Smita Shetty

Smita Shetty Chartered Accountant (CA);   FINANSYS LinkedIn ; Beyond Boardrooms by Smita Shetty Dated: 09/02/26 Anthropic’s AI Upgrade Spooked Markets Indian technology stocks sold off sharply between 4th and 6th February 2026 , extending a global downturn in software and IT services shares after an announcement from Silicon Valley-based AI firm Anthropic rattled investors worldwide             The selling was driven by extrapolation. What was the actual announcement? Anthropic announced a...

Smita Shetty Chartered Accountant (CA);   FINANSYS LinkedIn ; Beyond Boardrooms by Smita Shetty Every January, my husband and I block one evening on the calendar - no phones, no spreadsheets at first, just two cups of chai and one honest question - Do we still feel financially secure the way we did last year? Because numbers alone don’t answer that. Lot of my folks look as Insurance as either investment or expense. For us, it’s a mitigation plan, when done first and right, it absorbs...

Smita Shetty Chartered Accountant (CA);   FINANSYS LinkedIn ; Beyond Boardrooms by Smita Shetty The 56th meeting of the GST Council was held on 3rd September, 2025 at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan, New Delhi under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. The GST Council inter-alia made the recommendations relating to changes in GST tax rates, provide relief to individuals, common man, aspirational middle class and measures for facilitation of...