The market has made solid comeback, after more than 10 percent correction seen in February and March 2018, with Nifty rising 14 percent from its March lows and Sensex gaining 15.5 percent.


The market has made solid comeback, after more than 10 percent correction seen in February and March 2018, with Nifty rising 14 percent from its March lows and Sensex gaining 15.5 percent.

"The market lost euphoria three-four months ago and saw deep correction which was awaited for long but look at the recovery after that sell-off. The major reason behind this is corporate earnings which are more or less in line or better-than-expected," Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD, Emkay Global Financial Services told CNBC-TV18.

He said the rally seen in the market is largely led by 5-6 large-cap companies, and the mid and smallcaps are far away from their peaks seen in January 2018.

The broader markets also saw sharp correction that was deeper than the frontliners. This was fairly expected because Nifty Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices rallied 47 percent and 57 percent, respectively, in 2017. Both indices showed decent recovery from 2018 lows after falling sharply, but they are still down 9 percent and 12 percent, respectively, in 2018.

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"Post deep cuts, decent recovery has happened but there is still decent amount of volatility likely in the broader space," Karwa said.

He further said the liquidity is going to be a challenge globally due to rising interest rates, though domestic flow remained stable. "Unless we have bigger amount of FII flow in midcaps and smallcaps, we still remain cautious on the space."

On the domestic flow front, he said mutual funds have still been getting Rs 7,000-8,000 crore worth of funds through systematic investment plan (SIP), which is decent amount of flow and will continue to do so going ahead but large ticket investors (institutional) where there has been a fall in flow.

But Karwa is not concerned about large-ticket investors' flow.

Sindhu Sameer, Co-Head Equity Sales at Emkay Global Financial Services said retail flow through SIP of around Rs 6,000-8,000 crore are marginally dipping but in absolute terms, it is still an outstanding number to see.

"My father used to say invest in provident fund but now the situation has changed and I will advise my daughter to invest in SIP."

Overall, India has surplus capital, stability in crude oil prices, etc. so it is on a slow grinding wheels, he feels. It means India is on a growth path.

He said there will be some kind of hiccups but in the longer term, it will not affect growth in India.

Krishna Kumar Karwa's Take

Chemical Sector

In the chemical space, there is a tailwind from China angle, wherein some capacities closed down for various reasons but individual companies in India are reaching their size and scale in a such way that global investors want to use India as a manufacturing wave, Karwa said.

He sees lot of scope in specialty chemical space. "Biggest companies in the space have Rs 12,000-13,000 crore in market cap which indicated that there is still large scope left."

Corporate Banks

Emkay Global has ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank in its portfolio.

While asking on corporate banks, Karwa said retail private banks have done extremely well and should outperform over next 12-18 months. "These corporate facing banks may post stellar returns going ahead."

NBFCs

Non-banking finance companies have shown strong recovery in earnings and even in the stock performance after that bad era of GST and demonetisation.

The only headwind Karwa sees is in the housing finance companies due to rising interest rate scenario. "This space may struggle for next 1-2 years."

He believes rural India facing NBFCs are in a sweet spot and they seem to be doing very well going ahead where he is positive on.

Unsecured loan space will also continue to do well while asset management company and wealth management firm are good long term stories, he said

Sindhu Sameer on Sectors

FMCG

FMCG companies business model has been getting superior and there is no scary moment in the space, he said. "There is potential fear of derating but with five-year view, this sector still makes sense to invest."

"In the last two quarters, compounded annual growth rate in entire sector was 17-18 percent and in top companies the growth was 18-19 percent. Even return on equity notching up by 3-4 percent," he reasoned.

Global market leaders in several sectors (like Motherson Sumi in auto ancillary space)

Overall there was crisis 2-3-year back but these kind of companies come back very nicely, he said, adding these business models have proven that.

In a quarter or two, due to rising commodity pressure there might be some pressure but it is the time to hold such good companies considering their acquisition pace.
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Gold prices to trade higher today: Investmentidea
According to Investmentidea, on Tuesday, spot gold prices rose 0.4 percent to close at $1210.6 per ounce having drifted near $1,200 an ounce this week, as the U.S. dollar fell versus China's yuan against a backdrop of U.S. - China trade tensions.
   


Investmentidea' report on Gold


On Tuesday, spot gold prices rose 0.4 percent to close at $1210.6 per ounce having drifted near $1,200 an ounce this week, as the U.S. dollar fell versus China's yuan against a backdrop of U.S. - China trade tensions. Chinese shares jumped the most in more than two years on investor hopes of fresh government spending and amid a pause in the trade tensions, while the dollar slid versus the yuan and a currency basket. The United States will begin collecting 25 percent tariffs on another $16 billion in Chinese goods on Aug. 23, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday as it published a final tariff list targeting 279 imported product lines. On the MCX, gold prices declined marginally by 0.11 percent to close at Rs.29597 per 10 gms.


