment, Turnover Criteria For MSMEs

NDTV Profit

During her budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced new classification criteria for MSMEs.