News digest: Exports rise 30%, Adani to build highways, and more

From exports rising to 30 per cent in November to millennials choosing Bitcoins over gold, BS brings you top stories to keep up with the latest news

Exports jump 30%, trade deficit high at $13.8 bn
 
The GST Council's efforts to resolve exporters' woes on refunds seem to have started yielding results. Exports grew 30.55 per cent in November, a month after it contracted 1.1 per cent, also due to the low base effect and rising petroleum prices. In fact, petroleum products, along with engineering goods, gems and jewellery, and chemicals, drove nearly 80 per cent of the rise in merchandise exports. Read more
 
 

Govt okays sops for leather sector, waives fee for small digital payments

The Cabinet on Friday