Outlook


Imposition of tariffs by the US on Chinese imports on August 23 and fresh government spending by China are possible near term factors for the rise in yellow metal. On the MCX, gold prices are expected to trade higher today, international markets are trading higher by 0.22 percent at $1213 per ounce.


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M&M: Strong Q1 performance, value investors should accumulate
M&M trades at a steep discount to peer groups. There is headroom to catch up, riding on rural recovery and product innovation. Value investors should accumulate M&M for the long term.
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Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) started FY19 on a strong note, with both the automotive and tractor businesses reporting impressive numbers. The macro appears supportive for the tractor business. In the automotive segment, new product launches should help sustain the momentum. The company derives significant value from its subsidiaries. Its core business is still available at a compelling valuation for long term investors.

Quarterly snapshot
MM1

Adjusted for Goods & Service Tax rollout in the tractor business, revenue grew 22.8 percent at Rs 13,358 crore. Growth in automotive and farm equipment (predominantly tractor) stood at 22.6 percent and 24.2 percent, respectively. While volume growth in late teens was robust, the healthy topline performance resulted in economies of scale. The company managed significant margin expansion, with automotive and farm equipment earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) margin expanding 260 basis points year-on-year (YoY) and 250 bps, respectively. The blended margin saw a 260 bps spike to 15.8 percent.

However, investors have to bear in mind that the year-ago quarter witnessed a pre-GST impact, wherein the management made a provision of Rs 144 crore. Adjusting for the same, the growth in revenue, operating profit and profit after tax would have been 21.2 percent, 33.7 percent and 49 percent, respectively.

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Automotive and farm segments EBIT surged 69.5 percent and 40.9 percent, respectively. Adjusting for the GST provision, growth stood at 49.2 percent and 27 percent, respectively.

The strong operating performance led to impressive bottomline growth.

Farm equipment division: Strong near term outlook
M&M is the market leader in tractors and has been gaining market share for the last three-to-four years. While the tractor business experiences three-to-four years of upcycle, the management is optimistic that the strong momentum seen in FY19 might not wane altogether in FY20. It has revised its growth forecast for this segment from the erstwhile 8-10 percent to 12-14 percent for FY19.

A normal monsoon, high reservoir levels, in line Rabi harvest, hike in kharif minimum support prices and rise in non-farm income on the back of an increase in infrastructure activities are all providing strong opportunities for tractor sales.

Newly launched Trakstar (by subsidiary Gromax) has doubled its volume in the quarter gone by. It is seeing strong traction in farm machines, although the business is still quite small.

In the near term, the coming quarter (Q2) might be a tad soft as Diwali this year falls in November, but the overall outlook seems extremely promising. The company is carrying below industry inventory levels which is a strong positive. While it will have to grapple with a high base in FY20, the management is optimistic about 8-10 percent growth.

Automotive segment: Product launches critical
M&M doesn’t seem overly worried about the impact of the recent 50 bps rate hike or the hike in fuel prices impacting the transport sector. The management alluded to strong demand from rural areas.

The automotive numbers definitely benefitted from a low base in the year-ago quarter, wherein volumes for passenger vehicles were lower due to slowdown in demand preceding GST. The same for commercial vehicles was impacted due to supply constraints arising from implementation of Bharat Stage IV norms. Heavy commercial vehicles (HCV) has been a stellar performer and now commands a market share of 5.7 percent. It doesn’t see significant impact from the recent axle load norms on HCV sales as the new vehicles will take time to hit the market.

MM2

The automaker has an interesting launch pipeline with U321 (a multi-purpose vehicle) by September and two more utility vehicles one before and one after Diwali. In the CV space, the Furio ICV (intermediate commercial vehicle) rollout is expected around Diwali. While 2019 is going to be relatively dull in terms of new launches, the success of upcoming launches will define the automotive outlook for FY20.

Undemanding valuation

A strong FY19 raises multiple questions about the sustenance of this strong showing going forward. While growth is likely to moderate, the valuation captures the same.

If we follow a sum-of-the-parts valuation (SOTP) and exclude the value of subsidiaries, the core automobile business trades close to 15 times FY20 projected earnings. Considering a decent outlook, this is at a steep discount to peer groups that typically trade at multiples of 17-20 times. There is headroom to catch up, riding on rural recovery and product innovation. Value investors should accumulate M&M for the long term.

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has proposed setting up of eight new courts under the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to deal exclusively with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code cases, reports the Business Standard. That’s a much needed boost for the company court which is struggling with a backlog of pending cases. Resolving insolvency cases speedily is necessary to clean up the balance sheets of both banks and corporate India. It is also a key condition to kick-start bank lending and boost private investment demand.

