For quite some time, the automobile industry has been demanding a GST rate cut on vehicles – the total tax, including compensation cess, can go as high as 50% in the case of a certain class of cars – to boost demand. However, the government has instead asked them to take cost-cutting measures such as reducing royalty payments to their parent companies abroad.
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