The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on the Goods and Services Tax will submit its views to the parliamentary panel looking into the constitutional amendment Bill for the roll-out of the new indirect tax regime. The Centre proposes to roll out GST from April 2016. The Lok Sabha has cleared the Bill.

The US Federal Reserve’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee meets in Washington for two days to review the state of the US economy and decide on the timing of its first interest rate increase since 2006. US housing stats for May are also due today.

Jitender Singh Tomar’s bail application comes up for hearing today. The former Delhi law minister is facing investigation following a complaint filed by the Delhi Bar Council that his law degree is fake.

Tourism policy tops Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s agenda. He will unveil it at Tirupati, and the event will coincide with the launch of Mission Tourism. He’s hoping big investors and major players in the hospitality sector will queue up in response.

Game buffs, hit Los Angeles. The annual Electronic, Entertainment Expo (E3), which opens in the US city, will focus on, among other interesting topics, virtual reality. This is the video game industry’s largest trade show.

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