According to data presented to the Rajya Sabha, there were 9,073 cases under consideration by NCLT at the end of January. That included 1,630 cases of mergers, 2,511 cases of insolvency and 4,932 cases under other sections of the Companies Act.  These numbers have only increased and are set to accelerate as Reserve Bank of India new norms nudge banks to speedily refer default cases to NCLT if they are not resolved within 180 days of the first non-payment of dues.

But the numbers also show that the pace of admission and resolution has been slow. Since the legislation kicked in , only 701 cases have been admitted under insolvency law till March, according to data from the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India’s (IBBI) quarterly bulletin. Of these, 22 cases have gone into resolution and liquidation has started in 97 firms.

Infrastructure in the form of increasing number of courts to deal with the influx of cases is only the first step. Far more needs to be done especially when it comes to timely resolution. The cornerstone of IBC is the fact that resolution must happen within 270 days of a case being admitted. That is under threat.

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Two, the 270-day timeline is not being strictly adhered to. Part of this is owing to the fact that the bankruptcy law is still in the teething stage. There have been two amendments in the last 12 months, which has led to a bunch of litigation. However, NCLAT has ruled that the 270-day timeline does not include time spent on issues outside the control of bidders/resolution professional such as stay on litigation, time taken by the resolution profession to take charge of a case, etc. In some other cases, the NCLT has allowed bidders to submit revised bids, which leads to further rounds of litigation and more delays.

Thus, high profile bankruptcy cases such as those of Essar Steel, Bhushan Power & Steel and Binani Cement are still pending before one court or the other with the 270-day deadline whooshing by. Nearly a year has passed since the RBI referred 12 big defaulters who held a quarter of the banking system’s bad loans between them to courts under the bankruptcy law. So far, only 4 cases from the big 12 have been resolved. From RBI’s second list of 28 firms, only 17 have been admitted.

The pace of cases passing through the bankruptcy system needs to be hastened to solve the twin balance sheet problem. Many of the assets that form the underlying basis for the bulk of the banking system’s Rs 10 lakh crore bad loans are either inoperative or working at low capacity. A successful resolution means they can get back to business as usual. Higher revenue and profits is good for the company, its employees and suppliers and also for the economy. A resolution package will see banks take a partial haircut and the rest will be repaid or restructured. Even if the asset is sold on a piecemeal basis, i.e. it is liquidated, there are higher chances it will become operative. Either way, the loan book of banks becomes healthier. If the new owners run the business well, they should soon begin to earn interest on the restructured loans as well.
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Nifty from its 2018 lows around sub-10,000 has consistently making higher bottoms is not a function of bear market. In fact, it has been holding above 10,900 levels from last week.


  

Nifty from its 2018 lows around sub-10,000 has consistently making higher bottoms is not a function of bear market. In fact, it has been holding above 10,900 levels from last week.


He said in the bear phase, the market makes lower bottom, which has not been happening.

The reality in NSE Midcap 100 is unlike the Nifty50 as after the fall in January, the index has been making lower bottom, so it indicated that there is a bear market in midcaps and smallcaps, he said. "In the short run, let the midcap index keep tanking, let it stabilise, but the recovery will not happen across midcaps and will be very selective. Generally, it happens in every bull market."


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Currently, 10 stocks are at 52-week low for 1 stock at 52-week high in the NSE 500 index. Suri feels the highest levels in midcaps and smallcaps will never come back so early. "It will take long time to come at highest levels and we don't think we will see a 'V-Shaped' recovery in midcaps as investors' mindsets have turned gloomy after seeing 10, 20, 30% fall in their stocks."

The Nifty Midcap index plunged 15% and Smallcap lost 23% this year against the rally of 47% and 57% in 2017, respectively.

Globally, India is a standout market, though money has been moving towards developed markets, he said. "In fact, Dow Jones is far away from its record high levels."

Suri feels apart from laregcap and midcaps, the sectoral churn has been happening and the movement is towards IT, FMCG, consumption, financials and private banks. "But metals are losing big time as the Nifty Metal index fell 21% in 2018. Even Infra index is also down 16%."

Suri believes the biggest trend is happening in financials as post January inspite of market falling, financials remained strong.

Nifty Bank index rallied 5 percent in 2018, Financial Services index gained 7.7 percent and Private Bank 7.77 percent while the Nifty50 rose 4 percent.

In the pharma space, he said there has been accumulation but the good thing is that it will not make new lows from hereon.

On the Brent crude futures, he feels $71-72 a barrel are crucial levels. "We can see a dip of $8-9 a barrel if crude prices slip below $71-72 per barrel."

The rupee has been trading in the range of 68-69 to the dollar. Suri said the currency will remain rangebound and will not be going to lower levels.

5 stocks to buy which could give up to 14% return


Avoid bottom fishing in this market; 5 stocks to buy which could give up to 14% return
The big support for the index is placed around 10,398 and a fall below could take the index towards 10,300-10,200 levels
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The Nifty50 breached key support levels in the past five trading session and closed by about 3 percent lower for the week ended February 9 signaling a pause in the momentum which we saw in the beginning of the year 2018.

