In Picture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi In Picture, Prime Minister Narendra ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked all chief secretaries to work expeditiously towards ensuring that all traders register under the GST regime before August 15, a PMO statement said. GST was rolled out on July 1, ushering a new system of indirect taxes in the country. Modi asked the CPWD to encourage all vendors to come aboard the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform, the PMO said. The projects reviewed Wednesday include the Chennai Beach-Korukkupet third line and the Chennai Beach-Attippattu fourth line; the Howrah-Amta-Champadanga new Broad Gauge line. The prime minister also reviewed the progress of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) and urged the concerned departments to accelerate the adoption of new construction technologies at the earliest, the statement said.

Source: Indian Express July 12, 2017 13:07 UTC