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After opening the day flat, share markets in India witnessed choppy trades and are presently trading below the dotted line. All sectoral indices are trading in red, with stocks in the metal sector and stocks in the PSU sector leading the losses.

The BSE Sensex is down up by 145 points (down 0.4%) and the NSE Nifty is trading down by 53 points (down 0.5%). Meanwhile, the BSE Mid Cap index is trading down by 0.6%, while the BSE Small Cap index is trading down by 0.2%. The rupee is trading at 64.46 to the US$.

In news from the GST space. In an effort to help revive exports, the government announced a series of steps to revive exports amid disruptions to supply chains arising from the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST).

Fresh export incentives to labour intensive sectors and services that will cost the exchequer Rs 84.5 billion annually were announced as part of a mid-term review of foreign trade policy for 2015-2020.

Also announced were a series of steps to improve the ease of doing business for exporters by cutting red tape and automating more processes.

The government plans to pursue a two-pronged strategy. In the short run, it is offering sops to exporters, while in the long run, it is looking to improve the competitiveness of Indian exports by raising productivity of exporters, especially in the supply chain through the implementation of GST and improving the ease of doing business.

These measures are expected to benefit sectors including leather, readymade garments, handcrafted carpets, agriculture, telecom and hotels and restaurants.

Sectors That May Benefit the Most from GST

The Goods and Service Tax (GST) is one of the key reforms that will bring about a structural change in the economy. The implementation of the same is bound to bring more companies under the new tax regime, thus providing a level playing field to organized players forming part of sectors having a high proportion of the unorganized segment.

The foreign trade policy announced in 2015 had proposed to double Indian exports of goods and services to US$ 900 billion by 2019-20, a steep target given that exports have grown marginally in the last three years.

Exporters are facing a severe liquidity crunch because of delayed refunds in the new GST regime. The review of the foreign trade policy, initially scheduled to be released on 1 July, was delayed to compensate for any impact of GST on exporters.

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Moving on to news from stocks in the oil & gas sector. Indian Oil Company (IOC) share price is in focus today after the nation's biggest oil company said it is evaluating setting up a Rs 200 billion coke gasification project at its Paradip refinery in Odisha.

The PSU aims to convert the lowest-cost fossil fuel into gas that can be used to generate power or make petrochemicals.

IOC said that it has been evaluating the project even before the Supreme Court banned the use of petroleum coke and furnace oil in areas around the Indian capital, which is battling alarming levels of air pollution that is risking human health.

The company said that a 2 million tonnes a year coke gasification unit would cost Rs 150 billion to 200 billion, and added that pet coke produced in Paradip, Chennai and Haldia refinery can be used in the new plant to generate syngas.

The syngas so generated can be used for power generation or further value addition done to produce chemicals used to making plastics and other product.

IOC already has plans to build a petrochemical complex adjacent to its recently commissioned 15 million tonnes a year Paradip refinery.

India is the world's biggest consumer of petroleum coke, which is a by-produce of oil refining process and is considered a dirtier alternative to coal. It is composed mainly of carbon and emits 11% more greenhouse gases than coal. Also emitted on burning are several times more sulphur dioxide, which causes lung diseases and acid rain.

It is widely used by cement factories, dyeing units, paper mills, brick kilns and ceramics business. The Supreme Court ban, which covers Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, came into effect from November 1.

At the time of writing, IOC share price was trading down by 0.9%.

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