Daily News Monitor: 7 August 2017

HEADLINES:

1. TFA implementation: Government formulates action plan with timelines

2. India signs USD 329 million loan pact with AIIB for Gujrat road project

3. Over Rs 8 lakh cr earmarked for railways modernization: Govt

4. India wants quick deal on BIMSTEC free trade

5. Chabahar Port a gateway to golden opportunities: Nitin Gadkari

6. North-East Agra transmission line to be inaugurated soon

7. FinMin rejects Commerce Ministry pitch for lower gold import duty

8. The time is right: India moves closer to a ‘desi’ – local GPS

GST FOCUS

9. Calls for rate review for 150 items with GST Council

10. GST rollout was extremely smooth without any disruption, record number of registration done: Arun Jaitley

11. Post GST rollout, government monitoring prices; says no supply disruptions yet

12. Customs, IGST collection nearly doubles to 30,000 cr

Click here for news summary