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India · 2017GST takes effect on 1 July 2017: 'One Nation, One Tax' replaces most indirect taxes

India rolled out the Goods and Services Tax on 1 July 2017, its biggest indirect-tax reform since Independence. The Supreme Court affirmed privacy as a fundamental right and set aside instant triple talaq, while a roughly 73-day Doklam standoff with China tested border management.

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Key figures

Narendra Modi — Prime Minister of India; oversaw the GST rollout and the Doklam episode.Ram Nath Kovind — sworn in as the 14th President of India on 25 July 2017.M. Venkaiah Naidu — Vice President of India from 11 August 2017.Arun Jaitley — Union Finance Minister who chaired the GST Council.Justice J.S. Khehar — Chief Justice of India who headed the nine-judge right-to-privacy bench.Justice Dipak Misra — became the 45th Chief Justice of India on 28 August 2017.

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Bills & Acts of 2017

From our live BillTracker — real legislation recorded for 2017.

Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017Enacted

Operationalises GST on intra-state supply of goods and services, the main statute of the GST regime that began on 1 July 2017.

Why it matters: The working law of GST; key for Economy (indirect taxation, GST Council, revenue).

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