Apart from domestic factors such as rising crude oil prices, high valuations, concerns over higher fiscal deficit as well as the imposition of long-term capital gains tax (LTCG) of 10 percent weighed on sentiment — the larger part of the decline can be attributed to global markets.

Investors are advised to stay light and avoid bottom fishing at current levels. The market has turned from buy on dips market to sell on rallies. Hence, any bounce back should be used to create short positions, suggest experts.

The big support for the index is placed around 10,398 and a fall below could take the index towards 10,300-10,200 levels.


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“As we all know, markets find its own reasons to correct and this time too, the global markets became the major culprits for drawing correction this time. With reference to previous articles, the short-term tide has now turned lower and looking at the ‘Bearish Engulfing’ pattern on the weekly chart; we do not expect any relief soon in the market,” Sameet Chavan, Chief Analyst, Technicals & Derivatives at Angel Broking told Moneycontrol.

“At present, markets are undergoing much awaited (and required) correction. We reiterate that traders need to be very selective as the volatility is likely to remain on the higher side and also with such global issues; the opening direction is mainly dictated by the overnight cues from the global markets,” he said.

Chavan further added that one should avoid taking any kind of undue risks and should rather remain light on positions. In fact, it would be a prudent ploy to stay light and avoid making any kind of bottom fishing till the definite signals emerge.

Here is a list of top five stocks to buy in this week which could give up to 14% return:

Analyst: Sameet Chavan, Chief Analyst, Technicals & Derivatives at Angel Broking

MCX: BUY| Target Rs 825| Stop Loss Rs 670| Return 14%

This has been a wealth destroyer over the past one year and has now reached its multi-year support zone of 700. The relentless fall from 960 got arrested last week as the stock managed to recover from the new ’52-week low’ of 671.75 and then went on to form a ‘Morning Star’ pattern on daily chart.

This pattern has a bullish implication and indicates a short-term reversal. Thus, we expect a decent retracement of this recent severe correction. One can look to go long for a reasonable target of Rs.825. The stop loss should be fixed at Rs. 670.

Tata Chemicals: SELL| Target Rs662| Stop Loss Rs715| Return 5.4%

Recently, we saw a significant amount of correction in this stock from the high of Rs782. Last week, the stock prices managed to take some breather around ‘200-day SMA’ and eventually, recovered a bit from recent lows.

If we meticulously observe the daily chart, the corrective phase resulted into a breakdown from the multiple supports around 710 and hence, the relief rally during the week can be construed as a bounce back or just a relief rally.

Going by the ‘Change of Polarity’ rule, earlier support would now act as a strong hurdle and hence, we may see this stock facing some selling pressure around its current levels. We recommend selling this stock for a target of Rs.662 by following a strict stop loss at Rs.715.

Analyst: SMC Global Securities Ltd

BEML: BUY| Target Rs1400| Stop Loss Rs1180| Return 11.4%

The stock closed at Rs 1256.15 on 09th February 2018. It made a 52-week low at Rs 1125.15 on 25th May 2017 and a 52-week high of Rs. 1947 on 19th September 2017. The 200-days Exponential Moving Average (EMA) of the stock on the daily chart is currently placed at Rs1520.79.

After registering an all-time high of Rs1947, the stock has beaten down sharply from its highs and tested Rs1150 levels, which was its earlier support zone.

Apart from this, 200-WEMA was also laying around Rs1140 levels. The stock witnessed a bounce back from the said level and formed a reversal candle on the weekly charts.

On the indicators front, RSI and MACD are showing the positive divergence for the stock to bounce back is expected from current levels. Therefore, one can buy in the range of Rs1235-1245 levels for the upside target of Rs1370-1400 levels with a stop loss below Rs 1180.

InterGlobe Aviation: BUY| Target Rs1400| Stop Loss Rs1200| Return 11.2%

The stock closed at Rs1258.65 on 09th February 2018. It made a 52-week low at Rs815 on 14th February 2017 and a 52-week high of Rs1346.70 on 16th August 2017.

The 200-days Exponential Moving Average (EMA) of the stock on the daily chart is currently at Rs1153.45. As we can see on charts that stock is continuously trading in the wide range of 1050-1320 from August 2017 and has been forming a “Symmetrical Triangle” on weekly charts, which is bullish in nature.

Last week, the stock gave the pattern breakout but couldn’t hold the high levels due to correction in broader indices.

Overall, bias is still looking positive for the stock as there is a rise in the volumes which shows the strength for the stock.

Therefore, one can buy in the range of Rs1240-1250 levels for the upside target of Rs1370-1400 levels with a stop loss below Rs1200.

Analyst: Dinesh Rohira, Founder & CEO, 5nance.com

Steel Authority of India (SAIL): BUY | Target Rs.104 | Stop-loss Rs85 | Return 11%

Last week SAIL registered an uptrend breakout from its short-term moving average level placed at 86, after consolidating from 52-weeks high level seen on 8th of last month. It decisively managed to rebound from 81 level abetted by volume growth throughout the week and settled at just 7 points below its 52-week high.

