 "money, investment, private equity, PE, banks")
The government deserves compliments for announcing the stimulus package in time to arrest the economic slowdown. The measures announced encompass many sectors. But the most important and far reaching decision the government announced was regarding the angel tax. Start-ups registered with the government will no longer be subject to angel tax. This would provide a big boost to the funding plans of start-ups, thereby boosting growth in some ways.
Further, the government has responded quickly to withdraw the enhanced surcharge levied on income of foreign portfolio investors on short- and long-term gains on equity. The enhanced surcharge announced in the Budget
