Modi's reform agenda not done yet even as India's new tax launched
New Delhi
WITH a landmark goods and services tax now rolling out across India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to turn his focus to job creation and other key economic reforms.
Further big structural steps, such as revamping India's land acquisition and labour laws, are unlikely to occur before the next national election, scheduled for 2019, as Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party still lacks a majority in the Upper House of parliament.
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