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After presenting the Union Budget 2025-26, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke on the budget with people associated with the industry on Monday (17 February). FII sells in global uncertainty, there is no need to panic.
The Finance Minister said that the government is constantly making efforts for asset building in the country. The target has been set to increase the capital experts from 10.2% to Rs 16 lakh crore compared to the last year for FY 2025-26. In this, the government will spend Rs 11.21 lakh crore on its behalf.
Apart from this, the Finance Minister spoke on many issues like MSME and increase in FDI limits in the insurance sector, including selling FII in equity market …
- FII selling in equity market: On the selling of FII in the equity market, the Finance Minister said that there is an atmosphere in the Indian economy in which good returns are being received from investment. Due to this, there is also a lot of profits from the market. He said that FII sells in global uncertainty, there is no need to panic. Only in February, foreign investors have sold shares worth Rs 29,183.43 crore.
- Emphasis on decreasing date-to-GDP ratio: In the coming time, the government is going to focus on reducing the ratio of date-to-GDP (the country according to the country’s GDP). The first task for this is to cut borrowings and to follow fiscal glide path. He said that all possible measures will be taken to reduce the loan, but it will not have any effect on the planned work of the government.
- Preparations to increase FDI limit in insurance sector: In the insurance sector, the government is preparing to increase the limit of foreign direct investment (FDI). More players are needed to make the insurance sector more wider. The government is making necessary preparations for this.
- Provision of term loan for MSME also: The finance minister said that a term loan will be given for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises i.e. MSME. Earlier, the working capital assistance she used to get will also be available. However, the announcement of a term loan to MSME for purchasing plant and machinery was first provided in the July budget. This will help the loan needs of small and medium industries directly to join it directly.
- Revenue loss of ₹ 1 lakh crore from tax relief: One crore Indian taxpayers will come out of the category of taxpayers with the recent government’s recent decision on income tax. The decision to give tax relief will give the government a revenue loss of about Rs 1 lakh crore in direct tax and about 2600 crore in indirect tax. The government hopes that people will save more money due to reduced income tax, which people will put back in the economy as savings or investment.
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