Will GST cut on automobiles become a reality at least this time?

A tax cut for the beleaguered automobile sector has been a clamour for such a long time that it had virtually started sounding like a stuck record that somebody forgot to turn off. An annual demand before the Union budget is announced, and always getting a statutory mention every time the ever-declining sales data of the industry is released, or when the industry bodies like SIAM get into a huddle…