The GST Council decided to defer the increase in the rate for textiles to 12% from 5%. It has referred the matter to a panel of Ministers, to review Rate Rationalisation.
Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has launched India Semiconductor Mission to attract large investments for setting up semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities in India.
The week-long innovation celebration is being organized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
CryptoWire, a global crypto super app that is a special business unit of TickerPlant, has announced the launch of India's first index of Cryptocurrencies - IC15, which is a rule-based broad market index by market capitalisation.
Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel has been appointed as Vice President of the multilateral funding institution Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for three years.