With price trading above all the crucial moving average level, it formed a solid candlestick pattern on the weekly price chart, attempting to breakthrough its higher band.

The weekly secondary momentum indicator suggests a positive breakout with RSI level at 61 coupled with MACD witnessing a crossover from its Signal Line, indicating an uptrend phase.

The immediate support level for scrip is currently placed at 81 and resistance level is seen at 101 followed by 108. We have a BUY recommendation for SAIL which is currently trading at Rs. 93.95.

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Budget 2018 philosophy in overall national interest, says FM Arun Jaitley
Budget 2018: In a rebuttal of the criticism of Budget 2018-19 pandering to the farm sector in a pre-election year at the expense of the middle class and the corporate sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday showed how his latest budget exercise is actually designed to boost overall economic growth with the help of all segments.
budget 2018 reactionsBudget 2018: However, capital gains made on shares until January 31, will be “grandfathered”, Jaitley said, adding “we have protected all investments coming in before February 1”. (Twitter)
Budget 2018: In a rebuttal of the criticism of Budget 2018-19 pandering to the farm sector in a pre-election year at the expense of the middle class and the corporate sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday showed how his latest budget exercise is actually designed to boost overall economic growth with the help of all segments. Interacting here with corporate leaders following his Thursday presentation in Parliament of his last full budget before the general elections due in early 2019, Jaitley said that a stressed agriculture sector was not in India’s interest, indicating thereby that boosting rural demand is a key in helping Indian industry currently burdened with massive leverage, while banks struggle with their accumulated bad loans.

“To have a stressed agriculture sector and ramshackle infrastructure does not serve the country’s interests,” Jaitley said, adding that the farm sector had been under “a lot of stress for the last seven to eight years.” Noting that the stress in the agriculture sector “is real”, he said the philosophy behind Budget 2018-19 is that there remained “segments of the economy that need large amounts of government support” although services are doing well and manufacturing had picked up in the last two quarters. For the Kharif agricultural output, the budget has increased the minimum support price to one-and-a-half times the production cost, raising institutional farm credit to Rs 11 lakh crore in 2018-19 from Rs 8.5 lakh crore.

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Fifteen per cent higher subsidies at Rs 2.64 lakh crore are proposed on food, fertilisers and petroleum products. The budget highlight was the Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Scheme that aims to cover 50 crore poor people, with the scheme’s contours being worked out. Under Ayushman, Rs five lakh cover will be provided annually to 10 crore poor and vulnerable families in the country, while the budget provides Rs 2,000 crore for the scheme as initial outlay. “On social welfare we started in a somewhat disconnected way, but now some kind of social security net is beginning to take shape in which the poor beneficiaries are also sharing some of the cost,” the Finance Minister told the industry leaders.

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Asked about the small outlay on the health scheme, he said more funds would be made available going ahead. At the post-Budget briefing on Thursday, he had said that as the country progressed economically, setting up a social security net had become essential. On corporate tax, Jaitley pointed to the proposed reduction to 25 per cent from the coming fiscal for companies which had a turnover up to Rs 250 crore during 2016-17. Declaring that the ceiling had been raised to go with the new definition of SMEs, he said it would benefit the entire class of micro, small and medium enterprises which accounts for almost 99 per cent of the companies filing their tax returns.

Read also: Budget 2018 key takeaways: India on tenterhooks, did Arun Jaitley give income tax returns, other reliefs? Truth on tough love here

The revenue the exchequer will forgo during the coming financial year on account of this relaxation has been estimated at Rs 7,000 crore. On the other hand, to mobilise resources required for schemes, the long term capital gains tax has been reintroduced. Budget 2018-19 on Thursday proposed to tax long-term capital gains on equities exceeding Rs 1 lakh at 10 per cent, which is expected to bring in a revenue of Rs 20,000 crore. However, capital gains made on shares until January 31, will be “grandfathered”, Jaitley said, adding “we have protected all investments coming in before February 1”.

Watch: Budget 2018: 10 New Facts On The Indian Economy
Regarding the customs duty imposed, he said that it had been restricted to a few sectors to block cheap imports from destroying domestic industry. The budget hiked customs duty on mobile phones to 20 per cent from 15 per cent — a move that will force foreign players to pass on the burden to consumers. Presenting the budget on Thursday, Jaitley also made a significant announcement of fiscal slippage with implications for pushing inflation, revising upwards the government’s fiscal deficit target for 2017-18 to 3.5 per cent of the GDP, or the equivalent of Rs 5.95 lakh crore. The higher target came in place of the 3.2 per cent – or Rs 5.46 lakh crore – for the current fiscal announced earlier.

