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Tax Clarity Hopes Rise for Debt Mutual Funds
Budget clarity on mutual fund taxation could revive debt schemes, lift investor confidence, and strengthen mutual funds’ role as stable fixed income options.
Union Budget proposals are expected to stabilise mutual fund taxation and revive debt scheme attractiveness. Market participants anticipate clarity on indexation, long-term capital gains treatment, and holding periods. A predictable tax regime could restore retail confidence, improve debt fund inflows, and position mutual funds as viable fixed income alternatives amid volatile bond yields and evolving interest rate expectations in the coming fiscal cycle ahead nationally.