Despite the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, the Indian government is yet to decide on revoking the most favoured nation (MFN) status given to Pakistan, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Parliament on Monday.
After 17 years of preparation and 18 meetings of the GST Council, a single unified Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India is today a reality. In a momentous launch at the Central Hall of the Indian Parliament with a speech by the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister of India, the GST regime was ushered in at the stroke of midnight on July 1, 2017. While the mammoth task for the Central and State Governments has just concluded, as far as trade and industry are concerned, the journey has only just begun.