HEADLINES:
1. DIPP working on revamping manufacturing, industrial policy: Nirmala Sitharaman
2. ADB proposes $ 10-bn loan for India over next 5 years
3. Next on Narendra Modi’s agenda: Kuwait & Israel
4. Farm loan waivers will lead to further fiscal slippage at State level, cautions Ficth Ratings
GST Special:
5. GST, export target delay foreign trade policy review release
6. GST important achievement but transitional challenges there: ADB president
7. One product, one MRP: Government to disallow differential pricing at airports, malls and cinemas
8. Plenty of hiccups’ expected as India rolls out new tax reform
9. MRP, other info of products sold online mandatory from 2018
10. Google CEO Pichai, Walmart India’s Iyer hail GST bill as ‘game-changing reform’
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