Seeking an economic jolt, India slashes corporate tax to 25%

New Delhi hopes to escape sub-6% growth rates

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The Indian government has been unveiling new economic stimulus measures on an almost weekly basis. © Reuters

MOYURU BABA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- India will lower its effective corporate tax rate to roughly 25% under measures that forgo more than $20 billion in revenue to stoke investment and economic growth.

The reduction, announced Friday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, represents a 5-point cut and applies retroactively from this past April.

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