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Budget 2018: Here’s what has changed for taxpayers, senior citizens
Budget 2018 belongs to Bharat (rural India) with special emphasis being laid on welfare of farmers, the socially and economically weaker sections of the society. The main focus of the Budget has been on farmer empowerment, health care schemes, infrastructure and ease of living for the common man.

 Budget 2018, UNION BUDGET 2018, arun jaitley, narendra modi, taxpayers, senior citizens, rural india, tax rate Budget 2018 belongs to Bharat (rural India) with special emphasis being laid on welfare of farmers, the socially and economically weaker sections of the society. The main focus of the Budget has been on farmer empowerment, health care schemes, infrastructure and ease of living for the common man.
Budget 2018 belongs to Bharat (rural India) with special emphasis being laid on welfare of farmers, the socially and economically weaker sections of the society. The main focus of the Budget has been on farmer empowerment, health care schemes, infrastructure and ease of living for the common man. However, in the process of empowering Bharat, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has not provided much relief to the salaried class.

On the personal taxation front, the high pre-Budget expectations of the salaried class were moderated with no major tax relief announcements.

The key takeaways from the 2018 Budget in respect of personal taxation have been listed below:

Tax rate for individuals

FM Jaitley has kept the slab rates as well as the tax rates unchanged. However, the FM has increased the cess by 1%. The 3% “Education cess” has been replaced by a 4% “Health and Education Cess”. Accordingly, this will increase the tax outgo for all individuals. The higher the income, the higher will be the tax outgo.

Introduction of standard deduction of Rs 40,000

The Budget 2018 has reintroduced the concept of standard deduction with a view to reduce paper work and hassles of maintaining documentation. The standard deduction of Rs 40,000 has been introduced in lieu of tax free limit of transport allowance of Rs 19,200 per annum and medical expenses reimbursement of Rs 15,000 p.a. Effectively, the net increase in exemption is only to the extent of Rs 5,800 p.a. The standard deduction will be available as a flat deduction while calculating salary income.

However, in case of differently-abled individuals, the benefit of tax exemption of transport allowance of Rs 38,400 p.a. will continue in addition to standard deduction of Rs 40,000.

Relief to senior citizens

The FM has granted various tax benefits to senior citizens. This is a welcome step.

# Exemption of interest income on deposits with banks (including fixed deposits and recurring deposits) and post offices has been increased from Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000. Further, there will be no TDS for such interest income under section 194A upto Rs 50,000.

# Deduction limit under section 80D towards health insurance premium has been increased from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000 for all senior citizens and very senior citizens. In addition the benefit of medical expenditure which is currently available to very senior citizens who do not have mediclaim is also now extended to senior citizens and the deduction has also been enhanced from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000.

# Deduction limit under section 80DDB in respect of certain critical illness has been increased:

i. For senior citizens from INR 60,000 to INR 1,00,000;

ii. For very senior citizens from INR 80,000 to INR 1,00,000.

Reintroduction of tax on Long Term Capital Gain (LTCG)

Currently LTCG from sale of listed equity shares (ES) and equity-oriented mutual funds (EOMF) is exempt from tax. However, the Budget has proposed to tax the LTCG from ES and EOMF exceeding Rs 1 lakh @ 10% plus surcharge (SC) and education cess (EC),without the indexation benefit.

However, in order to reduce the tax impact on sale of ES and EOMF purchased before 1 February, 2018, grandfathering provisions has been introduced. As per the provision, for shares purchased prior to 1 February 2018 and sold after 31 March, 2018, long term capital gains earned up to 31 January 2018 will not be taxable. However, any excess earned on sale post 31 March2018, will be subject to tax @ 10% (plus SC and EC) subject to exemption on LTCG of Rs 1 lakh.

For example, if an equity share is purchased before 1 February, 2018 at Rs 200 and the share price quoted on 31st January, 2018 in respect of this share is Rs 250, there will be no tax on the gain of Rs 50 if this share is sold post 31 March, 2018 after one year from the date of purchase. Any gain in excess of Rs 50 earned after 31st January, 2018 will be taxed at 10% (plus SC and EC). However, while computing LTCG for shares sold after 31March, 2018, LTCG exemption of Rs 1 lakh will be available.

Extending the benefit of tax-free withdrawal from NPS to all assessees

The benefit of tax-free withdrawal of 40% of total amount payable on closure of the NPS account or opting out of NPS has now been extended to non-employee individuals also. This has brought in parity between all individuals.

The Budget 2018 has been a mixed bag for individuals, but positive for senior citizens as it will provide much-needed funds for their retired life.

