https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=69477 The Budget raises STT on futures from 0.02% to 0.05% and on options premium and exercise to 0.15% (from 0.1% and 0.125%). The stated aim is to discourage speculative, high-volume F&O trading and handle systemic risk in derivatives by increasing transaction costs for active and short-term strategies, while targeting derivative markets rather than cash equities. The move may marginally reduce foreign portfolio investor flows and prompted an immediate market reaction. en-us Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:46:04 +0530 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:46:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=69477 The Budget raises STT on futures from 0.02% to 0.05% and on options premium and exercise to 0.15% (from 0.1% and 0.125%). The stated aim is to discourage speculative, high-volume F&O trading and handle systemic risk in derivatives by increasing transaction costs for active and short-term strategies, while targeting derivative markets rather than cash equities. The move may marginally reduce foreign portfolio investor flows and prompted an immediate market reaction. News - Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:46:04 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=69477