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IRCON - Down 61% from its all time high
ITC - Down 44% from its all time high
DMART - Down 30% from its all time high
ASTRAL - Down 42% from its all time high
ALKYL AMINES - Down 61% from its all time high
DEEPAK NITRATE - Down 47% from its all time high
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The accounts of the Government of India for the Financial Year 2025-26 (Provisional/Unaudited) have been consolidated and reports published. The highlights are given below: -
💠The Government of India has received ₹33,85,982 crore (99.4% of corresponding RE 2025-26 of Total Receipts) during 2025-26 comprising ₹26,23,264 crore of Tax Revenue (Net to Centre), ₹6,78,961 crore of Non-Tax Revenue and ₹83,757 crore of Non-Debt Capital Receipts.
💠Non-Debt Capital Receipts consists of Recovery of Loans (₹24,617 crore) and Miscellaneous Capital Receipts (₹59,140 crore). ₹13,92,971 crore has been transferred to State Governments as Devolution of Share of Taxes by Government of India upto this period which is ₹1,06,086 crore higher than the previous year.
💠Total Expenditure incurred by Government of India is ₹49,05,151 crore (98.8% of corresponding RE 2025-26), out of which ₹38,36,032 crore is on Revenue Account and ₹10,69,119 crore is on Capital Account.
💠Out of the Total Revenue Expenditure, ₹12,42,575 crore is on account of Interest Payments and ₹4,53,854 crore is on account of Major Subsidies.
India’s net FDI down from $28bn to $1bn!!??
(The Times of India)
Net FDI = Gross Inflow - Gross Outflow
1.Till Dec 2025. Net FDI fell from $28bn → $1bn in 2 years. Inflows haven’t dried up. They’re actually up post 2023-24. The problem is outflows exploded.
2. The $44.6bn reason net FDI shrank:
$44.6 bn - Repatriation/Disinvestment: Foreign investors selling stakes, booking profits, taking money home.
$15.8 bn - Equity capital: Indian firms investing abroad
$5.8 bn - Reinvested earnings abroad
$4.4 bn - Others
3. Why the sudden exits? Article links it to post-2021 stock boom:
a. Many foreign companies listed Indian arms here during the bull run
b. After listing, they transferred a big chunk of raised money back home(repatriation)
c. Also includes profit booking, stake sales, exits
So FDI came in to build factories, then left after listing/profits. Not "sticky" anymore.
4. FDI vs FPI - the line is blurring:
While FDI is Supposed to be "dependable" long-term money for factories + tech, FPI is supposed to be "Flighty" portfolio money, quick to exit. However, now FDI is also acting like FPI due to repatriation. Undermines the stable-capital story.
5. Where money is still coming IN: $74bn inflow
i. $34.6 bn - RBI/Automatic route: Fresh equity
ii. $18.6 bn - Reinvested earnings: Profits earned here, reinvested here. Good sign.
iii. $11.6 bn - Acquisition of shares
iv. $1.7 bn - Govt route
6. Sector trends - Inbound FDI
FDI Inflow to India:
22.4% - Computer software & hardware
17.6% - Services sector
7% - Trading, 5.7% - Food processing, 5.3% - Non-conventional energy
7. India’s FDI problem isn’t "no money coming in". It’s "too much money going out as repatriation". Gross inflows are healthy. But if foreign investors treat listings as exit ramps, net FDI stays weak. That pressures the rupee and current account.
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The loudest alarm bells for Rahul Gandhi aren't coming from BJP supporters anymore. They're coming from his own intellectual ecosystem.
For years, @Ram_Guha was among @RahulGandhi's most loyal intellectual defenders.
Now even he seems to have run out of excuses.
When long-time Darbaris start questioning the Gandhi family's leadership, Congress's inability to reform, and its refusal to nurture alternative leaders, it says more than any criticism from political opponents ever could.
Guha's assessment is brutal: Rahul Gandhi "lacks discipline, gravitas, and a curriculum vitae" to be a serious challenger to Narendra Modi, and even when he takes up an important issue, he rarely pursues it in a sustained manner.
When long-time Darbaris start admitting what critics have been saying for years, the problem is no longer perception.
It's Rahul Gandhi...
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