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Burn Rate and Runway for Indian Startups: How to Calculate Both (and Why Founders Get It Wrong) in 2026

9 July, 2026 A S Banka

Key Takeaways Gross burn is the total cash you spend each month. Net burn is gross burn minus the cash you collect. Runway is built on net burn, not gross. Runway = current free cash…

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Your R&D Deduction Just Moved to Section 45: What Founders Must Reset Before FY 2026-27

7 July, 2026 A S Banka

If your company runs a laboratory, a product team or a clinical programme, one line in the new tax law changes how you model your R&D spend. The deduction for expenditure on scientific research has…

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FEMA Export Realisation in 2026: Your Deadline Is 9 Months Now, 15 From October 1

4 July, 2026 A S Banka

If you export goods or services, one FEMA number governs your cash flow more than almost any other: the realisation period, the outer limit within which you must bring in and repatriate the full value…

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RBI TReDS Directions 2026: How to Turn Stuck Receivables Into Working Capital

2 July, 2026 A S Banka

If your business sells to large corporates, PSUs or government departments and then waits 60, 90 or even 120 days to get paid, the Reserve Bank of India just handed you something rare: a regulatory…

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Financial Due Diligence for Indian Startups: The 9 Things Investors Verify Before They Wire Your Series A (2026)

2 July, 2026 A S Banka

Key Takeaways Financial due diligence is not an audit. Investors are not checking whether your books are clean for the tax department. They are checking whether the story you told them in the pitch is…

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DPT-3 by July 31, 2026: What the MCA Fire Relief Actually Gives Your Company (and What It Does Not)

30 June, 2026 A S Banka

If you run a private limited company, your June 30 filing pressure just eased, but read the fine print before you relax. Following a fire at its Data Centre on June 5, 2026, the Ministry…

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RBI Just Withdrew 732 FEMA Circulars: What Your Startup Must Actually Do

27 June, 2026 A S Banka

On June 24, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India carried out one of the largest housekeeping exercises in the history of India's foreign-exchange framework. Through A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 18 (reference RBI/2026-27/175), the RBI…

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SEBI GARUDA: AIFs Can Now Launch in 10 Working Days

25 June, 2026 A S Banka

On June 19, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Board of India cleared one of the largest ease-of-doing-business packages the Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) industry has seen in years. The headline reform has an aviation-themed name:…

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ESOP Architecture for Indian Startups: How to Design a Pool That Survives Every Funding Round (2026)

25 June, 2026 A S Banka

Most founders treat their ESOP as a single decision. They carve out a pool when an investor asks for one, hand out a few grants, and move on. Then, two rounds later, the pool is…

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GSTR-3B Is Hard-Locked: Why Your GST Liability Now Lives in GSTR-1, Not the Return

23 June, 2026 A S Banka

A quiet but fundamental change has reshaped how GST returns work in India. Since the July 2025 tax period (returns filed from August 2025), the auto-populated outward tax liability in Form GSTR-3B is hard-locked. The…

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