Abolish LTCG tax on equities for individual investors, demands Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha amid STT hike

Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has demanded that the government abolish the Long-Term Capital Gains Tax (LTCG) on equities for individual investors. The demand comes after the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an increase in Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on derivatives trading in the Union Budget 2026-2027. Speaking during the Budget discussion in the upper…

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NSE hopes govt will review STT hike on equity futures

Mumbai: India’s largest stock exchange, National Stock Exchange (NSE), hopes the government will reconsider the hike in securities transaction tax (STT) on index and single-stock futures from the next fiscal year, as announced in the Budget for FY27. “The increase in STT is seen as a negative for index and single stock futures, in particular,…

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