Daily News Monitor: 14 July 2017

HEADLINES:

1. Modi to review FDI policy on Friday; focus on retail construction norms

2. India, Bangladesh to pilot freight train service in August

3. India ranks 116 out of 157 nations on SDG index

4. Use Global Innovation Index to measure country’s development: Gopalkrishnan

5. Doubling, tripling of 16,500 km railway lines in a few years: Suresh Prabhu

6. Solar projects: India hopes to meet WTO deadline on sourcing norms

7. India is a great place for innovation: Microsoft

GST Focus:

8. GST impact on prices: Jayant Sinha says new tax regime brought down rates; indicates if differences sorted out, petrol, liquor will be brought under it too

9. GST impact on business: New tax regime to help make economy strong, successful, honest, says Piyush Goyal

10. GST to benefit MSME sector, says Kalraj Mishra

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