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PF and ESI registration for employers is triggered by headcount, not by revenue or the age of the company. Provident fund coverage starts at 20 employees and state insurance coverage at 10, and each threshold is counted differently. A single hiring round can cross both within a quarter. This guide…

Payroll setup for startups in India begins before the first salary is paid. Since the four Labour Codes came into force on 21/11/2025, the appointment letter, the salary structure and the statutory registrations all have to line up on the day an employee joins. A first hire needs only a…

Payroll outsourcing vs in house payroll in India is a decision about who runs a monthly compliance process, not about who produces the payslip. That process now runs under the new Labour Codes, the Income-tax Act 2025 and a PF wage ceiling of ₹25,000, so errors cost more. Whichever model…

A payroll outsourcing scope of services decides who is accountable when a PF challan is missed, a payslip is wrong or a notice reaches the company. Most Indian proposals list processing, filings and payslips, then say little about approvals, data, exits and liability. Three changes make that gap costly in…

A financial model for capital expenditure approval is the document that turns a spending request into a yes or no. It projects the cash a project consumes and returns, tests that return against the company’s cost of capital, and shows the board what happens if the assumptions break. In India,…

MIS consolidation after acquisition is the work of turning two or more sets of books into one monthly management view that the board, lenders and the statutory auditor can all rely on. In Indian deals, the acquired company usually runs on a different ledger, a different chart of accounts and…

MIS reconciliation before due diligence is the work of proving that every number you have already shown investors (revenue, margins, EBITDA, burn, ARR, cash) ties back to your books, your audited financials, your statutory filings and your bank. In India, an investor’s financial due diligence team can independently pull month-wise…

A US parent India subsidiary structure puts a US corporation, usually a Delaware C corporation, above an Indian private limited company that builds, sells or services in India. US investors and enterprise customers ask for it because a US company is easier to fund, contract with and acquire. The structure…

A Delaware flip places a new US parent above your Indian company, so US investors, US customers and US equity rules apply at the top of the structure while the team, product and revenue stay in India. In practice it is three transactions at once: a Delaware incorporation, a restructuring…

An ESOP vesting schedule for startups is the timetable on which granted options become exercisable; the cliff is the opening period in which none vest. Indian law fixes one number, the 12 months between grant and first vesting, and leaves cadence, length and conditions to the scheme. That freedom is…

SEBI issued its updated Master Circular for Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) on 03 June 2026, consolidating every circular, clarification, and regulatory change issued under the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 up to 31 May 2026. The document runs 153 pages across 25 chapters and supersedes the previous Master Circular…

The Reserve Bank of India held its benchmark repo rate steady at 5.25% at the June 2026 Monetary Policy Committee meeting, unanimously, under Governor Sanjay Malhotra. This is the third meeting in a row that the rate has stayed put, following a run of 150 basis point cuts between February…

India’s Cabinet approved an amendment to Press Note 3 (PN3) of 2020 in March 2026, and it is generating significant attention across the investment and startup community. Headlines have rushed to label it a sweeping FDI liberalisation. The reality is considerably more targeted. This report breaks down exactly what changed,…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently announced a major overhaul to the regulatory framework for Angel Funds under the Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) Regulations, 2012. This new framework, introduced in 2025, aims to enhance transparency, improve operational clarity, and encourage investor participation. In this article, we’ll explore…

In a significant move to invigorate India’s startup ecosystem, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), during its board meeting on June 19, 2025, approved substantial changes to the Angel Fund Framework. These revisions are designed to unlock more capital for early-stage companies while simultaneously ensuring enhanced investor suitability…