Ketan Dalal calls for the cap on home loan deduction to be increased and highlights the need for addressing housing, education, and medical expenses. Dalal emphasizes the complexity of the tax laws and suggests reducing the rates of tax instead. He further discusses the need to address ESOP tax, partnership and LLP tax rates, and the minimum slab rate. Additionally, he mentions the importance of introducing a minimum guaranteed pension scheme in NPS and addressing the NPS-2 account.
Fund mobilisation through corporate bonds that are privately placed has hit a record ₹8.97 lakh crore in 2023, with three weeks left in the year. Fund managers attribute the unprecedented mobilisation to the heightened demand for credit driven by increased economic activity amid faster-than-expected growth, coupled with the low cost of funding.
India Inc is tapping the low-cost private placement route to raise funds like never before.Fund mobilization through corporate bonds that are privately placed has hit a record ₹8.97 lakh crore in 2023, with three weeks left in the year.
As more women take up senior leadership roles in India Inc, their visibility in boardroom battles is also rising. In a clear break from the past, women are playing key roles in several ongoing boardroom conflicts, or family disputes that may extend into the boardroom, reflecting the rise in the number of women in positions where they can have their say.
Rashmi Saluja-led Religare Enterprises, for example, is embroiled in a conflict with the Burmans of Dabur. Baba Kalyani of Bharat Forge has an ongoing dispute with his sister, Sugandha Hiremath of Hikal. There s also a rift between Gopichand Hinduja and his nieces, as well as between the late Gopal Raheja s son and two daughters over his construction group s assets.