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Budget 2018: Modi government to provide cheer for these 3 areas. Hint – job seekers have reason to be happy!
Budget 2018: Narendra Modi government's last full Union Budget will give job seekers, agriculture sector and infrastructure big reasons to cheer! While standalone measures for job creation in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's India Budget 2018 are being anticipated, the latter two areas - agriculture and infrastructure - will also indirectly help create a huge number of jobs.
Budget 2018: Job creation to find focus in Budget 2018 Budget 2018: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls 2019 it makes sense for the government to look for avenues in Budget 2018 to alleviate agriculture sector stress and enable job creation.
Budget 2018: Narendra Modi government’s last full Union Budget will give job seekers, agriculture sector and infrastructure big reasons to cheer! While standalone measures for job creation in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s India Budget 2018 are being anticipated, the latter two areas – agriculture and infrastructure – will also indirectly help create a huge number of jobs. That’s a double bonanza for employment seekers. That’s the consensus that emerges in FinancialExpress.com’s pre-Budget 2018 survey on Union Budget 2018’s expected focus areas. The Narendra Modi government has faced criticism for agricultural distress situation and not being able to create enough jobs. Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls 2019, it, therefore, makes sense for the government to look for avenues in Budget 2018 to alleviate agriculture sector stress and enable job creation.

Budget 2018: Agriculture, infrastructure and job creation will grab limelight
Financial Express Digital surveyed 21 leading fund managers, sector experts and economists and listed out 10 possible themes that the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would focus on: Agriculture/rural economy, infrastructure, housing, social welfare schemes, job creation, Make in India, trade, disinvestment, crackdown on black money and push for private investment. Agriculture, Infrastructure and job creation emerged the top-ranked areas of focus. A whopping 19 out of 21 experts expect the budgetary allocation to the agriculture sector to be significantly increased. As many as 18 out of 21 experts expect job creation to find special emphasis in Budget 2018, while the other three are not sure, but suggest measures to boost jobs nevertheless. Interestingly, the recently tabled Economic Survey 2018-2018, authored by CEA Arvind Subramanian, also stated that finding jobs for the “young and burgeoning workforce” of India will be a medium-term area of importance for the government.

Budget 2018: What will FM Jaitley focus on? Budget 2018: Financial Express Digital surveyed 21 leading fund managers, sector experts and economists and listed out 10 possible themes that the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would focus on.
What Modi government can do for job seekers
Dharmakirti Joshi, Chief Economist at CRISIL believes that giving a big push to the construction sector will create jobs. “This, in turn, will push rural income up and also provide a buffer if monsoons are sub-normal,” Joshi says while responding to Financial Express Digital’s pre-Budget 2018 survey. For job creation, Bidisha Ganguly, Chief Economist at CII suggests, “Deductions are presently available for hiring additional workmen but various conditions attached make this impractical. Relaxation of conditions such as minimum establishment strength and percentage increase in hiring should be removed to make this provision more effective.”

Budget 2018: What FM Arun Jaitley can do for job seekers Budget 2018: As many as 18 out of 21 experts expect job creation to find special emphasis in Budget 2018, while the other three are not sure.
According to Jaideep Arora, CEO of Sharekhan, “For job creation, the government is expected to take concerted efforts on various fronts/areas. For example, it might make higher allocations for rural employment schemes and provide some sops for MSMEs.” “There could also be efforts to boost labour-intensive industries like textiles and garment manufacturing along with encouraging growth of the services sector,” he tells FE Online. Arora adds that easing rural stress and supporting MSMEs is important since it influences a large pool of working population. “At the same time, we do not expect the government to lower spending on infrastructure and affordable housing to support the economy,” he says.

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Other areas that the Modi government can look to create jobs that are focused on low-cost labour. Sahil Kapoor, Chief Market Strategist, Edelweiss tells FE Online, “Measures can be focused on low-cost labour-intensive exports sectors like textiles, plastics, ready-made garments and leather industry.” Agrees Siddharth Khemka, Head- Retail Research, Motilal Oswal who is of the view that skill development and employment generating sectors like textiles will be key to pushing job creation. Dhirendra Kumar, CEO of Value Research sees an indirect boost for jobs in Budget 2018. “Budget 2018 will have indirect measures to boost job creation. For example, with public sector banks being recapitalised, resources have been freed up for businesses and this, in turn, will lead to job creation,” he says.

Relieving agricultural stress and boosting infrastructure
Greater budgetary allocation for agriculture in Union Budget 2018 would be important and necessary for the government to meet its promise of doubling farmers’ income, most experts in the survey echo. Sujan Hajra, Chief Economist at Anand Rathi says, “For over a decade, Indian agriculture is going through a phase of distress. With two-thirds of the population living in rural areas and half of the workforce directly linked to agriculture, this segment needs greater budgetary support.” Rusmik Oza, Head-midcaps at Kotak Securities sees a big push for the agricultural sector. “There are state elections in the end of this calendar year or the start of next calendar year. Going by the voting pattern of Gujarat state elections the government would have to give impetus to the rural economy. This year due to better production, prices of many agri products has fallen,” he tells FE Online.

