India-US trade deal gets March target as GST sleuths net suspects and an ITC meme captures market nerves
GST investigators arrested four men in a ₹250-crore areca nut tax evasion case, while Kanpur police detained seven suspects in a ₹7.03-crore fake-invoice scam. Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said India and the U.S. will sign a formal trade deal in March, aiming to cut U.S. tariffs on Indian exports from 50% to 18%. ITC shares remained flat despite optimism over the trade agreement.