GST Council, Yashwant Sinha, Udit Narayan and FIFA U-17 World Cup: DNA morning must reads

GST Council to extend major relief to SMEs, exporters today
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, the decision-making body for the new unified indirect tax, is likely to announce a slew of reliefs including quarterly return filing for small businesses and sops to exporters in its meeting today. It may enable exporters to utilise benefits and incentives derived from foreign trade policy to pay Integrated GST (IGST), push-back of reverse charge mechanism (RCM) among relaxations to ward off growing resentment among indirect taxpayers. dnai.in/f6h9

Yashwant Sinha attacks govt, BJP hits back with ‘apologist’ jab
Striking a defiant note, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who has been attacking the NDA government on its handling of economy, on Thursday said it will be the best day of his life when asked about possible disciplinary action from the party over his comment. Sharing dias with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Manish Tewari at a function to release Tewari’s book ‘Tidings of Troubled Times’, Sinha said when he first wrote a newspaper article on the state of economy, an attempt was made to portray it as him sulking after failing to get some favour and a result of a dispute between him and his …read more