Only 19.3 lakh out of the 90 lakh taxpayers, who had to file their GST returns (forms 9, 9A and 9C) have done so by the August 3 deadline, reports The Times of India.
The Indian Texpreneurs Federation has opposed a proposal by the Maharashtra Government to levy import duty on cotton.
The Indian rupee is trading higher by 13 paise at 70.56 per dollar on Friday versus Thursday's close 70.69.
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal will lead a delegation of Chief Ministers of States and business representatives to Vladivostok in the Russian Far East from 11-13 August 2019, to explore investment opportunities and strike close partnerships with the Far East provinces.
Industrial growth of the country fell to a three-month low of two per cent in June from seven per cent in the comparable period last year, in yet another sign of the economy losing steam.
India Inc's apex body CII is soon hosting in this tech hub a two-day summit on scaling innovation for the future, an official said on Friday.