Foreign tourists may soon get GST refund for local shopping

NEW DELHI: The government will soon begin a pilot to refund goods and services tax ( GST ) paid by foreign tourists visiting India as part of a move to implement a measure that is there in the statute.  The Integrated GST Act, enacted five years ago, provides for refund on goods, which are to be taken out of the county by a tourist, a person who is normally not a resident of India, and is in…