The deadline to file GSTR-3B for the month of July is August 20 and it is important for every business to get this done in the next 10 days.

"India is now looking to transit into services by acquiring the technology. This trend has become more dominant among the SMBs," he said.

Seek improved infrastructure and strengthening of weaving and processing.

"Amazon India through this association with the weavers and artisans in Telangana will help them boost their business by training them to list and sell their products online on the marketplace.

From ancient times, Indian handloom products have been identified by their impeccable quality. These include muslin of Chanderi, silk brocades of Varanasi, the tie and dye products of Rajasthan and Orissa, the Chintas of Machhlipatnam, the Himroos of Hyderabad, the Khes of Punjab, the prints of Farrukhabad, the Phenek and Tongam and bottle designs of Assam and Manipur, the Maheshwari sarees of Madhya Pradesh and the Patola sarees of Vadodara.

The 'GST Shiksha hub' will aim to provide relevant information on GST to all MSMEs on a real-time basis, helping them to be updated on any GST-linked development.

Though government stuck to the threshold limit for e-way bill of Rs 50,000, a breather for transporters is that the e-way bill can be generated online.

This will be an integrated system of market of agricultural produce at the national level allowing enhanced regional cooperation with free flow of agricultural commodities across the states.

The second list does not include Flipkart and several startups such as ClearTax, LegalRaasta and Moglix, which had applied to be GSPs.

Online lending platform Loan Frame offers an entire portfolio of products, including secured and unsecured loans from as low as Rs 1L to as high as Rs 50 cr.

Only the naive will believe that the elevation of a Dalit, Ramnath Kovind, as the President is of seminal importance either for the community or for the party which chose him.

As per the new GST rules, a trader has to generate an e-way bill if he or she wants to move a commodity worth more than Rs 50,000 from one place to the other

"The signature of a reputed CA or CA firm boosts banks' confidence. I have also seen MSME units approach banks through agents. That is not the right way."

Report says India will have more than 850 m online users by 2025

As fruit jellies, mousse, pastries and pies come under the 18% GST slab, some are considering renaming and re-packaging them as sweets to pay 5% tax.

A greater number of small grocers are rushing in to buy daily essentials from the bigbox format, a trend that companies expect to continue in the long term.

Two-thirds of the survey audience (about 61%) acknowledged that their companies could rely on data analysis more and intuition less.

From a phase of pre-emption to discussions around actual roll-out, to analyses of possible impact across sectors etc., enough and more aspects have been deliberated upon by experts from different spheres.

On November 8, 2016 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the revolutionary decision to demonetize Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, it threw the nation in a tizzy. Panic and chaos gripped us, as over 85% of Indias cash was about to go out of circulation.

Unlike what economists and other commentators have been telling us as to how the GST would push the country's Gross Domestic Product and make life easier for the trade and industry, the launch film showed a much broader aspect of the modern taxation that has the country's people, especially those economically less privileged at its core.