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India represents a bright spot for investments says Narendra Modi at Indo-German Summit

Government hopes to roll out a new goods and services tax (GST) in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday in a speech to Indian and German businesses at the Indo-German Summit in Bangalore. Government hopes to roll out a new goods and services tax (GST) in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday while addressing Indian and German businesses at the Indo-German Summit in Bangalore Government hopes to roll out a new goods and services tax (GST) in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday while addressing Indian and German businesses at the Indo-German Summit in Bangalore. GST, which is currently blocked in Parliament, was among the range of business-friendly measures highlighted by Modi in his speech in Bangalore, during a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Modi also said his government was speeding up regulatory clearances, reducing licensing requirements in the defence sector and making tax policy more consistent. “We have ar

Germany to fund 125 million euros for renewable energy corridor in India

Germany and India on Tuesday signed an two agreements to fund 125 million Euros for the Green Energy Corridors' project in Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Government hopes to roll out a new goods and services tax (GST) in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday while addressing Indian and German businesses at the Indo-German Summit in Bangalore Germany and India on Tuesday signed an two agreements to fund 125 million Euros for the Green Energy Corridors’ project in Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Germany’s development bank, KFW, will fund 57 million Euro for the project at Himachal Pradesh, and 68 million Euro for the Andhra Pradesh project, a press statement from the government said. The agreements were signed at a time when Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel is on a state visit in India. Renewable Energy is one of the key areas of India-German partnership. The financing of the transmission infrastructure of renewable energy projects, the

PM Narendra Modi says hopeful of rolling out GST in 2016

Government hopes to roll out a new goods and services tax (GST) in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday in a speech to Indian and German businesses at the Indo-German Summit in Bangalore. PM Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are speaking at the Indo-German Summit in Bangalore Government hopes to roll out a new goods and services tax (GST) in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday while addressing Indian and German businesses at the Indo-German Summit in Bangalore. GST, which is currently blocked in Parliament, was among the range of business-friendly measures highlighted by Modi in his speech in Bangalore, during a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Modi also said his government was speeding up regulatory clearances, reducing licensing requirements in the defence sector and making tax policy more consistent. “We have articulated very clearly that we will not resort to retrospective taxation,” Modi said. Here are h