Let us hope and pray for a good monsoon

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I Hello & Greetings to all readers of Paint India,The month of June was hectic for ISSPA,with all regions of India conducting their Annual Meets,to give an account of the tenure of the past Team,and to anoint the new Teams for the coming two years.I wish all new teams,the best of luck.I must at this stage take up the opportunity to thank and congratulate the outgoing teams,in whose tenure the GST regime kicked in with 28% slab for Paints; and the hectic parleys and lobbying done by all regional teams with all concerned with the GST council,to lower the slab.In particular,the Maharashtra team deserves particular mention,as we walked the hollowed portals of the Indian Parliament to meet the then Hon.Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley,and handed him our memorandum.Soon these teams were successful,and the GST slab was reduced to 18 %.