Goods & Services Tax (GST)  will help remove barriers between the states and make exports more competitive, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.

“Even within the country, the value chains which will get integrated, will have a simpler and straightforward flow (of goods) and therefore, it should make exports more competitive rather than expensive,” she told reporters on the sidelines of an event.

On H1-B visa issue, she said that the US has conveyed that there is no change in the H1-B visa regime.

“The new US administration is focusing on the larger issue of immigration and the notification which they have given for H1-B for 2018 says there is no change in position and we find no change,” she added. (Watch Full Video