Govts Expensive Mistake
India's current account deficit is now at 4 yr high at $14.3 Billion as gold imports totally surged in july and august due to a gst loophole.The government charges a 10% import duty on gold, but this does not apply to countries with which it has Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), such as South Korea. However, to prevent duty-free imports from those countries, it had previously levied a 12.5% countervailing duty, which got inadvertently scrapped when GST was introduced on July 1. Gold importers took advantage of this and placed huge orders with exporters in South Korea without paying any tax. This has been corrected aug 25th more