Daily News Monitor: 19 May 2017

HEADLINES:

1. Sweden offers its expertise for developing smart cities in India

2. India has entered an economic era of integrity & inclusiveness: MJ Akbar

3. Boost to India’s renewables plan as Chinese investments shift to solar

4. Modi government halves spending on maternity benefit programme

5. ASSOCHAM moots comprehensive industrial policy for SMEs in Punjab

GST Special:

6. GST rules in place, first list of goods and rates out

7. GST Council to take up exporters’ concerns on tax incentives, refunds

8. New GST rules provide clarity on 3 issues

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