Budget 2018: Budgetary allocation to agriculture by FM Jaitley Budget 2018: A whopping 19 out of 21 experts expect the budgetary allocation to the agriculture sector to be significantly increased.
Sachchidanand Shukla, Chief Economist at Mahindra Group advocates the case for using Budget 2018 to focus on qualitative spending on agriculture. “This includes targeting spending on market assurance scheme, MNREGA, eNAM, land leasing and contract farming,” he pitches. Agrees a senior economist at a leading financial company, ‘This (agriculture) is one section of our society which is squeezed by nature and middleman all the time. The government should invest lot more in agricultural infrastructure like storage etc, develop a mechanism so that the farmers are not at the mercy of middlemen and nature.” An economic policy advisor at a global firm – who does not wish to be named – suggests that the government come up with innovative schemes which are not fiscally expensive to boost agriculture. “There is need to incentivise private sector participation,” he says. Experts also expect higher allocation to MGNREGA since it meets the dual objectives of dealing with agricultural issues and providing jobs.

Also read: Budget 2018 income tax slabs expectations: FM may give relief, but, perhaps not much or for everyone

Infrastructure, the second highest ranked theme, is seen as the right sector for thrust in Budget 2018 with its multiplier effect on growth and also potential to, directly and indirectly, create jobs. For many experts housing as a part of infrastructure would also see some attention. Given that a large section of the economy is still dependent on agriculture and that for the common man one of the most important areas of concern is a job – the Narendra Modi government’s Budget 2018 would definitely cheer a majority of India if it manages to get its measures right on these fronts.

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Union Budget 2018: Small taxpayer got relief in past budgets, says FM Arun Jaitley
Budget 2018: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today defended not giving away major relief to middle class by saying the government has already done enough in the past Budget and will further provide succour in the future depending on fiscal space.

 The last full Budget of the present Narendra Modi government played big on its flagship healthcare coverage, which was later dubbed as 'ModiCare'Budget 2018: Replying on meeting disinvestment target, the finance minister said this year was significant as it touched the figure of Rs 1 lakh crore. (Twitter/ANI)
Budget 2018: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today defended not giving away major relief to middle class by saying the government has already done enough in Budget 2017-18 and will further provide succour in the future depending on fiscal space. “India has a serious challenge in terms of compliances. India has a serious challenge in term of increasing the tax base and therefore if you analyse the sum total of my last 4-5 budgets that I have presented, systematically to the smaller taxpayer I have given relief almost in every Budget,” he said.

Citing various major announcements done in the past, he said, when the government came in the exemption limit was raised from Rs 2 lakh, additional exemption of Rs 50,000 on saving so Rs 1 lakh became Rs 1.5 lakh and another exemption Rs 50,000 for housing loan repayments raising it to Rs 2 lakh per year. For professionals like doctors, lawyer, he said, the government made taxation simple for those having income up to Rs 50 lakh.

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For such category of small taxpayer, income tax was levied on the 50 per cent of their income and remaining 50 per cent were considered as expense under presumptive income scheme, he said at a post Budget 2018 event organised by Open magazine. With regard to traders with turnover of Rs 2 crore, he said 6 per cent was taken as presumptive income and tax was calculated on that portion only. Last year, the government reduced the tax on individual earning annual income up to 5 lakh from 10 per cent to 5 per cent lowest in the world, he said.

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Pointing out that revenues are required for building infrastructure, protecting border and social security, Jaitley said, “Today to reduce the tax base by saying the number of tax payers are being reduced, you don’t serve the larger national interest.” The government can serve national interest by ensuring that people come within the tax net but the smaller body given concessions in various ways so that they pay less, he said. “I gave a comparative chart, people in salary circle end up paying up more than those in business and therefore there is case for bringing back standard deduction … I am sure there would be an opportunity to expand it further itself,” he said.

On the crude oil prices having impact on fiscal maths, the Finance Minister said rising prices are a matter of concern but these are still within the comfort level of the government. “I think India has got out of high inflation era and the inflation target of 4 per cent plus minus 2 per cent is a reasonable figure and it is achievable,” he said. The recent spike in inflation is mainly due to rise in vegetable prices, crude oil prices and allowance given to central government employees, he said.

Asked if the government has put consolidation of public sector banks on the back burner, the Finance Minister said he was committed on the consolidation of banks and privatisation of IDBI Bank by reducing the government stake below 50 per cent promised in Budget 2017-18. “I stand by both these announcements and will happen at appropriate time once the financial health of the banks strengthen,” he said.

Replying on meeting disinvestment target, the finance minister said this year was significant as it touched the figure of Rs 1 lakh crore. “Rs 80,000 crore that I fixed for this year is fairly achievable (for 2018-19),” he said.

The market has made solid comeback, after more than 10 percent correction seen in February and March 2018, with Nifty rising 14 percent from its March lows and Sensex gaining 15.5 percent.

The market has made solid comeback, after more than 10 percent correction seen in February and March 2018, with Nifty rising 14 percent f...