Now that the government is addressing the benchmarking challenge for foreign funds by introducing CAS, can we also request the “head of the family” to rethink STT for its own kids? I am sure we want our Indian participants to survive, and our market microstructure to thrive.

Nifty futures volume is at 17 years low.. you still in illusion that they will think about market and market participants. they won't. technicality we know, and they know, there is huge difference. For them It s sattabazar. while Futures/cash both provide the liquidity.

Stop begging bro! The govt doesn't give a damn about your "requests", it doesn't believe in equality or democracy. Just keep shelling out your hard earned money in the name of tax and give everything to this greedy govt. That's all they want, not your videos and posts.

1/3 Budget 2026 raised STT on index futures from 0.02% → 0.05% and on options premium from 0.10% → 0.15%. For Nifty futures, this alone pushes round‑trip breakeven to ~20–25 index points, making many low‑margin/HFT strategies unviable

2/3 HFTs and market makers provide most of the depth and tight spreads in F&O. When STT becomes a dominant cost, they either widen quotes or exit. Result: thinner order books, higher slippage, and a higher liquidity premium that ultimately raises India’s cost of capital.

Sir, US and China doesn't have so many Ladki Behen's and Ladla Bhaiyas. We have huge Fiscal deficit, stock markets are built for govt to make money and not players. There is no pressure on govt to bring fresh capital into markets, so why would they reduce STT?

With CAS without CAS this market is not going upside without reducing STT . Todi deir se samjh ayega inko.

Tumne itne pyar se request kiya hai...Madam will definitely consider😊👍

Please resign @nsitharaman

But head of the family don't want kids to participate in the Satta market and think own kids is sattabaj

#reduceSTT from futures market too

Arrogant lady will never hear.

The government collect taxes from traders to write off loans of billions of rupees of their near and dear ones!

Sir It's better to Request and Confince Chandrababu Naidu to involve and Solve the STT issue...

we should keep on discussing on such topics regularly.. so ppl will be aware of it. and sooner or later. something can happen.

Isme toh SEBI would join us 😉 too

They should refund all the STT as well if they can, complete nonsense it is, not even a real tax anywhere in the world

Don’t give them any advice, sir. Every time we’ve done that, it has backfired on us. Who knows, they might even increase STT further in the next Budget. 😅

@FinMinIndia @SEBI_updates please 🙏🏻

When foreign funds get a red carpet via CAS, but domestic retail and prop desks get treated like an ATM machine, it’s not a level playing field - it’s an outright preference for guest lecturers over the permanent batch

Nhi karenge ye request sb kr rhe hai , inka ego hurt ho jayega

You are Naïve or pretending to be .

you think dead government will listen?

I still remember the days when you were praising government for its decisions. Should've opened eyes long back brother. Ab kuch nahi hoga

Nifty vs S&P, same notional, same round trip: Options: India 11× the US cost Futures: India 50× the US cost Of the Nifty futures bill, 84% is STT. Market makers take a fraction of that. We don't have a liquidity problem. We have a toll-booth problem.

Traders and investors association is must ...think on it

3/3 If CAS is meant to make India competitive for foreign funds, onshore microstructure must also be competitive. Either rationalize STT with clear metrics (volumes, spreads, depth, hedging usage) or, if confident in our framework, allow Indians to hedge via global derivatives.

Atleast STT shouldn't be payable in case a trader books a loss ...it's the OF of gabbar singh tax