Background It’s been more than five years since the implementation of the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) law in July 2017. The new regime of indirect taxes brought a paradigm shift in the way businesses conduct their operations across India. However, the journey has been full of uncertainties and…

Background Amazon, Airbnb, Blinkit, BlueStacks, BYJU’S, Cars24, Cineplex, CityMall, Clear, Coinbase, Conde Nast, DiDi, Ford, Furlenco, HP, Klarna, Lido Learning, Meesho, Meta, MFine, Microsoft, Netflix, Noom, OkCredit, Peloton, Primark, Robinhood, Royal Mail, Rupeek, Spotify, Shopify, Tesco, Tesla, TikTok, Trell, Twitter, Uber, Udaan, Unacademy, Vedantu, Walmart, Zomato, Zillow – This is…

Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) The administration of foreign exchange transactions in India is guided by the Foreign Exchange Management Act, of 1999 (FEMA). Under the FEMA law, all transactions involving foreign exchange are classified either as capital account transactions, or current account transactions. Transactions by residents which do not alter…

How is the value of currency derived? Currencies are traded in Foreign Exchange Markets, a global decentralized market for currencies. Simply put, one currency is traded against another currency at a particular rate. This rate at which currencies are traded is known as Currency Exchange Rate. The exchange rate does…

What is SME exchange? ‘SME Exchanges’ are trading platforms of recognised stock exchanges that have nationwide trading terminals permitted by the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to list specified securities following Chapter IX of SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018. It does not include the main…

Background A few weeks ago, the bankrupt Lehman Brothers which triggered a global financial crisis, concluded their liquidation, 14 years after the 2008 crisis. The company’s 1.1 lakh customers, secured and unsecured creditors were paid USD 115 billion in a settlement. The company was United States’ fourth-largest investment bank in…

New ODI Regulations Framework On August 22, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) came up with a new set of Overseas Direct Investment (ODI) Regulations to simplify the existing regulations and realign them to the current business and economic dynamics. RBI has effectively combined the erstwhile FEMA (Transfer or Issue…